[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33658-33659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11866]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15022-000]


Warrior Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On January 28, 2020, Warrior Hydro, LLC filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of a hydropower project to be 
located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) William Bacon 
Oliver Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River near the towns of 
Tuscaloosa and Northport in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The sole 
purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit 
holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A 
preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any 
land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters 
owned by others without the owners' express permission.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) An 80-
foot-long, 140-foot-wide intake channel; (2) four 10-foot-diameter, 60-
foot-long steel siphon penstocks, near the south abutment of the Corps' 
dam; (3) a 80-foot-long, 40-foot-wide powerhouse containing four 
generating units with a total capacity of 9.2 megawatts; (4) a 100-
foot-long, 140-foot-wide tailrace; and (5) a 0.9-mile-long, 34.5kV 
transmission line. The proposed project would have an

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estimated average annual generation of 59,000 megawatt-hours, and 
operate as directed by the Corps.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Jeremy Wells, Wells Engineering, LLC, 5962 
Zebulon Rd #144, Macon, GA 35565; (478) 238-3054
    FERC Contact: Michael Spencer; michael.spencer@ferc.gov; (202) 502-
6093.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: Sixty (60) days from the issuance of this 
notice. Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-15022-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15022) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 27, 2020.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-11866 Filed 6-1-20; 8:45 am]
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