[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 244 (Thursday, December 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60593-60594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27497]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14861-000]
FFP Project 101, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On October 20, 2017, FFP Project 101, LLC filed an application for
a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power
Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Goldendale Energy
Storage Project (project) to be located near Goldendale in Klickitat
County, Washington and Sherman County, Oregon. 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 will be closed-loop. Water to initially fill
the reservoirs and required make-up water will be pumped from the
Columbia River via an existing pumphouse. The proposed project would
consist of an upper and lower reservoir, an underground water
conveyance system connecting the two reservoirs, an underground
powerhouse, and a transmission line. The lower reservoir would be
formed by a 7,400-foot-long, 170-foot-high rockfill embankment, with
storage capacity of 7,100 acre-feet at maximum water surface elevation
of 580 feet and surface area of 62 acres. The upper reservoir would be
formed by an 8,000-foot-long, 170-foot-high rockfill embankment, with
storage capacity of 7,100 acre-feet at maximum water surface elevation
of 2,940 feet and surface area of 59 acres. Water would be conveyed
from the upper reservoir to the lower reservoir via a 5,000-foot-long,
concrete and steel tunnel with internal diameters ranging from 20 to 29
feet, and a 600-foot-long, 15-foot-diameter steel/concrete penstock.
The powerhouse would contain three, 400-megawatt (MW) Francis-type
pump-turbine units for a total installed capacity of 1,200 MW. Project
power would be transmitted through a new 5-mile-long, 500-kilovolt
transmission line from the powerhouse to Bonneville Power
Administration's John Day Substation.
The estimated averaged annual generation of the project would be
3,500 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Erik Steimle, Rye Development, 745 Atlantic Ave.
8th Floor, Boston, MA 02111, phone (503) 998-0230.
FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen, (202) 502-6105.
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-14861-000.
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More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-14861) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: December 15, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-27497 Filed 12-20-17; 8:45 am]
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