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Download as PDF 8416 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 7, 2024 / Notices data that can be used to inform policy decisions. Dated: February 1, 2024. Kun Mullan, PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. [FR Doc. 2024–02408 Filed 2–6–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Portsmouth Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of open meeting. AGENCY: This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Portsmouth. The Federal Advisory Committee Act requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register. 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This administrative process in no way alters PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register. Signed in Washington, DC, on February 2, 2024. Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy. [FR Doc. 2024–02449 Filed 2–6–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 15332–000] York Energy Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On November 14, 2023, York 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 York Energy Storage Waterpower Project to be located near Lake Clarke, formed by the Safe Harbor Dam on the Susquehanna River, and Chanceford Township in York 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 9,800-foot-long, 225foot-high dam, a 700-foot-long, 95-foothigh dike, and a 1,300-foot-long, 35foot-high dike, creating an upper reservoir with a 580-acre surface area and a 26,000-acre-foot storage capacity at a normal pool elevation of 680 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88); (2) a 150-foot-long, 50-footwide concrete-lined emergency spillway at the east end of the upper reservoir; (3) utilization of Lake Clarke as a lower reservoir with a 7,360-acre surface area and a 144,000-acre-foot storage capacity at a normal pool elevation of 227.2 feet NAVD88; (4) a 44-foot-diameter shaft and tunnel trifurcating into three 20foot-diameter steel-lined tunnels; (5) a 1,000-foot-long, 250-foot-wide, 50-foothigh underground powerhouse containing three 286-megawatt (MW) reversible pumping-generating units with a total installed capacity of 858 MW; (6) a 1,500-foot-long powerhouse access tunnel, an 18-foot-diameter vent, E:\FR\FM\07FEN1.SGM 07FEN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 26 / Wednesday, February 7, 2024 / Notices and cable shaft; (7) three concrete-lined tunnels leading to an outlet structure in Lake Clarke; (8) a 2,000-foot-long, 100foot-wide porous dike, serving as part of the intake structure for fish protection, situated at the edge of Lake Clarke; (9) a 250-foot-long, 250-foot-wide aboveground switchyard; (10) a 3-mile-long, 500-kilovolt transmission line from a proposed switchyard to the Safe Harbor Substation in Manor Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; and (11) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an annual generation of 1,500,000 megawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Mr. William M. McMahon, York Energy Storage, LLC, 4824 Briarwood Circle, Reading, PA 19606; email: william.mcmahon.econ@ earthlink.net; phone: (610) 823–2762. FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; email: woohee.choi@ferc.gov; phone: (202) 502–6336. 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 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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket number P–15332–000. 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:17 Feb 06, 2024 Jkt 262001 others, access publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@ ferc.gov. 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–15332) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: February 1, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2024–02464 Filed 2–6–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP23–542–000] Golden Triangle Storage, L.L.C.; Notice of Availability of the Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Golden Triangle Storage Expansion Project The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the Golden Triangle Storage Expansion Project (Project), proposed by Golden Triangle Storage, L.L.C. (Golden Triangle) in the above-referenced docket. Golden Triangle requests authorization to conduct the following construction activities in Jefferson County, Texas. • developing and operating two new salt dome natural gas storage caverns and appurtenant facilities; • constructing and operating a brine disposal well and brine disposal pipeline; • constructing and operating six new 5,500 horsepower compressor units and appurtenant facilities; and • constructing and operating two new service corridors and three new permanent access roads. The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the Project in accordance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with appropriate mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 8417 The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability to federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; potentially affected landowners and other interested individuals and groups; and newspapers and libraries in the project area. The EA is only available in electronic format. It may be viewed and downloaded from the FERC’s website (www.ferc.gov), on the natural gas environmental documents page (https:// www.ferc.gov/industries-data/naturalgas/environment/environmentaldocuments). In addition, the EA may be accessed by using the eLibrary link on the FERC’s website. Click on the eLibrary link (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/ eLibrary/search), select ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket number in the ‘‘Docket Number’’ field, excluding the last three digits (i.e. CP23–542). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The EA is not a decision document. It presents Commission staff’s independent analysis of the environmental issues for the Commission to consider when addressing the merits of all issues in this proceeding. Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments should focus on the EA’s disclosure and discussion of potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To ensure that the Commission has the opportunity to consider your comments prior to making its decision on this project, it is important that we receive your comments in Washington, DC on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 4, 2024. For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208–3676 or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please carefully follow these instructions so that your comments are properly recorded. (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature on the Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC Online. This is an easy method for submitting brief, text-only comments on a project; E:\FR\FM\07FEN1.SGM 07FEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15332-000]


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

    On November 14, 2023, York 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 York 
Energy Storage Waterpower Project to be located near Lake Clarke, 
formed by the Safe Harbor Dam on the Susquehanna River, and Chanceford 
Township in York 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 9,800-
foot-long, 225-foot-high dam, a 700-foot-long, 95-foot-high dike, and a 
1,300-foot-long, 35-foot-high dike, creating an upper reservoir with a 
580-acre surface area and a 26,000-acre-foot storage capacity at a 
normal pool elevation of 680 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988 
(NAVD88); (2) a 150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide concrete-lined emergency 
spillway at the east end of the upper reservoir; (3) utilization of 
Lake Clarke as a lower reservoir with a 7,360-acre surface area and a 
144,000-acre-foot storage capacity at a normal pool elevation of 227.2 
feet NAVD88; (4) a 44-foot-diameter shaft and tunnel trifurcating into 
three 20-foot-diameter steel-lined tunnels; (5) a 1,000-foot-long, 250-
foot-wide, 50-foot-high underground powerhouse containing three 286-
megawatt (MW) reversible pumping-generating units with a total 
installed capacity of 858 MW; (6) a 1,500-foot-long powerhouse access 
tunnel, an 18-foot-diameter vent,

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and cable shaft; (7) three concrete-lined tunnels leading to an outlet 
structure in Lake Clarke; (8) a 2,000-foot-long, 100-foot-wide porous 
dike, serving as part of the intake structure for fish protection, 
situated at the edge of Lake Clarke; (9) a 250-foot-long, 250-foot-wide 
above-ground switchyard; (10) a 3-mile-long, 500-kilovolt transmission 
line from a proposed switchyard to the Safe Harbor Substation in Manor 
Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; and (11) appurtenant 
facilities. The proposed project would have an annual generation of 
1,500,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. William M. McMahon, York Energy Storage, 
LLC, 4824 Briarwood Circle, Reading, PA 19606; email: 
[email protected]; phone: (610) 823-2762.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; email: [email protected]; phone: 
(202) 502-6336.
    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 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: 
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-
Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any 
filing should include docket number P-15332-000.
    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 making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is 
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
    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-15332) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 1, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-02464 Filed 2-6-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

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