Premium Energy Holdings, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 4997-4998 [2023-01490]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 17 / Thursday, January 26, 2023 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 15272–000] lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Premium Energy Holdings, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On March 31, 2022, Premium Energy Holdings, 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 Whale Rock Pumped Storage Hydro Project to be located approximately 0.5 miles east of Cayucos, California in San Luis Obispo County. 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 closed-loop project would consist of the following: (1) a new upper reservoir with a normal maximum operating elevation of 1,788 feet average mean sea level, a surface area of 87 acres, and a total storage capacity of 4,780 acre-feet; (2) an existing lower reservoir (Whale Rock Reservoir completed in 1961); (3) a 0.68mile-long headrace tunnel, 0.16-milelong vertical shaft, 4.76-mile-long horizontal tunnel, 0.07-mile-long penstock, and 0.99-mile-long tailrace tunnel with a maximum head of 1,558 feet connecting the reservoirs to the powerhouse; (4) a new powerhouse located on land owned by the State of California that would house 4 new pump-turbines rated at 150 megawatts each; (5) a new substation constructed on the southern shore of Lake Nacimiento near the powerhouse connected to the regional electrical utility with either, (6) 7 miles of existing line (upgraded), interconnecting the Morro—Solar 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line, or 7 miles of existing line (upgraded), interconnecting the Morro—Diablo 230-kV transmission line and 0.5 miles of new right-of-way south of the Baywood substation for the new tap interconnection; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual power generation at the Whale Rock Pumped Storage Project would be 1,200,000 megawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Victor M. Rojas, Managing Director, Premium Energy Holdings, LLC. 355 South Lemon Ave., VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:17 Jan 25, 2023 Jkt 259001 Suite A, Walnut, California 91789; phone: (909) 595–5314; victor.rojas@ pehllc.net. FERC Contact: Benjamin Mann; email: benjamin.mann@ferc.gov; phone: (202) 502–8127. 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/eFiling.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. 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–15272. 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–15272) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: January 19, 2023. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–01488 Filed 1–25–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 4997 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 15269–000] Premium Energy Holdings, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On March 31, 2022, Premium Energy Holdings, 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 Nacimiento Pumped Storage Hydro Project to be located approximately 27 miles northwest of Highway 101 in Paso Robles, California in San Luis Obispo County. 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 closed-loop project would consist of the following: (1) a new upper reservoir at a normal maximum operating elevation of either 1,952 feet average mean sea level, with a surface area of 85 acres and a total storage capacity of 7,500 acre-feet (alternative A), or 1,788 feet average mean sea level, with a surface area of 72 acres and a total storage capacity of 8,000 acre-feet (alternative B); (2) an existing lower reservoir (Lake Nacimiento, completed in 1956 for flood control, irrigation water, groundwater recharge for the Salinas Valley, and recreational activities); (3) either a 0.74 mile-long headrace tunnel, 0.17-milelong vertical shaft, 5.13-mile-long horizontal tunnel, 0.07-mile-long penstock, and 1.06-mile-long tailrace tunnel with a maximum head of 987 feet (alternative A), or a 0.42-mile-long headrace tunnel, 0.10-mile-long vertical shaft, 2.93-mile-long horizontal tunnel, 0.04-mile-long penstock, and-0.61 mile long tailrace tunnel with a maximum head of 1,151 feet (alternative B) connecting the reservoirs to the powerhouse; (4) a new powerhouse located on land owned by the County of Monterey that would house 4 new pump-turbines rated at 150 megawatts each; (5) a new substation constructed in the southern shore of Lake Nacimiento near the powerhouse connected to the regional electrical utility with either; (6) a new 21-milelong 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line E:\FR\FM\26JAN1.SGM 26JAN1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 4998 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 17 / Thursday, January 26, 2023 / Notices interconnecting at the existing 60-kV Perry Substation (existing lines would be upgraded to 230-kV, as required) (alternative 1) or a new 26-mile-long 230-kV transmission line interconnecting PG&E’s network at the existing 60-kV Paso Robles Substation (existing lines would be upgraded to 230-kV as required) (alternative 2), or a new 28-mile-long 230-kV transmission line interconnecting PG&E’s network at the existing 230-kV Templeton Substation (no upgrades necessary) (alternative 3); and (7) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual power generation at the Nacimiento Pumped Storage Project would be 1,200,000 megawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Victor M. Rojas, Managing Director, Premium Energy Holdings, LLC. 355 South Lemon Ave., Suite A, Walnut, California 91789; phone: (909) 595–5314; victor.rojas@ pehllc.net. FERC Contact: Benjamin Mann; email: benjamin.mann@ferc.gov; phone: (202) 502–8127. 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/eFiling.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. 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–15269. 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–15269) in VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:17 Jan 25, 2023 Jkt 259001 the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: January 19, 2023. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–01490 Filed 1–25–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2022–0027; FRL–10609–01– OMS] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; NESHAP for Stationary Combustion Turbines (Renewal) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR), NESHAP for Stationary Combustion Turbines (EPA ICR Number 1967.09, OMB Control Number 2060–0540), to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act. This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through January 31, 2023. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register, on July 22, 2022 during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. DATES: Comments may be submitted on or before February 27, 2023. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID Number EPA– HQ–OAR–2022–0027, to EPA online using https://www.regulations.gov/ (our preferred method), or by email to docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460. The 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. Submit written comments and recommendations to OMB for the proposed information collection within 30 days of publication of this notice to SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Muntasir Ali, Sector Policies and Program Division (D243–05), Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 0833; email address: ali.muntasir@ epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved through January 31, 2023. An agency may neither conduct nor sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. Public comments were previously requested, via the Federal Register (87 FR 43843), on July 22, 2022 during a 60day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30 days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. Supporting documents which explain in detail the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at https:// www.regulations.gov, or in person, at the EPA Docket Center, WJC West Building, 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. Abstract: The National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Stationary Combustion Turbines (40 CFR part 63, subpart YYYY) were proposed on January 14, 2003; promulgated on March 5, 2004; and amended on: April 20, 2006; November 20, 2019; and March 9, 2020. The regulations apply to sources that commenced either construction or reconstruction after January 14, 2003. On August 18, 2004, these standards were amended to stay the effectiveness for the two gas-fired stationary combustion turbine subcategories (i.e., lean pre-mix gas-fired turbines and diffusion flame gas-fired turbines). Amendments to the NESHAP were finalized on March 9, 2020, as a result of a residual risk and technology review (RTR) required under the Clean Air Act (CAA). Additionally, the EPA removed the stay of the effectiveness of the standards for new lean premix and E:\FR\FM\26JAN1.SGM 26JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4997-4998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01490]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15269-000]


