[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 174 (Monday, September 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42673-42674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-19118]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14833-000]
Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications;
Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC
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
Snoosh Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project to be located in
Somerset 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 66 acres and a storage capacity
of 990 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 2,670 feet
above mean sea level (msl) created through construction of a new
roller-compacted concrete or rock-filled dam and/or dike; (2)
excavating a new lower reservoir with a surface area of 60 acres and a
total storage capacity of 1,188 acre-feet at a surface elevation of
1,850 feet msl; (3) a new 2,670-foot-long, 48-inch-diameter penstock
connecting the upper and lower reservoirs; (4) a new 150-foot-long, 50-
foot-wide powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units with a
total rated capacity of 67 megawatts; (5) a new transmission line
connecting the powerhouse to a nearby 115-kilovolt electric grid
interconnection point; and (6) appurtenant facilities. Possible initial
fill water and make-up water would come from the nearby Raystown Branch
of the Juniata River, including groundwater. The proposed project would
have an annual generation of 242,920 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC,
5710 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; phone: 267-254-6107.
FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of
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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-14833-000.
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-14833) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: September 1, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-19118 Filed 9-8-17; 8:45 am]
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