Notice2025-03426
Low Head Hydro M 13 LLC.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
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March 4, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 41 (Tuesday, March 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11160-11161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03426]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15395-000]
Low Head Hydro M 13 LLC.; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On February 10, 2025, Low Head Hydro M 13, LLC. filed an
application
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for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power
Act, proposing to study the feasibility of a hydropower project
proposed to be located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps)
Mississippi River Lock and Dam 13 in Clinton County, IA, and Whiteside
County, IL. 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 Mississippi River Lock and Dam 13 Hydroelectric
Project would consist of the following: (1) a proposed 300-foot by 200-
foot masonry powerhouse located in alignment with the existing Corps'
dam, containing three proposed Kaplan bulb or Kaplan pit turbines with
a total capacity of 19.05 megawatts; (2) a proposed intake channel of
unlined earthen excavation approximately 500 feet long and 200 feet
wide, located upstream of the turbine bays and including a 200-foot-
long guide wall along the western side of the channel; (3) a proposed
850-foot-long and 500-foot-wide tailrace area of unlined earthen
excavation, including a 1,850-foot-long guide wall along the western
side of the channel and 520-foot-long guide wall along the eastern side
of the channel; (4) a proposed 85-foot-long by 60-foot-wide low profile
project substation located downstream from the powerhouse containing a
single pad mounted three-phase step-up transformer with a rating
between 15 to 25 megawatt-ampere and ancillary equipment; (5) a
proposed 4,700-foot-long access road adjacent; (6) an existing dam
bridge improved and extended to provide access to the powerhouse along
with a proposed public park and parking area adjacent to the new access
road; and (7) a proposed 3,400-foot-long, 13.9 to 69-kilovolt (kv)
underground transmission line to the project substation and a proposed
4.6 mile, 69-kv transmission line from the substation to the existing
161-kv ITC Midwest Beaver Island substation. The proposed project would
have an estimated annual generation of 94,500 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Allen W. Skelly, Low Head Hydro M 13, LLC., 127
Longwood Blvd., Mount Orab, Ohio 45154; phone: (937) 802-8866.
FERC Contact: Shivani Khetani; phone: (212) 273-5917, or by email
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d7e65647b6c636423666568796c63644d6b687f6e236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="26554e4f5047484f084d4e435247484f664043544508414950">[email protected]</span></a>.
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's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
community organizations, Tribal members and others, access publicly
available information and navigate Commission processes. For public
inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions,
comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#78372828381e1d0a1b561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="256a757565434057460b424a53">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.aspx</a>. Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment
system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx</a>. You must
include your name and contact information at the end of your comments.
For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2e4e7f0e1edcccecbccc7f1d7d2d2cdd0d6e2c4c7d0c18cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="33757661707c5d5f5a5d56604643435c414773555641501d545c45">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy.
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent
via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-15395-000.
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 <a href="https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search">https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search</a>.
Enter the docket number (P-15395) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: February 25, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-03426 Filed 3-3-25; 8:45 am]
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