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[Project No. 14286–001]
Take notice that on June 4, 2014, the
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a Violation Severity Level assigned to
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005–2, pursuant to Order No. 793.1
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Haiwee Ridge Pumped Storage
Project; Notice of Application for
Amendment of Preliminary Permit
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Protests
1 Protection System Maintenance Reliability
Standard, Order No. 793, 145 FERC ¶ 61,253
(2013).
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On July 2, 2014, Gridflex Energy, LLC
on behalf of Haiwee Ridge Hydro, LLC
(permitee), filed an amendment to its
preliminary permit issued on March 23,
2012,1 for the proposed Haiwee Ridge
Pumped Storage Project No. 14286
(project) to be located on the South
Haiwee reservoir, near the Town of
Olancha, Inyo County, California.2 The
project would be located almost entirely
on land managed by the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM).
The preliminary permit issued on
March 23, 2012, was issued to the
permittee to maintain priority of
application for a license during the term
of the permit while the permittee
conducts investigations and secures
data necessary to determine the
feasibility of the proposed project and
the alternatives it considers. Each of
following alternatives considered would
consist of a project with a total installed
capacity of 500 megawatts (MW):
South Haiwee Alternative A: (1) An
upper reservoir formed by a 160-foothigh by 2,270-foot-long, rollercompacted concrete (RCC) dam, two
saddle dams (a 35-foot-high by 680-footlong RCC dam and a 65-foot-high by
680-foot-long RCC dam) having a total
storage capacity of 15,100 acre-feet and
a water surface area of 175 acres at full
pool elevation of 5,050 feet msl; (2) a
lower reservoir formed by the 81-foot1 138
FERC ¶ 62,298.
July 15, 2014, Gridflex Energy, LLC, on
behalf of Haiwee Ridge Hydro, LLC, filed a
correction to the July 2, 2014 application to amend
the preliminary permit for the Haiwee Ridge
Pumped Storage Project.
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high by 1,555-foot-long potentially
rebuilt South Haiwee dam having a total
storage capacity of 46,600 acre-feet and
a water surface area of 660 acres at full
pool elevation of 3,756 feet msl; (3)
approximately 13,150 feet of conduit
connecting the upper to the lower
reservoir in three different sections: A
3,000-foot-long by 18.5-foot-diameter,
concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel, a
7,850-foot-long by 18.5-foot-diameter
concrete-lined pressure shaft, and a
2,300-foot-long by 22.2-foot diameter
tailrace; and (4) an underground
powerhouse located roughly 1,500 feet
east of South Haiwee reservoir at an
elevation of 3,600 feet msl.
South Haiwee Alternative B: (1) An
upper reservoir formed by a 210-foothigh by 1,320-foot-long, RCC dam and a
25-foot-high by 800-foot-long RCC
saddle dam having a total storage
capacity of 14,235 acre-feet and a water
surface area of 241 acres at full pool
elevation of 5,000 feet msl; (2) a lower
reservoir formed by the 91-foot-high by
1,523-foot-long potentially rebuilt South
Haiwee dam having a total storage
capacity of 46,600 acre-feet and a water
surface area of 800 acres at full pool
elevation of 3,756 feet msl; (3)
approximately 14,700 feet of conduit
connecting the upper to the lower
reservoir in three different sections: A
5,100-foot-long by 18.9-foot-diameter,
concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel, a
5,600-foot-long by 18.9-foot-diameter
concrete-lined pressure shaft, and a
4,000-foot-long by 22.7-foot diameter
tailrace; and (4) an underground
powerhouse located roughly 3,300 feet
southeast of South Haiwee reservoir at
an elevation of 3,580 feet msl.
New Reservoir Alternative: (1) An
upper reservoir formed by a 210-foothigh by 1,320-foot-long, RCC dam
having a total storage capacity of 14,235
acre-feet and a water surface area of 241
acres at full pool elevation of 5,000 feet
msl; (2) a lower reservoir formed by a
60-foot-high by 10,600-foot-long RCC
dam having a total storage capacity of
46,600 acre-feet and a water surface area
of 800 acres at full pool elevation of
3,756 feet above msl; (3) approximately
12,500 feet of conduit connecting the
upper to the lower reservoir in three
different sections: A 3,750-foot-long by
17.5-foot-diameter, concrete-lined lowpressure tunnel, a 6,300-foot-long by
17.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined
pressure shaft, and a 2,500-foot-long by
21-foot diameter tailrace; and (4) an
underground located roughly 8,500 feet
southwest of South Haiwee reservoir at
an elevation of 3,400 feet msl.
