[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 193 (Wednesday, October 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61747-61748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25101]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13835-000]
Coffin Butte Energy Park, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
September 21, 2010.
On August 25, 2010, Coffin Butte Energy Park, 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
Coffin Butte Pumped Storage Water Power Project (Coffin Butte Project)
to be located in Wheatland 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.
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The proposed project will consist of the following: (1) A 5,700-
foot-long, 60-foot-high triangular earth and roller compacted concrete
embankment; creating a 50-acre upper reservoir with a storage capacity
of 2,500-acre-foot at an elevation of 6,420 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum 1929 (NGVD 29); (2) a 6,300-foot-long, 60-foot-high oval
earth and roller compacted concrete embankment; creating a 50-acre
lower reservoir with a storage capacity of 2,500-acre-foot at an
elevation of 5,200 feet NGVD 29; (3) an 18-foot-diameter, 5,000-foot-
long steel-lined tunnel connecting the two reservoirs; (4) a powerhouse
located on the steel-lined tunnel containing two reversible 125-
megawatt (MW) turbine/generator units, for a total installed capacity
of 250 MW; (5) a temporary earthen/rock diversion with a pump and 2-
foot-diameter pipeline to bring initial fill water to the lower
reservoir from Miller Creek; (6) a 2-foot-diameter well to bring
groundwater to the project to make up evaporation and seepage losses;
(7) an approximately 2-mile-long, 500-kilovolt (kV) transmission line
connecting the powerhouse to an existing 500-kV transmission line in
the area or a 7-mile-long, 230-kV transmission line connecting the
powerhouse to the Two Dot substation; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
The estimated annual generation of the Coffin Butte Project would be
880,000 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Carl Borquist, Coffin Butte Energy Park, LLC,
1970 Stadium Drive, Suite 3, Bozeman, MN 59715; phone: (406) 585-3006.
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:[sol][sol]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:[sol][sol]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:[sol][sol]www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-13835-000) in the docket
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-25101 Filed 10-5-10; 8:45 am]
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