Iron Mask Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 53963 [2010-21969]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 170 / Thursday, September 2, 2010 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13723–000] Iron Mask Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications wwoods2 on DSK1DXX6B1PROD with NOTICES_PART 1 August 27, 2010. On May 6, 2010, Iron Mask 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 Iron Mask Pumped Storage Project to be located near the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Canyon Ferry Lake in the vicinity of Townsend, Montana, in Broadwater 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 will consist of the following: (1) A 225-foot-high, 1,795-foot-long upper dam made of either zoned earth and rockfill or concrete-face earth and rockfill; (2) a 50foot-high, 950-foot-long earth-filled upper saddle dike A; (3) a 20-foot-high, 400-foot-long earth-filled upper saddle dike B; (4) a 40-foot-high, 6,559-footlong lower embankment made of zoned earth or rockfill; (5) an upper reservoir with a storage capacity of 4,888 acrefeet; (6) a lower reservoir with a storage capacity of 4,888 acre-feet; (7) a 1,626foot-long, 12.9-foot-diameter unlined upper low-pressure tunnel; (8) a 4,809foot-long, 12.9-foot-diameter unlined, concrete-lined, and steel-lined pressure shaft; (9) a 200-foot-long, 12.9-footdiameter concrete-lined and steel-lined high pressure tunnel; (10) four 6.5-footdiameter steel-lined penstocks (length to be determined) ; (11) a 5,073-foot-long, 15.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined or unlined tailrace; (12) a 260-foot-long, 65-foot-wide, 120-foot-high underground powerhouse located at a depth of 1,000 feet; (13) one 150megawatt (MW), one 100–MW, and one 50–MW reversible pump-turbines totaling 300 MW of generating capacity, with up to 100 MW of additional pumping capacity, for a total of 400 MW pumping capacity; (14) an approximately 3,000-foot-long, 24-foothigh main access tunnel leading from the ground level to the powerhouse; and VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:22 Sep 01, 2010 Jkt 220001 (15) a new single-circuit 230-kilovolt, 4.9-mile-long transmission line with a 150-foot right of way. Annual energy production is estimated to be 919,800 megawatt hours. Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 1210 W. Franklin Street, Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (208) 246–9925. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott (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 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. 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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–13723–000) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–21969 Filed 9–1–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 53963 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PR10–86–000, Docket No. PR10–87–000, Docket No. PR10–88–000, Docket No. PR10–89–000, Docket No. PR10– 90–000] Notice of Baseline Filings: The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company, Minnesota Energy Resources Corporation, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, Cobra Pipeline Ltd., Humble Gas Pipeline Company (Not Consolidated) August 27, 2010. Take notice that on August 25, 2010, August 26, 2010, and August 27, 2010, respectively the applicants listed above submitted their baseline filing of its Statement of Operating Conditions for services provided under section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 (NGPA). Any person desiring to participate in this rate proceeding must file a motion to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed E:\FR\FM\02SEN1.SGM 02SEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13723-000]


 Iron Mask Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

August 27, 2010.
    On May 6, 2010, Iron Mask 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 Iron Mask Pumped 
Storage Project to be located near the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's 
Canyon Ferry Lake in the vicinity of Townsend, Montana, in Broadwater 
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 will consist of the following: (1) A 225-foot-
high, 1,795-foot-long upper dam made of either zoned earth and rockfill 
or concrete-face earth and rockfill; (2) a 50-foot-high, 950-foot-long 
earth-filled upper saddle dike A; (3) a 20-foot-high, 400-foot-long 
earth-filled upper saddle dike B; (4) a 40-foot-high, 6,559-foot-long 
lower embankment made of zoned earth or rockfill; (5) an upper 
reservoir with a storage capacity of 4,888 acre-feet; (6) a lower 
reservoir with a storage capacity of 4,888 acre-feet; (7) a 1,626-foot-
long, 12.9-foot-diameter unlined upper low-pressure tunnel; (8) a 
4,809-foot-long, 12.9-foot-diameter unlined, concrete-lined, and steel-
lined pressure shaft; (9) a 200-foot-long, 12.9-foot-diameter concrete-
lined and steel-lined high pressure tunnel; (10) four 6.5-foot-diameter 
steel-lined penstocks (length to be determined) ; (11) a 5,073-foot-
long, 15.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined or unlined tailrace; (12) a 
260-foot-long, 65-foot-wide, 120-foot-high underground powerhouse 
located at a depth of 1,000 feet; (13) one 150-megawatt (MW), one 100-
MW, and one 50-MW reversible pump-turbines totaling 300 MW of 
generating capacity, with up to 100 MW of additional pumping capacity, 
for a total of 400 MW pumping capacity; (14) an approximately 3,000-
foot-long, 24-foot-high main access tunnel leading from the ground 
level to the powerhouse; and (15) a new single-circuit 230-kilovolt, 
4.9-mile-long transmission line with a 150-foot right of way.
    Annual energy production is estimated to be 919,800 megawatt hours.
    Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 1210 
W. Franklin Street, Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (208) 246-9925.
    FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott (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 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. 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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-13723-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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