[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7177-7178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02484]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14556-000]
Gridflex Energy, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On September 12, 2013, the Gridflex Energy, LLC, filed an
application for a
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preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Rose Creek Pumped
Storage Project (Rose Creek Project or project) to be located on the
Rose Creek Reservoir, near the town of Hawthorne, Mineral County,
Nevada. 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 an expansion of the existing
Rose Creek Reservoir as upper reservoir and a new lower reservoir,
joined by approximately 12,300 feet of conduit. The project would also
consist of the following: (1) A 100-foot-high by 1,720-foot-wide
roller-compacted concrete or concrete-face rock-fill expansion of the
existing Rose Creek Dam; (2) a 40-foot-high by 4,100-foot-wide
concrete-face rock-fill or earthen lower reservoir ring embankment; (3)
an expanded upper reservoir with a surface area of 35 acres and a
total/usable storage capacity of 2,112 acre-feet at normal maximum
operation elevation of 6,390 feet msl; (4) a lower reservoir with a
surface area of 21 acres and a total/usable storage capacity of 1,056
acre-feet at normal maximum operation elevation of 4,075 feet msl; (5)
a 2,200-foot-long, 9.6-foot-diameter concrete-lined low pressure
headrace; (6) a 9,600-foot-long, 9.6-foot-diameter concrete and steel-
lined high pressure headrace; (7) a 700-foot-long, 11.6-foot-diameter
concrete-lined tailrace; (8) a 200-foot-long by 60-foot-wide by 120-
foot-high powerhouse located at an elevation of approximately 3,930-
foot-high and at a depth of 150 feet below ground level; (9) a new, 20-
mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line connected to the 230-kV
Dixie Valley Oxbow transmission line or a new, 15-mile-long, 230-kV
transmission line connected to Sierra Pacific Power's Thorne
substation; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual
generation of the Rose Creek Project would be 547.5 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 1210
W. Franklin St., Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (208) 246-9925.
FERC Contact: Tim Welch; phone: (202) 502-8760.
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-14556-000.
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-14556) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: January 30, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-02484 Filed 2-5-14; 8:45 am]
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