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

    On March 31, 2022, Premium Energy Holdings, 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 
Nacimiento Pumped Storage Hydro Project to be located approximately 27 
miles northwest of Highway 101 in Paso Robles, California in San Luis 
Obispo County. 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 closed-loop project would consist of the following: 
(1) a new upper reservoir at a normal maximum operating elevation of 
either 1,952 feet average mean sea level, with a surface area of 85 
acres and a total storage capacity of 7,500 acre-feet (alternative A), 
or 1,788 feet average mean sea level, with a surface area of 72 acres 
and a total storage capacity of 8,000 acre-feet (alternative B); (2) an 
existing lower reservoir (Lake Nacimiento, completed in 1956 for flood 
control, irrigation water, groundwater recharge for the Salinas Valley, 
and recreational activities); (3) either a 0.74 mile-long headrace 
tunnel, 0.17-mile-long vertical shaft, 5.13-mile-long horizontal 
tunnel, 0.07-mile-long penstock, and 1.06-mile-long tailrace tunnel 
with a maximum head of 987 feet (alternative A), or a 0.42-mile-long 
headrace tunnel, 0.10-mile-long vertical shaft, 2.93-mile-long 
horizontal tunnel, 0.04-mile-long penstock, and-0.61 mile long tailrace 
tunnel with a maximum head of 1,151 feet (alternative B) connecting the 
reservoirs to the powerhouse; (4) a new powerhouse located on land 
owned by the County of Monterey that would house 4 new pump-turbines 
rated at 150 megawatts each; (5) a new substation constructed in the 
southern shore of Lake Nacimiento near the powerhouse connected to the 
regional electrical utility with either; (6) a new 21-mile-long 230-
kilovolt (kV) transmission line

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interconnecting at the existing 60-kV Perry Substation (existing lines 
would be upgraded to 230-kV, as required) (alternative 1) or a new 26-
mile-long 230-kV transmission line interconnecting PG&E's network at 
the existing 60-kV Paso Robles Substation (existing lines would be 
upgraded to 230-kV as required) (alternative 2), or a new 28-mile-long 
230-kV transmission line interconnecting PG&E's network at the existing 
230-kV Templeton Substation (no upgrades necessary) (alternative 3); 
and (7) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual power generation 
at the Nacimiento Pumped Storage Project would be 1,200,000 megawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Victor M. Rojas, Managing Director, Premium 
Energy Holdings, LLC. 355 South Lemon Ave., Suite A, Walnut, California 
91789; phone: (909) 595-5314; [email protected].
    FERC Contact: Benjamin Mann; email: [email protected]; phone: 
(202) 502-8127.
    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/eFiling.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. 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-15269.
    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-15269) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 19, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-01490 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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