[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30126-30127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09937]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15292-000]


Dashields Hydropower Corporation; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On November 4, 2022, Dashields Hydropower Corporation filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Dashields Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project to be located at the 
existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Pittsburgh District 
Dashields Locks and Dam located on the Ohio River at Coraopolis, 
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 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) a new 150-
foot-long, 90-foot-wide intake channel to be located immediately 
downstream of the opposite bank of the Corps' existing locks and dam; 
(2) two new 5-megawatt Kaplan pit turbine/generator units; (3) a new 
200-foot-long, 90-foot-wide, 105-foot-high powerhouse; (4) a new 60-
foot-long, 40-foot-wide substation with a new 13.8/69-kilovolt (kV) 
three-phase step-up transformer; (5) a new three-phase, 69-kV, 2-mile-
long transmission line; (6) a new 175-foot-long, 90-foot-wide tailrace; 
and (7) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an 
annual generation of 52,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Alan W. Skelly, Dashields Hydropower 
Corporation, 127 Longwood Blvd., Mount Orab, OH 45154; phone: (937) 
802-8866.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; email: [email protected]; phone: 
(202) 502-6336.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 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,

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and competing applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.aspx. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. In lieu 
of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via 
the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier 
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 
The first page of any filing should include docket number P-15292-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15292) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 4, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-09937 Filed 5-9-23; 8:45 am]
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