As a result of preliminary
investigations, the permittee now
proposes to make the following changes
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to their issued permit: (1) Eliminate the
lower reservoir from the New Reservoir
Alternative (item 2 in the previous
paragraph); (2) change the total installed
capacity of Alternative B from 500 MW
to 250 MW; and (3) adjust the project
boundary to remove the lands
associated with the lower reservoir of
the New Reservoir Alternative and to
include additional federal lands,
managed by the BLM, necessary for the
proposed project.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew
Shapiro, Haiwee Ridge Hydro, LLC.,
1210 W. Franklin St., Ste. 2, Boise, ID
83702; phone (208) 246–9925.
FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan, 202–
502–8434 or via email at:
Kenneth.Hogan@ferc.gov.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene: 60 days from the issuance
of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments
and motions to intervene 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–14286–001.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the amendment
application, can be viewed or printed on
the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of Commission’s
Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket
number (P–14286) in the docket number
field to access the document. For
assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
Dated: July 25, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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AGENCY
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Adequacy Status of the Maintenance
Plan for the Baltimore, Maryland 1997
Fine Particulate National Ambient Air
Quality Standard Nonattainment Area
for Transportation Conformity
Purposes
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of adequacy.
AGENCY:
In this notice, the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
is notifying the public that EPA has
found that the motor vehicle emissions
budgets (MVEBs) in the Baltimore,
Maryland (MD) 1997 Fine Particulate
(PM2.5) National Ambient Air Quality
Standard (NAAQS) Nonattainment Area
Maintenance Plan (Baltimore
Maintenance Plan), submitted as a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision by
Maryland Department of the
Environment (MDE), are adequate for
transportation conformity purposes. As
a result of EPA’s finding, the State of
Maryland must use the 2017 and 2025
MVEBs from the Baltimore Maintenance
Plan for future conformity
determinations for the 1997 PM2.5
NAAQS.
DATES: The adequacy finding for the
PM2.5 MVEBs is effective on August 15,
2014
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Becoat, Physical Scientist,
Office of Air Program Planning (3AP30),
United States Environmental Protection
Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19103, (215) 814–
2036; becoat.gregory@epa.gov.
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Today’s notice is simply an
announcement of a finding that EPA has
already made. EPA Region III sent a
letter to MDE on July, 2, 2014, stating
that EPA has found that the MVEBs in
the Baltimore Maintenance Plan for
budget years 2017 and 2025, submitted
on December 12, 2013 by MDE, are
adequate for transportation conformity
purposes. As a result of EPA’s finding,
the State of Maryland must use the 2017
and 2025 MVEBs from the December 12,
2013 Baltimore Maintenance Plan for
future conformity determinations in the
Baltimore, MD 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS
Nonattainment Area. Receipt of the
submittal was announced on EPA’s
transportation conformity Web site. No
comments were received. The findings
letter is available at EPA’s conformity
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stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14286-001]
Haiwee Ridge Pumped Storage Project; Notice of Application for
Amendment of Preliminary Permit Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests
On July 2, 2014, Gridflex Energy, LLC on behalf of Haiwee Ridge
Hydro, LLC (permitee), filed an amendment to its preliminary permit
issued on March 23, 2012,\1\ for the proposed Haiwee Ridge Pumped
Storage Project No. 14286 (project) to be located on the South Haiwee
reservoir, near the Town of Olancha, Inyo County, California.\2\ The
project would be located almost entirely on land managed by the Bureau
of Land Management (BLM).
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\1\ 138 FERC ] 62,298.
\2\ On July 15, 2014, Gridflex Energy, LLC, on behalf of Haiwee
Ridge Hydro, LLC, filed a correction to the July 2, 2014 application
to amend the preliminary permit for the Haiwee Ridge Pumped Storage
Project.
