Black Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Successive Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 53059-53060 [2014-21168]

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[FR Doc. 2014–21100 Filed 9–4–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL14–96–000] rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Spinning Spur Wind Two, LLC; Spinning Spur Wind Three, LLC: Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order Take notice that on August 26, 2014, pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC or Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207, Spinning Spur Wind Two, LLC and Spinning Spur Wind Three, LLC (collectively, the Petitioners) filed a petition for declaratory order requesting that the Commission disclaim jurisdiction over Petitioners as ‘‘public utilities’’ under section 201(e) of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824, if they share ownership of poles and other non-electrical facilities used both for Petitioners’ nonFERC jurisdictional shared generationtie line and a FERC jurisdictional generation-tie line owned and operated by an affiliate. Any person desiring 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, 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 comment date. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Petitioner. 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 5 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:29 Sep 04, 2014 Jkt 232001 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 email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on September 25, 2014. 53059 lined tailrace; (6) a 280-foot-long, 70foot-wide, 120-foot-high powerhouse; and (7) 0.75-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line to an interconnection point to the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) Miracle MileCheyenne transmission line on the Seminoe Reservoir side of the project. East Reservoir-Seminoe Alternative Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1) The existing Seminoe Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) a new, 45-foothigh, 8,724-foot-long earthen or rockfill East Reservoir embankment; (3) a new artificial, lined East Reservoir with a storage capacity of 9,700-acre-foot; (4) a 800-foot-long, 20.4-foot-diameter unlined or concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; (5) a 5,800-foot-long, 20.4-footdiameter concrete-lined pressure shaft; (6) a 200-foot-long, 24.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace; and (7) a 280foot-long, 70 foot-wide, 120-foot-high powerhouse. The interconnection point to the WAPA Miracle Mile-Cheyenne line is adjacent to the powerhouse and a transmission line is not required. [Project No. 14087–001] North Reservoir-Kortes Alternative Black Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Successive Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications (1) The existing Kortes Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) a new, 45-foothigh, 6,280-foot-long earthen or rockfill North Reservoir embankment; (3) a new artificial, lined North Reservoir with a storage capacity of 5,322-acre-foot; (4) a 1,400-foot-long, 18.7-foot-diameter unlined or concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; (5) a 1,960-foot-long, 18.7-footdiameter concrete-lined pressure tunnel; (6) a 560-foot-long, 22.4-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace; (7) a 250-foothigh, 60-foot-wide, 120-foot-high powerhouse; and (8) a 1-mile-long, 230-kV transmission line to an interconnection point of the WAPA Miracle Mile-Cheyenne transmission line on the Seminoe Reservoir side of the project. Dated: August 27, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–21159 Filed 9–4–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY On July 1, 2014, Black Canyon Hydro, LLC filed an application for a successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Black Canyon Pumped Storage Project (project) to be located at the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Kortes and Seminoe Dams near Rawlins in Carbon County, Wyoming. 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 has five alternatives and would consist of the following: East Reservoir-Kortes Alternative (1) The existing Kortes Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) a new, 45-foothigh, 8,724-foot-long earthen or rockfill East Reservoir embankment; (3) a new artificial, lined East Reservoir with a storage capacity of 9,700-acre-foot; (4) a 3,800-foot-long, 18.7-foot-diameter concrete-lined pressure shaft; (5) a 200foot-long, 22.4-foot-diameter concrete- PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 North Reservoir-Seminoe Alternative A (1) The existing Seminoe Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) a new, 45-foothigh, 6,280-foot-long earthen or rockfill North Reservoir embankment; (3) a new artificial, lined North Reservoir with a storage capacity of 5,322-acre-foot; (4) a 1,400-foot-long, 20.4-foot-diameter unlined or concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; (5) a 3,780-foot-long, 20.4-footdiameter concrete-lined pressure tunnel; (6) a 1,307-foot-long, 24.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace; (7) an 250-foothigh, 60-foot-wide, 120-foot-high powerhouse; and (8) a 0.25-mile-long, 230-kV transmission line interconnecting with the WAPA Miracle Mile-Cheyenne line. E:\FR\FM\05SEN1.SGM 05SEN1 53060 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 172 / Friday, September 5, 2014 / Notices rmajette on DSK2TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES North Reservoir-Seminoe Alternative B (1) The existing Seminoe Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) the new North Reservoir embankment and Reservoir also proposed in North Reservoir-Kortes Alternative (items 2 and 3 above); (3) a 1,400-foot-long, 20.4-foot-diameter unlined or concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; (4) a 3,780-foot-long, 20.4-footdiameter concrete-lined pressure tunnel; (5) a 1,307-foot-long, 24.