[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59706-59707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24230]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13836-000]
Medicine Bow Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
September 21, 2010.
On August 30, 2010, Medicine Bow 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 Medicine Bow
Pumped Storage Project (Medicine Bow Project) to be located in Carbon
County, Idaho. 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 9,200-
foot-circumference, 60-foot-high earth or rockfilled embankment;
creating an 88-acre upper reservoir with a storage capacity of 8,750-
acre-foot at an elevation of 8,375 feet mean sea level (msl); (2) a
1,480-foot-long, 210-foot-high earth and rockfill or concrete-face
rockfill dam; creating an 121-acre lower reservoir with a storage
capacity of 8,900-acre-foot at an elevation of 7,325 feet msl; (3) a
19-foot-diameter, 600-foot-long concrete-lined low pressure tunnel; (4)
a 19-foot-diameter, 5,060-foot-long high pressure concrete-lined
tunnel; (5) a 280-foot-long, 70-foot-wide, 120-foot-high powerhouse
containing one reversible 200-megawatt (MW) turbine/generator unit, and
two 100-MW turbine/generator units, for a total installed capacity of
400 MW; (6) a 2,600-foot-long, 22.5-foot-diameter tailrace between the
powerhouse and the lower reservoir; (7) an approximately 6.8-mile-long,
230-kilovolt transmission line connecting the powerhouse to the
existing Miracle Mile-Cheyenne transmission line; and (8) appurtenant
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Medicine Bow Project
would be 1,226,400 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 1210 W.
Franklin Street, Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (208) 246-9925.
FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper (202) 502-6136.
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-13836-000) in the docket number field to
access the
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document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-24230 Filed 9-27-10; 8:45 am]
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