[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 248 (Thursday, December 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78355-78356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30833]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 12747-002]
San Diego County Water Authority; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted For Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On July 1, 2013, the San Diego County Water Authority filed an
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the San
Vicente Pumped Storage Water Power Project No. 12747 to be located on
at the existing San Vicente dam and reservoir on San Vicente Creek in
San Diego County, California. The proposed project would consist of the
existing San Vicente reservoir functioning as the lower reservoir of
the project and one of four alternatives as an upper reservoir.
Specific details about each of these alternatives are described below.
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.
All four of the alternatives would use the San Vicente reservoir,
as the lower reservoir of the pumped storage project. The San Vicente
reservoir portion of the project consists of: (1) An existing dam,
currently being raised to a dam height of 337 feet, and a length of
1,442 feet; and (2) an existing impoundment, that upon completion of
the dam raise will have a surface area of 1,600 acres, and storage
capacity of 247,000 acre-feet with a normal maximum water surface
elevation of 767 feet above mean sea level (msl).
There are four alternatives for the upper reservoir, as described
below.
Alternative Site A is located near Iron Mountain 3 miles northwest
of San Vicente reservoir and includes: (1) A proposed 235-foot-high,
1,250-foot-long upper dam; (2) a proposed reservoir with a surface area
of 93 acres having a storage capacity of 8,070 acre-feet and a normal
maximum water surface elevation of 2,110 feet msl; (3) a proposed
12,300-foot-long, 20-foot-diameter concrete power tunnel; (4) two
proposed 500-foot-long steel-lined penstocks; (5) a proposed powerhouse
containing two generating units having a total installed capacity of
500 megawatts (MW); (6) a proposed 3,300-foot-long, 24-foot-diameter
concrete tailrace; (7) a proposed 14,000-foot-long, 230-kilovolt
transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
Alternative Site B is located near Foster Canyon, approximately 0.5
mile northwest of San Vicente reservoir and includes: (1) A proposed
215-foot-high, 4,500-foot-long upper dam; (2) a proposed upper
reservoir with a surface area of 100 acres having a storage capacity of
12,200 acre-feet and a normal maximum water surface elevation of 1,490
feet msl; and (3) appurtenant facilities.
Alternative Site C is located approximately 1.8 miles southeast of
the San Vicente reservoir and includes: (1) A proposed 200-foot-high,
2,200-foot-long upper dam; (2) a proposed upper
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reservoir with a surface area of 60 acres having a storage capacity of
6,800 acre-feet and a normal maximum water surface elevation of 1,600
feet msl; and (3) appurtenant facilities.
Alternative Site D is located approximately 1.8 miles southeast of
the San Vicente reservoir. The reservoir would have a water surface
area of 80 acres at a full pond elevation of 1,800 feet msl.
Each alternative would interconnect via a 230-kilovolt primary
transmission line to the existing San Diego Gas and Electric Sunrise
Powerlink 500-kV transmission line located approximately one half mile
northwest of the project.
The applicant proposes to investigate potential power development
in the range of 240 to 500 MW. The proposed project would have a
maximum estimated annual generation of up to 1,000 gigawatt-hours,
which would be sold to a local utility.
Applicant Contact: Frank Belock, Deputy General Manager, San Diego
County Water Authority, 4677 Overland Avenue, San Diego CA 92123;
phone: (858) 522-6788.
FERC Contact: Joseph P. Hassell, 202-502-8079
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 (2013).
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-12747-002.
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-12747-002) 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. 2013-30833 Filed 12-24-13; 8:45 am]
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