[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 248 (Thursday, December 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 78355]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30829]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14545-000]
Hydro Green Energy, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On August 7, 2013, Hydro Green Energy, 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 the Vandenberg East
Project to be located near Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara
County, California. 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 30-foot-
high, 4,150-foot-long upper earthen embankment constructed with rubber
sheet and asphalt lining; (2) an upper reservoir having a total/usable
storage capacity of 6,152 acre-feet at normal maximum operation
elevation of 1,490 feet above mean sea level; (3) six 10,000-foot-long
by 10-foot-diameter steel lined penstocks; (4) a 500-foot-long, 250-
foot-diameter concrete lined tailrace; (5) a concrete and steel lined
pressure shaft; (6) six 223-megawatt, reversible variable-speed pump-
turbines; (7) a new powerhouse and substation located approximately 100
feet below ground and approximately 250 feet long by 75 feet wide by
100 feet high; (8) a vertical access tunnel approximately 400 feet high
and 30 feet in diameter; (9) a breakwater constructed from precast
concrete tetrapods; and (10) a new single-circuit 230-kilovolt
transmission line approximately 12 miles in length. The estimated
annual generation of the Vandenberg East Project would be approximately
3,911 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark Stover, Hydro Green, LLC, 900 Oakmont
Lane, Suite 310, Westmont, IL 60559; phone: (877) 556-6566 ext. 709.
FERC Contact: Mary Greene; phone: (202) 502-8865.
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, 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
[email protected], (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-14545-000.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-14545) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: December 19, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-30829 Filed 12-24-13; 8:45 am]
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