[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 20974]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9072]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14060-000]
Owyhee Hydro, LLC; of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for
Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing
Applications
On January 18, 2011, Owyhee 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 Owyhee Pumped Storage
Project (project) to be located on Lake Owyhee, near Adrian, Malheur
County, Oregon. 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 three alternatives and would consist of
the following:
Owyhee Ridge Alternative A
Utilizing the existing Lake Owyhee as the lower reservoir and
constructing: (1) A 50-foot-high, 9,900-foot-long earthen or rockfill
upper reservoir embankment; (2) a artificial, lined upper reservoir
with a storage capacity of 8,235-acre-foot; (3) a 600-foot-long, 15.5-
foot diameter concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; (4) a 5,870-foot-
long, 15.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined pressure shaft; (5) a 1,815-
foot-long, 18.6-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace; (6) a 100-foot-
long, 350-foot-wide, 120-foot-high underground powerhouse; (7) a 4.85-
mile-long, 230 or 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line interconnecting
with either the existing Midpoint-Summer Lake line or the planned
Boardman-Hemingway line; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
Owyhee Ridge Alternative B
Utilizing the existing Lake Owyhee as the lower reservoir and
constructing: (1) A 50-foot-high, 9,900-foot-long earthen or rockfill
upper reservoir embankment; (2) a artificial, lined upper reservoir
with a storage capacity of 8,235-acre-foot; (3) a 1,190-foot-long,
15.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; (4) an 8,100-
foot-long, 15.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined pressure shaft; (5) a
2,000-foot-long, 18.6-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace; (6) a 100-
foot-long, 350-foot-wide, 120-foot-high underground powerhouse; (7) a
2.7-mile-long, 230 or 354-kV transmission line interconnecting with
either the existing Midpoint-Summer Lake line or the planned Boardman-
Hemingway line; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
Long Draw Alternative
Utilizing the existing Lake Owyhee as the lower reservoir and
constructing: (1) A artificial, lined upper reservoir with a storage
capacity of 8,235-acre-foot; (2) a 210-foot-high, 2,165-foot-long zoned
earth and rockfill dam with impervious core or concrete-face earth and
rockfill dam; (3) a 2,100-foot-long, 16.4-foot-diameter concrete-lined
low-pressure tunnel; (4) a 8,070-foot-long, 16.4-foot-diameter
concrete-lined pressure tunnel; (5) a 2,110-foot-long, 19.7-foot-
diameter concrete-lined tailrace; (6) an 80-foot-high, 280-foot-wide,
120-foot-high underground powerhouse; (7) a 2.5-mile-long, 230-kV
transmission line interconnecting with either the existing Midpoint-
Summer Lake line or the planned Boardman-Hemingway line; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
All of the alternatives would include four reversible pump-turbines
with a total installed capacity of 500 megawatts.
The estimated annual generation of the project would be 1,533
gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew Shapiro, Owyhee 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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-14060-000) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: April 8, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-9072 Filed 4-13-11; 8:45 am]
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