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Dated: September 30, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–21674 Filed 10–3–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP19–495–000]
Double E Pipeline, LLC; Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review of
the Double E Project
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On July 31, 2019, Double E Pipeline,
LLC (Double E) filed an application in
Docket No. CP19–495–000 requesting a
Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity pursuant to section 7(c) of the
Natural Gas Act to construct and operate
certain natural gas pipeline facilities.
The proposed project, known as the
Double E Pipeline Project (Project),
involves the construction and operation
of approximately 132.9 combined miles
of varying diameter natural gas pipeline
connecting the Delaware Basin
production areas in New Mexico and
Texas to the Waha Hub. The Project
would provide up to 1,350,000
dekatherms per day of firm capacity to
delivery points near the Waha Hub in
Reeves and Pecos Counties, Texas.
On August 14, 2019, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) issued its Notice
of Application for the Project. Among
other things, that notice alerted agencies
issuing federal authorizations of the
requirement to complete all necessary
reviews and to reach a final decision on
a request for a federal authorization
within 90 days of the date of issuance
of the Commission staff’s Environmental
Assessment (EA) for the Project. This
instant notice identifies the FERC staff’s
planned schedule for the completion of
the EA for the Project.
Schedule for Environmental Review
Issuance of EA—March 24, 2020
90-day Federal Authorization Decision
Deadline—June 22, 2020
If a schedule change becomes
necessary, additional notice will be
provided so that the relevant agencies
are kept informed of the Project’s
progress.
Project Description
As part of the Project, Double E would
construct and operate:
• 33.3 miles of new 30-inch-diameter
trunkline T100 from Summit
Midstream’s existing Lane Processing
Plant located in Eddy County, New
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Mexico, to a new Double E Poker Lake
Meter Station in Eddy County, New
Mexico.
• 81.9 miles of new 42-inch-diameter
trunkline T200 from the proposed Poker
Lake Meter Station through Loving,
Ward, and Reeves Counties, Texas to a
terminus point at Double E’s proposed
Waha Receiver and Separation Site at
the Waha Hub in Reeves County.
• Approximately 1.4 miles of new 42inch-diameter pipeline T300 from the
proposed Waha Receiver site to the final
delivery location in Pecos County,
Texas.
• Approximately 16.3 miles of new
30-inch-diameter pipeline L100 from
three existing Gas Processing Plants in
Loving, New Mexico to the proposed
T100 trunkline in Eddy County, New
Mexico.
Background
On December 11, 2018, the
Commission issued a Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Assessment
for the Proposed Double E Pipeline
Project and Request for Comments on
Environmental Issues (NOI). The NOI
was issued during the pre-filing review
of the Project in Docket No. PF18–6–000
and sent to affected landowners; federal,
state, and local government agencies;
elected officials; Native American tribes;
other interested parties; and local
libraries and newspapers. Comments
were received from the New Mexico
Department of Game and Fish, the Hopi
Tribe, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma,
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, and
the New Mexico Department of
Transportation. All substantive
comments received will be addressed in
the EA.
The Bureau of Land Management will
be a cooperating agency in the
preparation of the EA.
Additional Information
In order to receive notification of the
issuance of the EA and to keep track of
all formal issuances and submittals in
specific dockets, the Commission offers
a free service called eSubscription. This
can reduce the amount of time you
spend researching proceedings by
automatically providing you with
notification of these filings, document
summaries, and direct links to the
documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp.
Additional information about the
Project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs
at (866) 208–FERC or on the FERC
website (www.ferc.gov). Using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link, select ‘‘General Search’’
from the eLibrary menu, enter the
selected date range and ‘‘Docket
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Number’’ excluding the last three digits
(i.e., CP19–495), and follow the
instructions. For assistance with access
to eLibrary, the helpline can be reached
at (866) 208–3676, TTY (202) 502–8659,
or at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The
eLibrary link on the FERC website also
provides access to the texts of formal
documents issued by the Commission,
such as orders, notices, and rule
makings.
Dated: September 30, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–21634 Filed 10–3–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14998–000]
Premium Energy Holdings, LLC; Notice
of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On June 18, 2019, Premium Energy
Holdings, LLC, filed an application for
a preliminary permit, pursuant to
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act,
proposing to study the feasibility of the
Pyramid Lake Pumped Storage Project
(Pyramid Lake Project or project) to be
located on Pyramid Lake and Truckee
River, near the community of Nixon,
Washoe County, Nevada. 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 be a
closed-loop pumped storage
hydropower facility. The applicant
proposes three alternative upper
reservoirs: San Emidio Reservoir,
Tohakum Peak Reservoir, or Lake Range
Reservoir. The existing Pyramid Lake
would be the lower reservoir for each
alternative.
Upper Reservoir Alternative 1: San
Emidio Reservoir
The San Emidio alternative consists
of: (1) A 180-acre upper reservoir having
a total storage capacity of 21,550 acrefeet at a normal maximum operating
elevation of 6,700 feet mean sea level
(msl); (2) a 315-foot-high, 2,385-footlong roller compacted concrete upper
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reservoir dam; (3) a 0.63-mile-long, 28foot-diameter concrete-lined headrace
tunnel; (4) a 0.5-mile-long, 25-footdiameter concrete-lined vertical shaft;
(5) a 2-mile-long, 25-foot-diameter
concrete-lined horizontal tunnel; (6) five
0.1-mile-long, 16-foot-diameter steel
penstocks; (7) a 500-foot-long, 85-footwide, 160-foot-high concrete-lined
powerhouse located in an underground
cavern, housing five pump-turbine
generator-motor units rated for 400
megawatts (MW) each; and (8) a 0.23mile-long, 30-foot-diameter concretelined tailrace tunnel discharging into
the existing Pyramid Lake.
Upper Reservoir Alternative 2:
Tohakum Peak Reservoir
The Tohakum Peak Reservoir
alternative consists of: (1) A 160-acre
upper reservoir having a total storage
capacity of 27,050 acre-feet at a normal
maximum operating elevation of 5,960
feet msl; (2) a 575-foot-high, 1,740-footlong roller compacted concrete upper
reservoir dam; (3) a 0.74-mile-long, 33foot-diameter concrete-lined headrace
tunnel; (4) a 0.28-mile-long, 29-footdiameter concrete-lined vertical shaft;
(5) a 1.6-mile-long, 29-foot-diameter
concrete-lined horizontal tunnel; (6) five
0.18-mile-long, 19-foot-diameter steel
penstocks; (7) a 500-foot-long, 85-footwide, 160-foot-high concrete-lined
powerhouse located in an underground
cavern, housing five pump-turbine
generator-motor units rated for 400 MW
each; and (8) a 0.22-mile-long, 35-footdiameter concrete-lined tailrace tunnel
discharging into the existing Pyramid
Lake.
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Upper Reservoir Alternative 3: Lake
Range Reservoir
The Lake Range Reservoir alternative
consists of: (1) A 160-acre upper
reservoir having a total storage capacity
of 26,020 acre-feet at a normal
maximum operating elevation of 6,180
feet msl; (2) a 495-foot-high, 2,474-footlong roller compacted concrete upper
reservoir dam; (3) a 0.75-mile-long, 32foot-diameter concrete-lined headrace
tunnel; (4) a 0.31-mile-long, 29-footdiameter concrete-lined vertical shaft;
(5) a 1.8-mile-long, 29-foot-diameter
concrete-lined horizontal tunnel; (6) five
0.18-mile-long, 18-foot-diameter steel
penstocks; (7) a 500-foot-long, 85-footwide, 160-foot-high concrete-lined
powerhouse located in an underground
cavern, housing five pump-turbine
generator-motor units rated for 400 MW
each; and (8) a 0.22 mile-long, 34-footdiameter concrete-lined tailrace tunnel
discharging into the existing Pyramid
Lake.
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Lower Reservoir: Pyramid Lake
The existing Pyramid Lake is the
discharge point of the Truckee River,
which is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe.
It has a surface are of 121,080 acres at
3,796 feet msl, and a total storage
capacity of 23.6 million acre-feet.
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Dated: September 30, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Interconnection
For each upper reservoir alternative,
project power would be transmitted to
the grid via: (1) A new, approximately
15-mile-long, 500 kilovolt (kV)
transmission line extending from the
powerhouse to the proposed Pyramid
Converter Station (the point of
interconnection); and (2) appurtenant
facilities. The estimated annual
generation of the Pyramid Lake Project
under each of the alternatives would be
6,900 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Victor M. Rojas,
Managing Director, Premium Energy
Holdings, LLC, 355 South Lemon
Avenue, Suite A, Walnut, California
91789; phone: (909) 595–5314.
FERC Contact: Kyle Olcott; phone:
(202) 502–8963.
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–14998–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of Commission’s website at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P–14998) in
the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER19–2050–002.
Applicants: Midcontinent
Independent System Operator, Inc.,
GridLiance Heartland LLC.
Description: Tariff Amendment:
2019–09–26_Deficiency Response to
GridLiance Attachment O to be effective
12/31/9998.
Filed Date: 9/26/19.
Accession Number: 20190926–5112.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/17/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2902–000.
Applicants: New England Power Pool
Participants Committee.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Oct
2019 Membership Filing to be effective
9/1/2019.
Filed Date: 9/30/19.
Accession Number: 20190930–5066.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/21/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2903–000.
Applicants: Southern California
Edison Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Amendments to GIA and DSA re: RB
Inyokern, SA Nos. 958 & 959 to be
effective 10/1/2019.
Filed Date: 9/30/19.
Accession Number: 20190930–5092.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/21/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2905–000.
Applicants: Southern California
Edison Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Vallecito Energy Storage Project, GIA
and DSA, 1091 & 1092, Ntc of Canx, SA
1045 to be effective 10/1/2019.
Filed Date: 9/30/19.
Accession Number: 20190930–5124.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/21/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2906–000.
Applicants: Tucson Electric Power
Company.
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:
Concurrence to CAISO RS No. 5223 to
be effective 12/1/2019.
Filed Date: 9/30/19.
Accession Number: 20190930–5149.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/21/19.
Docket Numbers: ER19–2907–000.
Applicants: ISO New England Inc.,
Emera Maine.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14998-000]
Premium Energy Holdings, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On June 18, 2019, Premium Energy Holdings, LLC, filed an
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Pyramid
Lake Pumped Storage Project (Pyramid Lake Project or project) to be
located on Pyramid Lake and Truckee River, near the community of Nixon,
Washoe County, Nevada. 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 be a closed-loop pumped storage
hydropower facility. The applicant proposes three alternative upper
reservoirs: San Emidio Reservoir, Tohakum Peak Reservoir, or Lake Range
Reservoir. The existing Pyramid Lake would be the lower reservoir for
each alternative.
Upper Reservoir Alternative 1: San Emidio Reservoir
The San Emidio alternative consists of: (1) A 180-acre upper
reservoir having a total storage capacity of 21,550 acre-feet at a
normal maximum operating elevation of 6,700 feet mean sea level (msl);
(2) a 315-foot-high, 2,385-foot-long roller compacted concrete upper
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reservoir dam; (3) a 0.63-mile-long, 28-foot-diameter concrete-lined
headrace tunnel; (4) a 0.5-mile-long, 25-foot-diameter concrete-lined
vertical shaft; (5) a 2-mile-long, 25-foot-diameter concrete-lined
horizontal tunnel; (6) five 0.1-mile-long, 16-foot-diameter steel
penstocks; (7) a 500-foot-long, 85-foot-wide, 160-foot-high concrete-
lined powerhouse located in an underground cavern, housing five pump-
turbine generator-motor units rated for 400 megawatts (MW) each; and
(8) a 0.23-mile-long, 30-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace tunnel
discharging into the existing Pyramid Lake.
Upper Reservoir Alternative 2: Tohakum Peak Reservoir
The Tohakum Peak Reservoir alternative consists of: (1) A 160-acre
upper reservoir having a total storage capacity of 27,050 acre-feet at
a normal maximum operating elevation of 5,960 feet msl; (2) a 575-foot-
high, 1,740-foot-long roller compacted concrete upper reservoir dam;
(3) a 0.74-mile-long, 33-foot-diameter concrete-lined headrace tunnel;
(4) a 0.28-mile-long, 29-foot-diameter concrete-lined vertical shaft;
(5) a 1.6-mile-long, 29-foot-diameter concrete-lined horizontal tunnel;
(6) five 0.18-mile-long, 19-foot-diameter steel penstocks; (7) a 500-
foot-long, 85-foot-wide, 160-foot-high concrete-lined powerhouse
located in an underground cavern, housing five pump-turbine generator-
motor units rated for 400 MW each; and (8) a 0.22-mile-long, 35-foot-
diameter concrete-lined tailrace tunnel discharging into the existing
Pyramid Lake.
Upper Reservoir Alternative 3: Lake Range Reservoir
The Lake Range Reservoir alternative consists of: (1) A 160-acre
upper reservoir having a total storage capacity of 26,020 acre-feet at
a normal maximum operating elevation of 6,180 feet msl; (2) a 495-foot-
high, 2,474-foot-long roller compacted concrete upper reservoir dam;
(3) a 0.75-mile-long, 32-foot-diameter concrete-lined headrace tunnel;
(4) a 0.31-mile-long, 29-foot-diameter concrete-lined vertical shaft;
(5) a 1.8-mile-long, 29-foot-diameter concrete-lined horizontal tunnel;
(6) five 0.18-mile-long, 18-foot-diameter steel penstocks; (7) a 500-
foot-long, 85-foot-wide, 160-foot-high concrete-lined powerhouse
located in an underground cavern, housing five pump-turbine generator-
motor units rated for 400 MW each; and (8) a 0.22 mile-long, 34-foot-
diameter concrete-lined tailrace tunnel discharging into the existing
Pyramid Lake.
Lower Reservoir: Pyramid Lake
The existing Pyramid Lake is the discharge point of the Truckee
River, which is the sole outlet of Lake Tahoe. It has a surface are of
121,080 acres at 3,796 feet msl, and a total storage capacity of 23.6
million acre-feet.
Interconnection
For each upper reservoir alternative, project power would be
transmitted to the grid via: (1) A new, approximately 15-mile-long, 500
kilovolt (kV) transmission line extending from the powerhouse to the
proposed Pyramid Converter Station (the point of interconnection); and
(2) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the
Pyramid Lake Project under each of the alternatives would be 6,900
gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Victor M. Rojas, Managing Director, Premium
Energy Holdings, LLC, 355 South Lemon Avenue, Suite A, Walnut,
California 91789; phone: (909) 595-5314.
FERC Contact: Kyle Olcott; phone: (202) 502-8963.
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-14998-000.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of
Commission's website at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-14998) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: September 30, 2019.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-21637 Filed 10-3-19; 8:45 am]
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