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace; (6) an 250-foothigh, 60-foot-wide, 120-foot-high semisurface powerhouse; and (7) a 0.35-milelong, 230-kV transmission line interconnecting with the WAPA Miracle Mile-Cheyenne line. The generating equipment for all of the alternatives will consist of three 166-megawatt (MW) adjustable-speed reversible pump-turbines with a total generating and pumping capacity of 500 MW. The estimated annual generation of the project would be 2,628 gigawatthours. Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew Shapiro, Black Canyon Hydro, LLC, 1210 W. Franklin Street, Suite 2, Boise, Idaho 83702; phone: (208) 246–9925. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott; phone: (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. 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–14087–001. 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–14087) in the docket number field to access the VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:29 Sep 04, 2014 Jkt 232001 document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: August 26, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–21168 Filed 9–4–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2337–076–Oregon] PacifiCorp Energy; Notice of Proposed Restricted Service List for a Programmatic Agreement for Managing Properties Included in or Eligible for Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places Rule 2010 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure provides that, to eliminate unnecessary expense or improve administrative efficiency, the Secretary may establish a restricted service list for a particular phase or issue in a proceeding.1 The restricted service list should contain the names of persons on the service list who, in the judgment of the decisional authority establishing the list, are active participants with respect to the phase or issue in the proceeding for which the list is established. The Commission staff is consulting with the Oregon State Historic Preservation Officer (hereinafter, SHPO), and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (hereinafter, Council) pursuant to the Council’s regulations, 36 CFR part 800, implementing section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. section 470 f), to prepare and execute a programmatic agreement for managing properties included in, or eligible for inclusion in, the National Register of Historic Places at the Prospect No. 3 Hydroelectric Project (Project No. 2337–076). The programmatic agreement, when executed by the Commission and the SHPO would satisfy the Commission’s section 106 responsibilities for all individual undertakings carried out in accordance with the license until the license expires or is terminated (36 CFR 800.13[e]). The Commission’s responsibilities pursuant to section 106 for the Prospect No. 3 Project would be fulfilled through the programmatic agreement, which the Commission proposes to draft in consultation with 1 18 PO 00000 CFR 385.2010. Frm 00046 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 certain parties listed below. The executed programmatic agreement would be incorporated into any Order issuing a license. PacifiCorp Energy, as the licensee for the Prospect No. 3 Hydroelectric Project, and the Rouge River-Siskiyou National Forest and Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians have expressed an interest in this preceding and are invited to participate in consultations to develop the programmatic agreement. For purposes of commenting on the programmatic agreement, we propose to restrict the service list for the aforementioned project as follows: John Eddins or Representative, Office of Planning and Review, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Suite 809, Washington, DC 20004 Dan Courtney or Representative, Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, 2371 NE Stephens Street, Ste. 100, Roseburg, OR 97470 Steve Albertelli or Representative, PacifiCorp Energy, 925 South Grape Street, Building 5, Medford, OR 97501 Dennis Griffin or Representative, Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, 725 Summer St. NE, Suite C, Salem, OR 97301 Mellissa Schroeder or Representative, Rouge River-Siskiyou Nation Forest, 3040 Biddle Road, Medford, OR 97504 Any person on the official service list for the above-captioned proceeding may request inclusion on the restricted service list, or may request that a restricted service list not be established, by filing a motion to that effect within 15 days of this notice date. In a request for inclusion, please identify the reason(s) why there is an interest to be included. Also please identify any concerns about historic properties, including Traditional Cultural Properties. If historic properties are to be identified within the motion, please use a separate page, and label it NON– PUBLIC Information. Any such motions 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/ ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’ For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at mailto:fercoNLINEsUKPPORT@ FERC.GOV FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov; call toll-free at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents E:\FR\FM\05SEN1.SGM 05SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53059-53060]
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[FR Doc No: 2014-21168]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14087-001]


