South Run Pumped Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 78984 [2010-31708]

Download as PDF 78984 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 242 / Friday, December 17, 2010 / Notices Authority: 40 CFR 1506.6, 1506.10, and 43 CFR 1610.2 Michael D. Nedd, Assistant Director, Minerals and Realty Management, Bureau of Land Management. Cathy Zoi, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. [FR Doc. 2010–31725 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310–84–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13876–000] South Run Pumped Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications emcdonald on DSK2BSOYB1PROD with NOTICES December 13, 2010. On October 26, 2010, South Run Pumped Storage, LLC, Massachusetts, 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 South Run Pumped Storage Project (South Run Project or project) to be located on South Run, near Norton, Medina and Summit counties, Ohio. 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) An excavated, diked, and asphaltlined 255-acre upper reservoir having a maximum water surface area of about 195 acres and a total volume of 7,805 acre-feet; (2) a 7,760-acre-foot capacity underground lower reservoir, 2,200 feet below ground surface, created by previous limestone mining activities; (3) a diversion channel around the west and south sides of the upper reservoir with sufficient capacity to carry a 100year flood flow of 1,170 cubic feet per second; (4) a 28-foot-diameter, 7,000foot-long, concrete-lined power tunnel located 300 feet below the ground surface that extends from the upper reservoir to two 17.5-foot-diameter, 2,400-foot-long concrete-lined vertical shafts connecting the power tunnel with the underground powerhouse penstocks; (5) six 6-foot-3-inch diameter, 235-foot-long, steel-and concrete-lined penstocks; (6) an VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:45 Dec 16, 2010 Jkt 223001 underground powerhouse containing six 250-megawatt (MW) reversible pumpturbines; (7) an underground transformer gallery; (8) a 3-mile-long, 345-kilovolt overhead transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the South Run Project would be between 1,300 and 2,000 gigawatt-hours, depending on utilization factors. There are no Federal or state lands associated with the project. Applicant Contact: Daniel R. Irvin, Free Flow Power Corporation, 33 Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA 01930; phone: (978) 252–7631. FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone: (202) 502–6211. 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 http: //www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–13876–000) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–31708 Filed 12–16–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 13213–001] Lock 14 Hydro Partners; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process December 10, 2010. a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process. b. Project No.: 13213–001. c. Dated Filed: October 12, 2010. d. Submitted By: Lock 14 Hydro Partners. e. Name of Project: Kentucky Lock and Dam 14 Project. f. Location: On the Kentucky River, in Lee County, Kentucky. g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 4.6 of the Commission’s regulations. h. Potential Applicant Contact: David Brown Kinloch, Soft Energy Associates, Agent for Lock 14 Hydro Partners, 414 South Wenzel Street, Louisville, KY 40204, (502) 589–0975. i. FERC Contact: Sean Murphy at (202) 502–6145; or e-mail at sean.murphy@ferc.gov. j. Lock 14 Hydro Partners filed its request to use the Traditional Licensing Process on October 11, 2010. Lock 14 Hydro Partners provided public notice of its request on November 15, 2010. In a letter dated December 10, 2010, the Director of the Office of Energy Projects approved Lock 14 Hydro Partners’ request to use the Traditional Licensing Process. k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, part 402; (b) NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920; and (c) the Kentucky State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by Section 106, National Historical Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. l. Lock 14 Hydro Partners filed a PreApplication Document (PAD; including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s regulations. m. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in the Public E:\FR\FM\17DEN1.SGM 17DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2010)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13876-000]


South Run Pumped Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

December 13, 2010.
    On October 26, 2010, South Run Pumped Storage, LLC, Massachusetts, 
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 South Run Pumped Storage Project (South Run Project or project) to 
be located on South Run, near Norton, Medina and Summit counties, Ohio. 
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) An excavated, diked, and 
asphalt-lined 255-acre upper reservoir having a maximum water surface 
area of about 195 acres and a total volume of 7,805 acre-feet; (2) a 
7,760-acre-foot capacity underground lower reservoir, 2,200 feet below 
ground surface, created by previous limestone mining activities; (3) a 
diversion channel around the west and south sides of the upper 
reservoir with sufficient capacity to carry a 100-year flood flow of 
1,170 cubic feet per second; (4) a 28-foot-diameter, 7,000-foot-long, 
concrete-lined power tunnel located 300 feet below the ground surface 
that extends from the upper reservoir to two 17.5-foot-diameter, 2,400-
foot-long concrete-lined vertical shafts connecting the power tunnel 
with the underground powerhouse penstocks; (5) six 6-foot-3-inch 
diameter, 235-foot-long, steel-and concrete-lined penstocks; (6) an 
underground powerhouse containing six 250-megawatt (MW) reversible 
pump-turbines; (7) an underground transformer gallery; (8) a 3-mile-
long, 345-kilovolt overhead transmission line; and (9) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the South Run Project 
would be between 1,300 and 2,000 gigawatt-hours, depending on 
utilization factors. There are no Federal or state lands associated 
with the project.
    Applicant Contact: Daniel R. Irvin, Free Flow Power Corporation, 33 
Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA 01930; phone: (978) 252-7631.
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone: (202) 502-6211.
    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-13876-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-31708 Filed 12-16-10; 8:45 am]
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