2011-6774. Notice Announcing Preliminary Permit Drawing

Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XLIV	Project No. 13737-000.
FFP Missouri 11, LLC	Project No. 13759-000.
Solia 5 Hydroelectric, LLC	Project No. 13766-000.

The Commission has received three preliminary permit applications deemed filed on May 18, 2010, at 8:30 a.m.,^[1] for proposed projects to be located at the Army Corps of Engineers' Maxwell Lock and Dam on the Monongahela River, in Washington County, Pennsylvania. The applications were filed by Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XLIV for Project No. 13737, FFP Missouri 11, LLC, for Project No. 13759, and Solia 5 Hydroelectric, LLC, for Project No. 13766.^[2]

On March 24, 2011, at 10 a.m. (eastern time), the Secretary of the Commission, or her designee, will conduct a random drawing to determine the filing priority of the applicants identified in this notice. The Commission will select among competing permit applications as provided in section 4.37 of its regulations.^[3] The priority established by this drawing will be used to determine which applicant, among those with identical filing times, will be considered to have the first-filed application.

The drawing is open to the public and will be held in room 2C, the Commission Meeting Room, located at 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426. A subsequent notice will be issued by the Secretary announcing the results of the drawing.

Dated: March 15, 2011.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,

Deputy Secretary.

Footnotes

1.  Under the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, any document received after regular business hours is considered filed at 8:30 a.m. on the next regular business day. 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(2) (2010).

2.  Maxwell Hydro, LLC, also filed a permit application to study the same site for Project No. 13787, which is deemed filed on May 19, 2010.

3.  18 CFR 4.37 (2010).