Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 26480 [2017-11765]
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Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC;
Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On January 18, 2017, Merchant Hydro
Developers, 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 Lookout Pumped Storage
Hydroelectric Project to be located in
Somerset County, Pennsylvania. 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
the following: (1) A new upper reservoir
with a surface area of 44 acres and a
storage capacity of 660 acre-feet at a
surface elevation of approximately 2,850
feet above mean sea level (msl) created
through construction of a new rollercompacted concrete or rock-filled dam
and/or dike; (2) excavating a new lower
reservoir with a surface area of 30 acres
and a total storage capacity of 792 acrefeet at a surface elevation of 2,200 feet
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msl; (3) a new 3,500-foot-long, 48-inchdiameter penstock connecting the upper
and lower reservoirs; (4) a new 150-footlong, 50-foot-wide powerhouse
containing two turbine-generator units
with a total rated capacity of 35
megawatts; (5) a new transmission line
connecting the powerhouse to a nearby
electric grid interconnection point at the
Lookout Wind Farm; and (6)
appurtenant facilities. Possible initial
fill water and make-up water would
come from the nearby Wills Creek,
including groundwater. The proposed
project would have an annual
generation of 128,372 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle,
Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 5710
Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902;
phone: 267–254–6107.
FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury;
phone: (202) 502–6736.
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.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, notices of intent,
and competing applications using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
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 https://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
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–14827–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–14827) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: June 1, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP16–028–000]
National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation;
Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the
Proposed Line QP, Line Q, and Queen
Storage Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) for the
Line QP, Line Q, and Queen Storage
Project (Project), proposed by National
Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (National
Fuel) in the above-referenced docket.
National Fuel requests authorization to
construct and operate facilities in Forest
and Warren Counties, Pennsylvania.
National Fuel would abandon capacity
by sale a natural gas storage system and
associated pipeline that is no longer
needed by the company and would
provide that capacity to other gathering
system suppliers in Pennsylvania.
Additionally, National Fuel proposes to
replace a compromised portion of the
pipeline associated with the storage
system and install new pipeline to
maintain National Fuel’s distribution
capability.
The EA assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
Project in accordance with the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
FERC staff concludes that approval of
the proposed project, with appropriate
mitigating measures, would not
constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the
human environment.
The United States Army Corps of
Engineers, United States Department of
Agriculture-Forest Service (USDA–FS),
and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
Commission participated as cooperating
agencies in the preparation of the EA.
Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction
by law or special expertise with respect
to resources potentially affected by the
proposal and participate in the NEPA
analysis. The USDA–FS may adopt and
use the EA to consider the issuance of
a special use permit for the portion of
the project on USDA–FS lands.
The Project includes the following
facilities:
• Abandon by sale the existing Queen
Storage Field and Queen Compressor
Station, property interests related
thereto, and approximately 5.5 miles of
the 6-inch-diameter natural gas
transmission pipeline (Line Q) from
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14827-000]
Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On January 18, 2017, Merchant Hydro Developers, 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
Lookout Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project to be located in Somerset
County, Pennsylvania. 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 the following: (1) A new
upper reservoir with a surface area of 44 acres and a storage capacity
of 660 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 2,850 feet
above mean sea level (msl) created through construction of a new
roller-compacted concrete or rock-filled dam and/or dike; (2)
excavating a new lower reservoir with a surface area of 30 acres and a
total storage capacity of 792 acre-feet at a surface elevation of 2,200
feet msl; (3) a new 3,500-foot-long, 48-inch-diameter penstock
connecting the upper and lower reservoirs; (4) a new 150-foot-long, 50-
foot-wide powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units with a
total rated capacity of 35 megawatts; (5) a new transmission line
connecting the powerhouse to a nearby electric grid interconnection
point at the Lookout Wind Farm; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
Possible initial fill water and make-up water would come from the
nearby Wills Creek, including groundwater. The proposed project would
have an annual generation of 128,372 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC,
5710 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; phone: 267-254-6107.
FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
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.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at https://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 https://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
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to:
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-14827-000.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the
Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-14827) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: June 1, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-11765 Filed 6-6-17; 8:45 am]
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