Nature and People First New Mexico PHS, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 76197 [2023-24465]
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Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023–24457 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
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[Project No. 15293–001]
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Nature and People First New Mexico
PHS, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On July 12, 2023, Nature and People
First New Mexico PHS, 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 Chuska Mountain
Pumped Storage Project to be located in
San Juan and McKinley Counties, New
Mexico, near the San Juan River, and
approximately 5.6 miles west of the
town of Two Grey Hills on Navajo
Nation Lands. The sole purpose of a
preliminary permit 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 landdisturbing activities or otherwise enter
upon lands or waters owned by others
without the owners’ express permission.
The pumped storage hydropower
project would consist of all new
facilities including: (1) Upper Reservoir
North with a surface area of 15,800 acres
and a storage volume of 500,000 acrefeet at a maximum water surface
elevation (WSE) of 8,810 above mean
sea level (msl); (2) Upper Reservoir
Center with a surface area of 7,400 acres
and a storage volume of 235,000 acrefeet at a maximum WSE of 8,810 feet
msl; (3) Upper Reservoir South with a
surface area of 16,300 acres and a
storage volume of 510,000 acre-feet at a
maximum WSE of 8,810 feet msl; (4)
Lower Reservoir North 1 with a surface
area of 9,000 acres and a storage volume
of 385,000 acre-feet at a maximum WSE
of 6,010 feet msl; (5) Lower Reservoir
North 2 with a surface area of 2,700
acres and a storage volume of 115,000
acre-feet at a maximum WSE of 6,010
feet msl; (6) Lower Reservoir Center
with a surface area of 2,900 acres and
a storage volume of 235,000 acre-feet at
a maximum WSE of 6,010 feet msl; (7)
Lower Reservoir South with a surface
area of 3,200 acres and a storage volume
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of 510,000 acre-feet at a maximum WSE
of 6,010 feet msl; (8) a 30-foot-wide and
39,800-foot-long concrete-lined power
conduit tunnel to North Powerhouse 1;
(9) a 60-foot-wide, 700-foot-long, and
100-foot high subterranean North
Powerhouse 1 with seven pump/
turbines each rated at 250 megawatts
(MW); (10) seven 12-foot-wide and
1,000-foot-long concrete lined North
Powerhouse 1 conduit tunnels
discharging into Lower Reservoir North
1; (11) a 30-foot-wide and 19,800-footlong concrete-lined power conduit to
Powerhouse 2; (12) a 60-foot-wide, 700foot-long, and 100-foot-high
subterranean North Powerhouse 2 with
seven pump/turbines each rated at 250
MW; (13) seven 12-foot-wide and 1,000foot-long concrete lined North
Powerhouse 2 conduit tunnels
discharging into Lower Reservoir North
2; (14) a 30-foot-wide and 43,300-footlong concrete-lined tunnel power
conduit to the Center Powerhouse; (15)
a 60-foot-wide, 700-foot-long, and 100foot-high subterranean Center
Powerhouse with seven pump/turbines
each rated at 250 MW; (16) seven 12foot-wide and 1,000-foot-long concrete
lined North Powerhouse 1 conduit
tunnels discharging into Lower
Reservoir Center; (17) a 45-foot-wide
and 30,300-foot-long concrete lined
tunnel to the South Powerhouse; (18) a
60-foot-wide, 1,400-foot-long, and 100foot-high subterranean South
Powerhouse with 15 pump/turbines
each rated at 250 MW; (19) fifteen 12foot-wide, 1,000-foot-long concretelined tunnels discharging into Lower
Reservoir South; and (20) approximately
100 miles of 345-kilovolt transmission
lines for interconnection to the existing
Shiprock, San Juan, and Four Corners
substations. The estimated annual
energy production of the project would
be approximately 19,710,000 megawatt
hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Denis Payre,
Nature and People First New Mexico
PHS, LLC, 405 Waltham St., Suite 145,
Lexington, MA 02421; email:
denis.payre@natureandpeoplefirst.com;
phone: (781) 491–5364.
FERC Contact: Shannon Archuleta;
email: shannon.archuleta@ferc.gov;
phone (503) 552–2739.
The Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members, and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with filings such as
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interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov. Comments, motions to
intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications
should be submitted within 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/FERC.aspx.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters without prior
registration using the eComment system
at https://ferconline..gov/
QuickComment.aspx. You must include
your name and contact information at
the end of your comments. For
assistance, please get in touch with
FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). Instead 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–15293–001.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed on the Commission’s website
(https://www.ferc.gov) using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number (P–15293) in the docket number
field to access the document. For
assistance, do not hesitate to get in
touch with FERC Online Support.
