[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 43 (Friday, March 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 10248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4605]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13642-000]
GB Energy Park, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
February 25, 2010.
On December 11, 2009 and revised on January 14, 2010, GB Energy
Park, 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 Gordon Butte Pumped Storage Project, which would be
located near Martinsdale in Meagher 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 would consist of: (1) A new upper reservoir
with a surface area of 50 acres and a storage capacity of 4,050 acre-
feet at a normal maximum surface elevation of 6,020 feet; (2) a new 50-
foot-high, 9,000-foot-long earthen and roller compacted concrete
embankment at the upper reservoir; (3) a new lower reservoir, with a
surface area of 80 acres and a storage capacity of 4,050 acre-feet at a
normal maximum surface elevation of 4,990 feet; (4) a new 50-foot-high,
10,000-foot-long earthen and roller compacted concrete embankment at
the lower reservoir; (5) a new 25-foot-diameter, 4,000-foot-long steel-
lined tunnel connecting to; (6) a new powerhouse containing two
reversible turbine generator units having a total installed capacity of
350 megawatts; (7) an existing 4-foot-wide by 4-foot-deep, 3-mile-long
canal carrying flows diverted from Cottonwood Creek by an existing
diversion structure, or a new 3-foot-diameter, 2,400-foot-long pipeline
carrying flows from an existing collection point on the South Fork of
the Musselshell River, terminating at; (8) a new pumphouse delivering
initial fill and make-up flows to the lower reservoir via a 3-foot-
diameter, approximately 250-foot-long pipeline; (9) a new substation;
(10) a new 500-kilovolt (kV), 5.7-mile-long transmission line
interconnecting with an existing 500-kV line, or a new 100-kV, 1.1-
mile-long transmission line interconnecting to an existing 100-kV line;
(11) 7.4 miles of new 20-foot-wide gravel access roads; and (12)
appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an average
annual generation of 1,300 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Carl Borgquist, GB Energy Park, LLC, 1970
Stadium Drive, Suite 3, Bozeman, MT 59715; phone: (406) 585-3006.
FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 502-6077.
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/ferconline.asp) under the
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at [email protected]; call toll-free at
(866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight 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-13642) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-4605 Filed 3-4-10; 8:45 am]
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