[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 67 (Monday, April 10, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 17238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07088]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14820-000]
Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On January 18, 2017, Merchant Hydro Developers, 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
Allegheny Pumped Storage Hydro Project to be located near Juniata
Township in Blair County, Pennsylvania. 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 new
upper reservoir with a surface area of 100 acres and a storage capacity
of 1,500 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 2,500 feet
above mean sea level (msl) created through construction of a new
roller-compacted concrete or rock-fill dam; (2) a new lower reservoir
with a surface area of 50 acres and a storage capacity of 1,800 acre-
feet at a surface elevation of 1,500 feet msl; (3) a new 3,760-foot-
long, 48-inch-diameter penstock connecting the upper and lower
reservoirs; (4) a new 150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 25-foot-high
powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units with a total rated
capacity of 123 megawatts; (5) a new 3,924-foot-long transmission line
connecting the powerhouse to the Summit Claysburg 115-kilovolt circuit
owned by the Pennsylvania Electric Company; and (6) appurtenant
facilities. The proposed project would have an annual generation of
448,854 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC,
5710 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; phone: 267-254-6107.
FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: (202) 502-6336.
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-14820-000.
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-14820) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: April 4, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-07088 Filed 4-7-17; 8:45 am]
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