[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 35776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16078]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14808-000]
Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On December 19, 2016, 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
Panther Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project to be located near the
town of Simpson in Lackawanna and Wayne Counties, 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 175 acres and a storage capacity
of 2,625 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 1,960 feet
above mean sea level (msl) created through construction of new roller-
compacted concrete or rock-filled dams and/or dikes; (2) excavating a
new lower reservoir with a surface area of 180 acres and a total
storage capacity of 4,500 acre-feet at a surface elevation of 1,325
feet msl; (3) a new 6,045-foot-long, 48-inch-diameter penstock
connecting the upper and lower reservoirs; (5) a new 150-foot-long, 50-
foot-wide powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units with a
total rated capacity of 172 megawatts; (6) a new transmission line
connecting the powerhouse to a nearby electric grid interconnection
point with options to evaluate multiple grid interconnection locations;
and (7) appurtenant facilities. Possible initial fill water and make-up
water would come from the Lackawanna River. The proposed project would
have an annual generation of 502,717 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC,
5710 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; phone: (267) 254-6107.
FERC Contact: Tim Looney; phone: (202) 502-6096.
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.\1\
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements
of 18 CFR 4.36.
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\1\ The Commission is issuing a second notice for this project
because some municipalities may not have been notified by the first
notice issued on March 28, 2017.
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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-14808-000.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-14808) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: July 25, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-16078 Filed 7-31-17; 8:45 am]
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