Mona North Pumped Storage Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 60490-60491 [2011-25056]

Download as PDF 60490 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 189 / Thursday, September 29, 2011 / Notices the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1–866–208–3676 or e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. l. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission’s mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. m. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents—Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, and ‘‘RECOMMENTATIONS FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS’’, as applicable, and the Project Number of the proceeding. n. Agency Comments—Federal, states, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described proceeding. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. Dated: September 23, 2011. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2011–25054 Filed 9–28–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14239–000] tkelley on DSKG8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES Mona North Pumped Storage Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On August 1, 2011, Mona North Pumped Storage Project, LLC, California, 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 Mona North Pumped Storage Project (Mona North Pumped Storage Project or Project) to be located on Old Canyon Stream, near the town of Mona, Juab County, Utah. The project affects federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management. 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) An underground powerhouse containing the pump- VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:29 Sep 28, 2011 Jkt 223001 turbines and motor-generators; (2) a waterway between 7,600 and 15,800 feet long (depending on alternative configuration), including inlet/outlet structures at each reservoir, headrace tunnel, pressure shaft, buried penstock, and tailrace features connecting the upper reservoir, the underground powerhouse, and the lower reservoir; and (3) a transmission line connecting the underground powerhouse to the existing Mona substation. The applicant is studying the following reservoir alternatives: Alternative 1: (1) A single 340-foothigh by 1,800-foot-long, concrete-faced dam across Old Canyon (upper reservoir) having a total storage capacity of 18,000 acre-feet and a water surface area of 203 acres at full pool elevation of 5,874 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) an approximately 7,600-foot-long water way connecting the upper reservoir to a lower reservoir located about 2,300 feet south of the existing Mona substation; (3) a 100-foot-high and 13,000-foot-long earthfill ring dike (lower reservoir) located just south of Mona, with a water surface area of 262 acres at full pool elevation of 5,222 feet msl. Alternative 2: (1) A two dam construction (upper reservoir) located upstream of Right Fork and Old Canyon having a storage capacity of about 8,350 acre-feet and a water surface area of 152 acres at full pond elevation of 6,527 feet msl, one dam would be 285 feet high and 1,900 feet long, and the other dam would be 35 feet high and 800 feet long; (2) an approximately 15,800-foot-long waterway connecting the upper reservoir to a lower reservoir about 2,000 feet north of the existing Mona substation; and (3) a 60-foot-high and 13,000-foot-long, earthfill ring dike (lower reservoir) located north of the existing Mona substation, with a water surface area of 265 acres at full pool elevation of 5,153 feet msl. Alternative 3: (1) A two dam construction (upper reservoir) located upstream of Right Fork and Old Canyon having a storage capacity of about 24,100 acre-ft and a water surface area of 238 acres at full pond elevation of 6,580 feet msl, one dam would be 400 feet high by 2,900 feet long and the other dam would be a 100 feet high by 3,600 feet long; (2) an approximately 7,700-foot-long waterway connecting the upper reservoir to a lower reservoir north of the existing Mona substation; and (3) 250-foot-high and 1,200-footlong, earthfill ring dike (lower reservoir) located north of the existing Mona substation, with a water surface area of 182 acres at full pool elevation of about 5,996 feet msl. PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The different configurations would depend on the best suited conditions, ranging from a 4 unit, 500 megawatts (MW) (4 units × 125 MW unit) configuration to a 4 unit, 1,000 MW (4 units × 250 MW unit) configuration allowing for 8 to 10 hours of continuous output. Interconnection would exist at the PacifiCorp/Rocky Mountain Power Mona Substation: Alternative 1 would require roughly 6,000 feet; Alternative 2 would require 10,000 feet; and Alternative 3 would require 14,000 feet of new transmission line. Interconnection voltage may be 230 or 500 kilovolts; and annual generation would be within 1,800 to 4,500 gigawatthours, depending on constructed option. Applicant Contact: Mr. Nathan Sandvig, Mona North Pumped Storage Project, LLC c/o enXco Development Corporation, 517 SW., 4th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97204; phone (503) 219–3166. FERC Contact: Brian Csernak; phone: (202) 502–6144. 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–14239–000) in the docket number field to access the document. For E:\FR\FM\29SEN1.SGM 29SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 189 / Thursday, September 29, 2011 / Notices assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: September 23, 2011. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2011–25056 Filed 9–28–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14240–000] tkelley on DSKG8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES Mona South Pumped Storage Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On August 1, 2011, Mona South Pumped Storage Project, LLC, California, 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 Mona South Pumped Storage Project (Mona South Pumped Storage Project or Project) to be located within Wide Canyon, 4 miles southwest of Mona, Juab County, Utah. The project affects federal lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management. 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) An underground powerhouse containing the pumpturbines and motor-generators; (2) a waterway roughly 7,100 feet-long, including inlet/outlet structures at each reservoir, headrace tunnel, pressure shaft, buried penstock, and tailrace features connecting the upper reservoir, the underground powerhouse and the lower reservoir; (3) transmission line connecting the underground powerhouse to the proposed PacifiCorp/ Rocky Mountain Power Clover Substation; (4) a two reservoir construction (upper reservoir), a 370 feet-long by 3,000 feet-long concretefaced dam located within Wide Canyon bordered by Middle Ridge and Long Ridge having a storage capacity of about 20,400 acre-feet and a water surface area of 218 acres at full pool elevation of 6,480 above mean sea level (msl); (5) a 110 foot-high and 13,000 feet-high, earthfill ring dike (lower reservoir) with VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:29 Sep 28, 2011 Jkt 223001 a water surface area of about 261 acres Full pool elevation 5,880 feet msl; (6) location of lower reservoir and length of water-way connection will be determined later to ensure efficiency; (7) optimization of generation and energy storage ranging from a 4 unit, 500 megawatts (MW) (4 units × 125 MW unit) to a 4 unit, 1,000 MW (4 units × 250 MW unit) allowing for 8 to 10 hours of continuous output; (8) Project’s interconnection at this new substation would require roughly 5 mile-long transmission line connecting powerhouse to the substation, which my be one or two circuts. Interconnection voltage may be 230 or 500 kilovolts; and (9) annual generation would be within 1,800 to 4,500 gigawatthours depending on constructed option. Applicant Contact: Mr. Nathan Sandvig, Mona North Pumped Storage Project, LLC c/o enXco Development Corporation, 517 SW 4th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97204; phone (503) 219–3166. FERC Contact: Brian Csernak; phone: (202) 502–6144. 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 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–14240–000) in the docket number field to access the PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 60491 document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: September 23, 2011. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2011–25057 Filed 9–28–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RM98–1–000] Records Governing Off-the-Record Communications; Public Notice This constitutes notice, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt of prohibited and exempt off-the-record communications. Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, September 22, 1999) requires Commission decisional employees, who make or receive a prohibited or exempt off-the-record communication relevant to the merits of a contested proceeding, to deliver to the Secretary of the Commission, a copy of the communication, if written, or a summary of the substance of any oral communication. Prohibited communications are included in a public, non-decisional file associated with, but not a part of, the decisional record of the proceeding. 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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14239-000]


