[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 170 (Thursday, September 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21969]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13723-000]
Iron Mask Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
August 27, 2010.
On May 6, 2010, Iron Mask Hydro, 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 Iron Mask Pumped
Storage Project to be located near the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's
Canyon Ferry Lake in the vicinity of Townsend, Montana, in Broadwater
County, Montana. 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 consist of the following: (1) A 225-foot-
high, 1,795-foot-long upper dam made of either zoned earth and rockfill
or concrete-face earth and rockfill; (2) a 50-foot-high, 950-foot-long
earth-filled upper saddle dike A; (3) a 20-foot-high, 400-foot-long
earth-filled upper saddle dike B; (4) a 40-foot-high, 6,559-foot-long
lower embankment made of zoned earth or rockfill; (5) an upper
reservoir with a storage capacity of 4,888 acre-feet; (6) a lower
reservoir with a storage capacity of 4,888 acre-feet; (7) a 1,626-foot-
long, 12.9-foot-diameter unlined upper low-pressure tunnel; (8) a
4,809-foot-long, 12.9-foot-diameter unlined, concrete-lined, and steel-
lined pressure shaft; (9) a 200-foot-long, 12.9-foot-diameter concrete-
lined and steel-lined high pressure tunnel; (10) four 6.5-foot-diameter
steel-lined penstocks (length to be determined) ; (11) a 5,073-foot-
long, 15.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined or unlined tailrace; (12) a
260-foot-long, 65-foot-wide, 120-foot-high underground powerhouse
located at a depth of 1,000 feet; (13) one 150-megawatt (MW), one 100-
MW, and one 50-MW reversible pump-turbines totaling 300 MW of
generating capacity, with up to 100 MW of additional pumping capacity,
for a total of 400 MW pumping capacity; (14) an approximately 3,000-
foot-long, 24-foot-high main access tunnel leading from the ground
level to the powerhouse; and (15) a new single-circuit 230-kilovolt,
4.9-mile-long transmission line with a 150-foot right of way.
Annual energy production is estimated to be 919,800 megawatt hours.
Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 1210
W. Franklin Street, Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (208) 246-9925.
FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott (202) 502-6480.
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. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and
competing applications may be filed electronically via the Internet.
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's
Web site 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. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing,
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
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-13723-000) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-21969 Filed 9-1-10; 8:45 am]
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