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The preliminary permit issued on March 23, 2012, was issued to the
permittee to maintain priority of application for a license during the
term of the permit while the permittee conducts investigations and
secures data necessary to determine the feasibility of the proposed
project and the alternatives it considers. Each of following
alternatives considered would consist of a project with a total
installed capacity of 500 megawatts (MW):
South Haiwee Alternative A: (1) An upper reservoir formed by a 160-
foot-high by 2,270-foot-long, roller-compacted concrete (RCC) dam, two
saddle dams (a 35-foot-high by 680-foot-long RCC dam and a 65-foot-high
by 680-foot-long RCC dam) having a total storage capacity of 15,100
acre-feet and a water surface area of 175 acres at full pool elevation
of 5,050 feet msl; (2) a lower reservoir formed by the 81-foot-
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high by 1,555-foot-long potentially rebuilt South Haiwee dam having a
total storage capacity of 46,600 acre-feet and a water surface area of
660 acres at full pool elevation of 3,756 feet msl; (3) approximately
13,150 feet of conduit connecting the upper to the lower reservoir in
three different sections: A 3,000-foot-long by 18.5-foot-diameter,
concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel, a 7,850-foot-long by 18.5-foot-
diameter concrete-lined pressure shaft, and a 2,300-foot-long by 22.2-
foot diameter tailrace; and (4) an underground powerhouse located
roughly 1,500 feet east of South Haiwee reservoir at an elevation of
3,600 feet msl.
South Haiwee Alternative B: (1) An upper reservoir formed by a 210-
foot-high by 1,320-foot-long, RCC dam and a 25-foot-high by 800-foot-
long RCC saddle dam having a total storage capacity of 14,235 acre-feet
and a water surface area of 241 acres at full pool elevation of 5,000
feet msl; (2) a lower reservoir formed by the 91-foot-high by 1,523-
foot-long potentially rebuilt South Haiwee dam having a total storage
capacity of 46,600 acre-feet and a water surface area of 800 acres at
full pool elevation of 3,756 feet msl; (3) approximately 14,700 feet of
conduit connecting the upper to the lower reservoir in three different
sections: A 5,100-foot-long by 18.9-foot-diameter, concrete-lined low-
pressure tunnel, a 5,600-foot-long by 18.9-foot-diameter concrete-lined
pressure shaft, and a 4,000-foot-long by 22.7-foot diameter tailrace;
and (4) an underground powerhouse located roughly 3,300 feet southeast
of South Haiwee reservoir at an elevation of 3,580 feet msl.
New Reservoir Alternative: (1) An upper reservoir formed by a 210-
foot-high by 1,320-foot-long, RCC dam having a total storage capacity
of 14,235 acre-feet and a water surface area of 241 acres at full pool
elevation of 5,000 feet msl; (2) a lower reservoir formed by a 60-foot-
high by 10,600-foot-long RCC dam having a total storage capacity of
46,600 acre-feet and a water surface area of 800 acres at full pool
elevation of 3,756 feet above msl; (3) approximately 12,500 feet of
conduit connecting the upper to the lower reservoir in three different
sections: A 3,750-foot-long by 17.5-foot-diameter, concrete-lined low-
pressure tunnel, a 6,300-foot-long by 17.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined
pressure shaft, and a 2,500-foot-long by 21-foot diameter tailrace; and
(4) an underground located roughly 8,500 feet southwest of South Haiwee
reservoir at an elevation of 3,400 feet msl.
As a result of preliminary investigations, the permittee now
proposes to make the following changes to their issued permit: (1)
Eliminate the lower reservoir from the New Reservoir Alternative (item
2 in the previous paragraph); (2) change the total installed capacity
of Alternative B from 500 MW to 250 MW; and (3) adjust the project
boundary to remove the lands associated with the lower reservoir of the
New Reservoir Alternative and to include additional federal lands,
managed by the BLM, necessary for the proposed project.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew Shapiro, Haiwee Ridge Hydro, LLC.,
1210 W. Franklin St., Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone (208) 246-9925.
FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan, 202-502-8434 or via email at:
Kenneth.Hogan@ferc.gov.
Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene: 60 days from
the issuance of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments and motions to intervene 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-14286-001.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
amendment 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-14286) in the docket number
field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
Dated: July 25, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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