[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 37582]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16960]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14851-000]
White Pine Waterpower, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On July 13, 2017, White Pine Waterpower, 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 White Pine Pumped
Storage Project to be located near the town of Ely in White Pine,
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 applicant proposes to study two alternative closed-loop pumped
storage alternatives at the site: One sized to 250 megawatts (MW) and
the other to 500 MW. The 500-MW alternative would consist of the
following: (1) A new upper reservoir with a surface area of 52 acres
and a storage capacity of 2,400 acre-feet at a surface elevation of
approximately 8,530 feet above mean sea level (msl) created through
construction of a new earth or rock-filled dam; (2) a new lower
reservoir with a surface area of 40 acres and a total storage capacity
of 2,400 acre-feet at a surface elevation of 6,290 feet msl; (3) 10,600
feet of tunnel and penstock connecting the upper and lower reservoirs;
(5) a new underground powerhouse containing three turbine-generator
units; (6) a new 1.5 mile transmission line connecting the powerhouse
to a nearby electric grid interconnection, (7) appurtenant facilities.
The 500-MW alternative would have an annual generation of 502,717
megawatt-hours (MWh).
For the 250-MW alternative, the new upper and lower reservoirs
would be sized to have half of the storage of the 500-MW alternative
(1,200 acre-feet), reducing the dam size needed to impound the
reservoirs. The alternative would require 11,700 feet of tunnel and
penstock and have 2 pump-generating units. The 250-MW alternative would
require the same transmission line and would have an estimated annual
generation of 547,500 MWh.
Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 1210
W. Franklin Street, Suite 2, Boise, ID 83702.
FERC Contact: Jim Fargo; phone: (202) 502-6095.
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-14851-000.
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-14851) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: August 7, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-16960 Filed 8-10-17; 8:45 am]
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