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

    On July 1, 2014, Black Canyon Hydro, LLC filed an application for a 
successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 
Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Black Canyon 
Pumped Storage Project (project) to be located at the U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation's Kortes and Seminoe Dams near Rawlins in Carbon County, 
Wyoming. 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 has five alternatives and would consist of the 
following:

East Reservoir-Kortes Alternative

    (1) The existing Kortes Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) a 
new, 45-foot-high, 8,724-foot-long earthen or rockfill East Reservoir 
embankment; (3) a new artificial, lined East Reservoir with a storage 
capacity of 9,700-acre-foot; (4) a 3,800-foot-long, 18.7-foot-diameter 
concrete-lined pressure shaft; (5) a 200-foot-long, 22.4-foot-diameter 
concrete-lined tailrace; (6) a 280-foot-long, 70-foot-wide, 120-foot-
high powerhouse; and (7) 0.75-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission 
line to an interconnection point to the Western Area Power 
Administration (WAPA) Miracle Mile-Cheyenne transmission line on the 
Seminoe Reservoir side of the project.

East Reservoir-Seminoe Alternative

    (1) The existing Seminoe Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) a 
new, 45-foot-high, 8,724-foot-long earthen or rockfill East Reservoir 
embankment; (3) a new artificial, lined East Reservoir with a storage 
capacity of 9,700-acre-foot; (4) a 800-foot-long, 20.4-foot-diameter 
unlined or concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; (5) a 5,800-foot-long, 
20.4-foot-diameter concrete-lined pressure shaft; (6) a 200-foot-long, 
24.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace; and (7) a 280-foot-long, 70 
foot-wide, 120-foot-high powerhouse. The interconnection point to the 
WAPA Miracle Mile-Cheyenne line is adjacent to the powerhouse and a 
transmission line is not required.

North Reservoir-Kortes Alternative

    (1) The existing Kortes Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) a 
new, 45-foot-high, 6,280-foot-long earthen or rockfill North Reservoir 
embankment; (3) a new artificial, lined North Reservoir with a storage 
capacity of 5,322-acre-foot; (4) a 1,400-foot-long, 18.7-foot-diameter 
unlined or concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; (5) a 1,960-foot-long, 
18.7-foot-diameter concrete-lined pressure tunnel; (6) a 560-foot-long, 
22.4-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace; (7) a 250-foot-high, 60-
foot-wide, 120-foot-high powerhouse; and (8) a 1-mile-long, 230-kV 
transmission line to an interconnection point of the WAPA Miracle Mile-
Cheyenne transmission line on the Seminoe Reservoir side of the 
project.

North Reservoir-Seminoe Alternative A

    (1) The existing Seminoe Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) a 
new, 45-foot-high, 6,280-foot-long earthen or rockfill North Reservoir 
embankment; (3) a new artificial, lined North Reservoir with a storage 
capacity of 5,322-acre-foot; (4) a 1,400-foot-long, 20.4-foot-diameter 
unlined or concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; (5) a 3,780-foot-long, 
20.4-foot-diameter concrete-lined pressure tunnel; (6) a 1,307-foot-
long, 24.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace; (7) an 250-foot-high, 
60-foot-wide, 120-foot-high powerhouse; and (8) a 0.25-mile-long, 230-
kV transmission line interconnecting with the WAPA Miracle Mile-
Cheyenne line.

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North Reservoir-Seminoe Alternative B

    (1) The existing Seminoe Reservoir as the lower reservoir; (2) the 
new North Reservoir embankment and Reservoir also proposed in North 
Reservoir-Kortes Alternative (items 2 and 3 above); (3) a 1,400-foot-
long, 20.4-foot-diameter unlined or concrete-lined low-pressure tunnel; 
(4) a 3,780-foot-long, 20.4-foot-diameter concrete-lined pressure 
tunnel; (5) a 1,307-foot-long, 24.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined 
tailrace; (6) an 250-foot-high, 60-foot-wide, 120-foot-high semi-
surface powerhouse; and (7) a 0.35-mile-long, 230-kV transmission line 
interconnecting with the WAPA Miracle Mile-Cheyenne line.
    The generating equipment for all of the alternatives will consist 
of three 166-megawatt (MW) adjustable-speed reversible pump-turbines 
with a total generating and pumping capacity of 500 MW. The estimated 
annual generation of the project would be 2,628 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew Shapiro, Black Canyon Hydro, LLC, 
1210 W. Franklin Street, Suite 2, Boise, Idaho 83702; phone: (208) 246-
9925.
    FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott; phone: (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.
    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 
http:[sol][sol]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 http:[sol][sol]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-14087-001.
    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:[sol][sol]www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-14087) in the docket number 
field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online 
Support.

    Dated: August 26, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-21168 Filed 9-4-14; 8:45 am]
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