Dated: October 31, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–24465 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15293-001]
Nature and People First New Mexico PHS, LLC; Notice of
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
On July 12, 2023, Nature and People First New Mexico PHS, 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 Chuska Mountain Pumped Storage Project to be located in San Juan
and McKinley Counties, New Mexico, near the San Juan River, and
approximately 5.6 miles west of the town of Two Grey Hills on Navajo
Nation Lands. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit 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 pumped storage hydropower project would consist of all new
facilities including: (1) Upper Reservoir North with a surface area of
15,800 acres and a storage volume of 500,000 acre-feet at a maximum
water surface elevation (WSE) of 8,810 above mean sea level (msl); (2)
Upper Reservoir Center with a surface area of 7,400 acres and a storage
volume of 235,000 acre-feet at a maximum WSE of 8,810 feet msl; (3)
Upper Reservoir South with a surface area of 16,300 acres and a storage
volume of 510,000 acre-feet at a maximum WSE of 8,810 feet msl; (4)
Lower Reservoir North 1 with a surface area of 9,000 acres and a
storage volume of 385,000 acre-feet at a maximum WSE of 6,010 feet msl;
(5) Lower Reservoir North 2 with a surface area of 2,700 acres and a
storage volume of 115,000 acre-feet at a maximum WSE of 6,010 feet msl;
(6) Lower Reservoir Center with a surface area of 2,900 acres and a
storage volume of 235,000 acre-feet at a maximum WSE of 6,010 feet msl;
(7) Lower Reservoir South with a surface area of 3,200 acres and a
storage volume of 510,000 acre-feet at a maximum WSE of 6,010 feet msl;
(8) a 30-foot-wide and 39,800-foot-long concrete-lined power conduit
tunnel to North Powerhouse 1; (9) a 60-foot-wide, 700-foot-long, and
100-foot high subterranean North Powerhouse 1 with seven pump/turbines
each rated at 250 megawatts (MW); (10) seven 12-foot-wide and 1,000-
foot-long concrete lined North Powerhouse 1 conduit tunnels discharging
into Lower Reservoir North 1; (11) a 30-foot-wide and 19,800-foot-long
concrete-lined power conduit to Powerhouse 2; (12) a 60-foot-wide, 700-
foot-long, and 100-foot-high subterranean North Powerhouse 2 with seven
pump/turbines each rated at 250 MW; (13) seven 12-foot-wide and 1,000-
foot-long concrete lined North Powerhouse 2 conduit tunnels discharging
into Lower Reservoir North 2; (14) a 30-foot-wide and 43,300-foot-long
concrete-lined tunnel power conduit to the Center Powerhouse; (15) a
60-foot-wide, 700-foot-long, and 100-foot-high subterranean Center
Powerhouse with seven pump/turbines each rated at 250 MW; (16) seven
12-foot-wide and 1,000-foot-long concrete lined North Powerhouse 1
conduit tunnels discharging into Lower Reservoir Center; (17) a 45-
foot-wide and 30,300-foot-long concrete lined tunnel to the South
Powerhouse; (18) a 60-foot-wide, 1,400-foot-long, and 100-foot-high
subterranean South Powerhouse with 15 pump/turbines each rated at 250
MW; (19) fifteen 12-foot-wide, 1,000-foot-long concrete-lined tunnels
discharging into Lower Reservoir South; and (20) approximately 100
miles of 345-kilovolt transmission lines for interconnection to the
existing Shiprock, San Juan, and Four Corners substations. The
estimated annual energy production of the project would be
approximately 19,710,000 megawatt hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Denis Payre, Nature and People First New
Mexico PHS, LLC, 405 Waltham St., Suite 145, Lexington, MA 02421;
email: [email protected]; phone: (781) 491-5364.
FERC Contact: Shannon Archuleta; email: [email protected];
phone (503) 552-2739.
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members, and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with filings such as interventions,
comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected]. Comments, motions to
intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or
notices of intent to file competing applications should be submitted
within 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/FERC.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments up
to 6,000 characters without prior registration using the eComment
system at https://ferconline..gov/QuickComment.aspx. You must include
your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For
assistance, please get in touch with FERC Online Support at
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll-free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). Instead 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-15293-001.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed on the Commission's website (https://www.ferc.gov) using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number (P-
15293) in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, do not hesitate to get in touch with FERC Online Support.
Dated: October 31, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-24465 Filed 11-3-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