Mona North Pumped Storage Project; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On August 1, 2011, Mona North Pumped Storage Project, LLC, 
California, 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 Mona North Pumped Storage Project (Mona North Pumped 
Storage Project or Project) to be located on Old Canyon Stream, near 
the town of Mona, Juab County, Utah. The project affects federal lands 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management. 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) An 
underground powerhouse containing the pump-turbines and motor-
generators; (2) a waterway between 7,600 and 15,800 feet long 
(depending on alternative configuration), including inlet/outlet 
structures at each reservoir, headrace tunnel, pressure shaft, buried 
penstock, and tailrace features connecting the upper reservoir, the 
underground powerhouse, and the lower reservoir; and (3) a transmission 
line connecting the underground powerhouse to the existing Mona 
substation.
    The applicant is studying the following reservoir alternatives:
    Alternative 1: (1) A single 340-foot-high by 1,800-foot-long, 
concrete-faced dam across Old Canyon (upper reservoir) having a total 
storage capacity of 18,000 acre-feet and a water surface area of 203 
acres at full pool elevation of 5,874 feet above mean sea level (msl); 
(2) an approximately 7,600-foot-long water way connecting the upper 
reservoir to a lower reservoir located about 2,300 feet south of the 
existing Mona substation; (3) a 100-foot-high and 13,000-foot-long 
earthfill ring dike (lower reservoir) located just south of Mona, with 
a water surface area of 262 acres at full pool elevation of 5,222 feet 
msl.
    Alternative 2: (1) A two dam construction (upper reservoir) located 
upstream of Right Fork and Old Canyon having a storage capacity of 
about 8,350 acre-feet and a water surface area of 152 acres at full 
pond elevation of 6,527 feet msl, one dam would be 285 feet high and 
1,900 feet long, and the other dam would be 35 feet high and 800 feet 
long; (2) an approximately 15,800-foot-long waterway connecting the 
upper reservoir to a lower reservoir about 2,000 feet north of the 
existing Mona substation; and (3) a 60-foot-high and 13,000-foot-long, 
earthfill ring dike (lower reservoir) located north of the existing 
Mona substation, with a water surface area of 265 acres at full pool 
elevation of 5,153 feet msl.
    Alternative 3: (1) A two dam construction (upper reservoir) located 
upstream of Right Fork and Old Canyon having a storage capacity of 
about 24,100 acre-ft and a water surface area of 238 acres at full pond 
elevation of 6,580 feet msl, one dam would be 400 feet high by 2,900 
feet long and the other dam would be a 100 feet high by 3,600 feet 
long; (2) an approximately 7,700-foot-long waterway connecting the 
upper reservoir to a lower reservoir north of the existing Mona 
substation; and (3) 250-foot-high and 1,200-foot-long, earthfill ring 
dike (lower reservoir) located north of the existing Mona substation, 
with a water surface area of 182 acres at full pool elevation of about 
5,996 feet msl.
    The different configurations would depend on the best suited 
conditions, ranging from a 4 unit, 500 megawatts (MW) (4 units x 125 MW 
unit) configuration to a 4 unit, 1,000 MW (4 units x 250 MW unit) 
configuration allowing for 8 to 10 hours of continuous output. 
Interconnection would exist at the PacifiCorp/Rocky Mountain Power Mona 
Substation: Alternative 1 would require roughly 6,000 feet; Alternative 
2 would require 10,000 feet; and Alternative 3 would require 14,000 
feet of new transmission line. Interconnection voltage may be 230 or 
500 kilovolts; and annual generation would be within 1,800 to 4,500 
gigawatthours, depending on constructed option.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Nathan Sandvig, Mona North Pumped Storage 
Project, LLC c/o enXco Development Corporation, 517 SW., 4th Avenue, 
Suite 300, Portland, OR 97204; phone (503) 219-3166.
    FERC Contact: Brian Csernak; phone: (202) 502-6144.
    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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14239-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For

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assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 23, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-25056 Filed 9-28-11; 8:45 am]
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