[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 8, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12727-12728]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5212]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14087-000]
Black Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On January 26, 2011, Black Canyon 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 Black Canyon
Pumped Storage Project (project) to be located at the U.S. Bureau of
Reclamation's Kortes and Seminoe Dams, near Rawlins, Carbon County,
Wyoming. 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 has four alternatives and would consist of the
following:
East Reservoir-Kortes Alternative
(1) The existing Kortes Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) a
new, 50-foot-high, 8.724-foot-long earthen or rockfill East Reservoir
embankment; (3) a new artificial, lined East Reservoir with a storage
capacity of 9,700-acre-foot; (4) a 3,800-foot-long, 18.7-foot-diameter
concrete-lined pressure shaft; (5) a 200-foot-long, 22.4-foot-diameter
concrete-lined tailrace; (6) a 280-foot-long, 70-foot-wide, 120-foot-
high powerhouse; and (7) 0.75-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission
line to an interconnection point to the Western Area Power
Administration (WAPA) Miracle Mile-Cheyenne transmission line on the
Seminoe Reservoir side of the project.
East Reservoir-Seminoe Alternative
(1) The existing Seminoe Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) a
new, 50-foot-high, 8.724-foot-long earthen or rockfill East Reservoir
embankment; (3) a new artificial, lined East Reservoir with a storage
capacity of 9,700-acre-foot; (4) a 800-foot-long, 20.4-foot-diameter
unlined or concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; (5) a 5,800-foot-long,
20.4-foot-diameter concrete-lined pressure shaft; (6) a 200-foot-long,
24.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace; and (7) a 280-foot-long,
70-foot-wide, 120-foot-high powerhouse. The interconnection point to
the WAPA Miracle Mile-Cheyenne line is adjacent to the powerhouse,
therefore, a transmission line is not required.
North Reservoir-Kortes Alternative
(1) The existing Kortes Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) a
new, 50-foot-high, 6,280-foot-long earthen or rockfill North Reservoir
embankment; (3) a new artificial, lined North Reservoir with a storage
capacity of 5,322-acre-foot; (4) a 1,400-foot-long, 16.7-foot-diameter
unlined or concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; (5) a 1,960-foot-long,
16.7-foot-diameter concrete-lined pressure tunnel; (6) a 560-foot-long,
20.1-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace; (7) an 250-foot-high, 60-
foot-wide, 120-foot-high powerhouse; and (8) a 1-mile-long, 230-kV
transmission line to an interconnection point of the WAPA Miracle Mile-
Cheyenne transmission line on the Seminoe Reservoir side of the
project.
North Reservoir-Seminoe Alternative
(1) The existing Seminoe Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) a
new, 50-foot-high, 6,280-foot-long earthen or rockfill North Reservoir
embankment; (3) a new artificial, lined North Reservoir with a storage
capacity of 5,322-acre-foot; (4) a 1,400-foot-long, 18.2-foot-diameter
unlined or concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; (5) a 3,780-foot-long,
18.2-foot-diameter concrete-lined pressure tunnel; (6) a 1,307-foot-
long, 21.9-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace; (7) a 250-foot-high,
60-foot-wide, 120-foot-high powerhouse; and (8) a 0.25-mile-long, 230-
kV transmission line interconnecting with the WAPA Miracle Mile-
Cheyenne line.
The generating equipment for the East Reservoir alternatives will
consist of three 133-megawatt (MW) adjustable-speed reversible pump-
turbines with a total generating capacity of 400 MW. The generating
equipment for the North Reservoir alternatives will consist of three
100-MW adjustable-speed reversible pump-turbines with a total
generating capacity of 300 MW.
The estimated annual generation of the project would be 2,146.2
gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew Shapiro, Black Canyon Hydro, LLC,
1210 W. Franklin Street, Suite 2, Boise, Idaho 83702; phone: (208) 246-
9925.
FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott; phone: (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 at [email protected] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676,
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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
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http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P-14087-000) in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: March 1, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-5212 Filed 3-7-11; 8:45 am]
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