Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications; Grid Balance Hydropower, LLC, 19921 [2019-09294]
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Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing
Applications; Grid Balance
Hydropower, LLC
On February 25, 2019, Grid Balance
Hydropower, 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 Packer-Banks Pumped Storage
Project to be located in Carbon County,
Pennsylvania. 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) A new 9,500-foot-long,
80- to 120-foot-high roller-compacted
concrete and/or rock-filled dam or dike
forming an upper reservoir having a
surface area of 120 acres and a total
storage capacity of approximately 9,300
acre-feet at a normal maximum water
surface elevation between
approximately 1,960 and 1,860 feet
above mean sea level (msl); (2) a lower
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reservoir with three different options:
Option A (site 1) or B (site 2) would
include a new 9,500-foot-long, 85- to 95foot-high roller-compacted concrete
and/or rock-filled dam or dike forming
a lower reservoir having a surface area
of 120 acres and a total storage capacity
of approximately 9,300 acre-feet at a
normal maximum water surface
elevation between approximately 1,250
and 1,350 feet msl. Option C (site 3)
would include a below grade mine pit
with a surface area of 200 acres and a
total storage capacity of approximately
10,000 acre-feet at a normal maximum
water surface elevation between
approximately 1,250 and 1,350 feet msl;
(3) a 5,500-foot-long tunnel and/or
penstock connecting the upper and
lower reservoirs; (4) a powerhouse
containing four turbine-generator units
with a total rated capacity of 400
megawatts; (5) a transmission line
connecting to an existing 230-kilovolt
transmission line traversing the site; and
(6) appurtenant facilities. Initial fill and
make-up water for the project would
come from a nearby abandoned mine
drainage source. The proposed project
would have an annual generation of
1,680,000 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Paul A. DiRenzo,
Jr., Grid Balance Hydropower, LLC, 214
Norwegian Woods Drive, Pottsville, PA
17901; phone: 570–617–7810.
FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury;
phone: (202) 502–6736.
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–14966–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
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be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of the Commission’s website at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–14966) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: May 1, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–09294 Filed 5–6–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14966-000]
Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications;
Grid Balance Hydropower, LLC
On February 25, 2019, Grid Balance Hydropower, 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
Packer-Banks Pumped Storage Project to be located in Carbon County,
Pennsylvania. 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) A new
9,500-foot-long, 80- to 120-foot-high roller-compacted concrete and/or
rock-filled dam or dike forming an upper reservoir having a surface
area of 120 acres and a total storage capacity of approximately 9,300
acre-feet at a normal maximum water surface elevation between
approximately 1,960 and 1,860 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a
lower reservoir with three different options: Option A (site 1) or B
(site 2) would include a new 9,500-foot-long, 85- to 95-foot-high
roller-compacted concrete and/or rock-filled dam or dike forming a
lower reservoir having a surface area of 120 acres and a total storage
capacity of approximately 9,300 acre-feet at a normal maximum water
surface elevation between approximately 1,250 and 1,350 feet msl.
Option C (site 3) would include a below grade mine pit with a surface
area of 200 acres and a total storage capacity of approximately 10,000
acre-feet at a normal maximum water surface elevation between
approximately 1,250 and 1,350 feet msl; (3) a 5,500-foot-long tunnel
and/or penstock connecting the upper and lower reservoirs; (4) a
powerhouse containing four turbine-generator units with a total rated
capacity of 400 megawatts; (5) a transmission line connecting to an
existing 230-kilovolt transmission line traversing the site; and (6)
appurtenant facilities. Initial fill and make-up water for the project
would come from a nearby abandoned mine drainage source. The proposed
project would have an annual generation of 1,680,000 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Paul A. DiRenzo, Jr., Grid Balance Hydropower,
LLC, 214 Norwegian Woods Drive, Pottsville, PA 17901; phone: 570-617-
7810.
FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
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
[email protected], (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-14966-000.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the
Commission's website at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-14966) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: May 1, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-09294 Filed 5-6-19; 8:45 am]
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