Nightfall Renewables Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 51330-51331 [2024-13285]

Download as PDF 51330 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 117 / Monday, June 17, 2024 / Notices with the applicable State Historic Preservation Office(s), and to solicit their views and those of other government agencies, interested Indian Tribes, and the public on the project’s potential effects on historic properties.4 The environmental document for this project will document findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status of consultations under section 106. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Environmental Mailing List The environmental mailing list includes Federal, State, and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes; other interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. This list also includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission’s regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who submits comments on the project and includes a mailing address with their comments. Commission staff will update the environmental mailing list as the analysis proceeds to ensure that Commission notices related to this environmental review are sent to all individuals, organizations, and government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the proposed project. If you need to make changes to your name/address, or if you would like to remove your name from the mailing list, please complete one of the following steps: (1) Send an email to GasProjectAddressChange@ferc.gov stating your request. You must include the docket number CP24–468–000 in your request. If you are requesting a change to your address, please be sure to include your name and the correct address. If you are requesting to delete your address from the mailing list, please include your name and address as it appeared on this notice. This email address is unable to accept comments. OR (2) