Pond Peak Energy Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 51975-51976 [2022-18234]

Download as PDF 51975 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 163 / Wednesday, August 24, 2022 / Notices FERC–604, CASH MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Total number of responses Average burden hours & average cost 2 per response ($) Total annual burden hours & total annual cost ($) Cost per respondent ($) (1) (2) (1) * (2) = (3) (4) (3) * (4) = (5) (5) ÷ (1) = (6) 1.5 hours; $130.50 ......... 67.5 hours; $5,872.50 .... 45 .................................... 1 Comments are invited on: (1) whether the collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden and cost of the collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information collection; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Dated: August 18, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–18232 Filed 8–23–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES Combined Notice of Filings #1 Take notice that the Commission received the following exempt wholesale generator filings: Docket Numbers: EG22–206–000. Applicants: AES Energy Storage, LLC. Description: AES Energy Storage, LLC submits Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. Filed Date: 8/18/22. Accession Number: 20220818–5039. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/8/22. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: Docket Numbers: ER22–2685–000. Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Revisions to WMEC Charter to Modify Voting Structure to be effective 10/18/ 2022. 2 The Commission staff estimates that the industry’s hourly cost for wages plus benefits is similar to the Commission’s $87.00 FY 2021 average hourly cost for wages and benefits. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:50 Aug 23, 2022 Jkt 256001 45 Filed Date: 8/18/22. Accession Number: 20220818–5040. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/8/22. Docket Numbers: ER22–2686–000. Applicants: PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: Original WMPAs, Service Agreement Nos. Ranging 6558 to 6569; Queue No. AD2–059 to be effective 7/19/2022. Filed Date: 8/18/22. Accession Number: 20220818–5042. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/8/22. Docket Numbers: ER22–2687–000. Applicants: Wheelabrator Frackville Energy Company Inc. Description: Tariff Amendment: Notice of Cancellation to be effective 8/ 19/2022. Filed Date: 8/18/22. Accession Number: 20220818–5052. Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/8/22. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system (https:// elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ fercgensearch.asp) by querying the docket number. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Dated: August 18, 2022. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–18266 Filed 8–23–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 $130.50 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 15228–000] Pond Peak Energy Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On July 26, 2021, Pond Peak Energy Storage 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 Pond Peak Pumped Storage Project (Pond Peak Project or project), a closedloop pumped storage project to be located in 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 consist of the following new facilities: (1) a 1,250foot-long, 75-foot-high earthen dam and a 650-foot-long, 35-foot-high earthen dam, collectively creating a 3,400 acrefoot upper reservoir with a maximum surface elevation of 7,530 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a 7,830-footlong, 17-foot-diameter concrete- and steel-lined underground conduit system to connect the upper reservoir to the powerhouse; (3) a 4,000-foot-long, 19foot-diameter concrete-lined underground tailrace tunnel from the powerhouse to the lower reservoir; (4) an underground powerhouse containing three variable-speed reversible pumpturbine and motor-generator units with a generation and pumping capacity of 200 megawatts each (total capacity of 600 megawatts); (5) a 1,400-foot-long, 185-foot-high dam creating a 3,460 acrefoot lower reservoir with a maximum surface elevation of 5,920 feet above msl; (6) a 230-kilovolt transmission line from the powerhouse to one of two alternative points of interconnection, E:\FR\FM\24AUN1.SGM 24AUN1 jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES 51976 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 163 / Wednesday, August 24, 2022 / Notices one resulting in a 10.5-mile-long transmission line and the other resulting in a 4.5-mile-long transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual generation of the Pond Peak Project would be 1,051,200 megawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, Pond Peak Energy Storage, LLC, 424 West Pueblo, Suite A, Boise, Idaho 83702; phone: (208) 246–9925. FERC Contact: Khatoon Melick, (202) 502–8433, khatoon.melick@ferc.gov. 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:// ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ QuickComment.aspx. 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, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket number P– 15228–000. 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/ferc-online/elibrary/ overview. Enter the docket number (P– 15228) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: August 18, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project/Docket No. CP22–493–000] Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C.; Notice of Waiver Period for Water Quality Certification Application On July 22, 2022, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. submitted to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) a copy of its application for a Clean Water Act section 401(a)(1) water quality certification filed with Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, in conjunction with the above captioned project. Pursuant to 40 CFR 121.6 and section 157.22 of the Commission’s regulations,1 we hereby notify the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation of the following: Date of Receipt of the Certification Request: July 22, 2022. Reasonable Period of Time to Act on the Certification Request: July 22, 2023. If the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation fails or refuses to act on the water quality certification request on or before the above date, then the agency certifying authority is deemed waived pursuant to section 401(a)(1) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1341(a)(1). Dated: August 18, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–18233 Filed 8–23–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2022–0706; FRL–10098–01– OAR] Proposed Information Collection Request; Comment Request; Production, Import, Export, Recycling, Destruction, Transhipment, and Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting Substances (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to submit an information collection request (ICR), ‘‘Production, Import, Export, Recycling, Destruction, Transhipment, and Feedstock Use of Ozone-Depleting SUMMARY: [FR Doc. 2022–18234 Filed 8–23–22; 8:45 am] 1 BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:09 Aug 23, 2022 Jkt 256001 PO 00000 18 CFR 157.22. Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Substances’’ (EPA ICR No. 1432.38, OMB Control No. 2060–0170) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing so, EPA is soliciting public comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection as described below. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through April 30, 2023. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor and a person is not required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before October 24, 2022. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OAR–2022–0706, online using www.regulations.gov (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@ epa.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460. EPA’s policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Burchard, Stratospheric Protection Division, (6205A), Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 343– 9126; email address: burchard.robert@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC. The telephone number for the Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For additional information about EPA’s public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets. Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act, EPA is soliciting comments and information to enable it to: (i) evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Agency, including whether the information will have practical utility; (ii) evaluate the accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the E:\FR\FM\24AUN1.SGM 24AUN1

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15228-000]


Pond Peak Energy Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 26, 2021, Pond Peak Energy Storage 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 Pond 
Peak Pumped Storage Project (Pond Peak Project or project), a closed-
loop pumped storage project to be located in 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 consist of the following new facilities: 
(1) a 1,250-foot-long, 75-foot-high earthen dam and a 650-foot-long, 
35-foot-high earthen dam, collectively creating a 3,400 acre-foot upper 
reservoir with a maximum surface elevation of 7,530 feet above mean sea 
level (msl); (2) a 7,830-foot-long, 17-foot-diameter concrete- and 
steel-lined underground conduit system to connect the upper reservoir 
to the powerhouse; (3) a 4,000-foot-long, 19-foot-diameter concrete-
lined underground tailrace tunnel from the powerhouse to the lower 
reservoir; (4) an underground powerhouse containing three variable-
speed reversible pump-turbine and motor-generator units with a 
generation and pumping capacity of 200 megawatts each (total capacity 
of 600 megawatts); (5) a 1,400-foot-long, 185-foot-high dam creating a 
3,460 acre-foot lower reservoir with a maximum surface elevation of 
5,920 feet above msl; (6) a 230-kilovolt transmission line from the 
powerhouse to one of two alternative points of interconnection,

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one resulting in a 10.5-mile-long transmission line and the other 
resulting in a 4.5-mile-long transmission line; and (7) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated average annual generation of the Pond Peak 
Project would be 1,051,200 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, Pond Peak Energy Storage, LLC, 
424 West Pueblo, Suite A, Boise, Idaho 83702; phone: (208) 246-9925.
    FERC Contact: Khatoon Melick, (202) 502-8433, 
[email protected].
    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://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. 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, you may submit a paper copy. 
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via 
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket 
number P-15228-000.
    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/ferc-online/elibrary/overview. Enter the docket number (P-15228) in the docket number field 
to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: August 18, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-18234 Filed 8-23-22; 8:45 am]
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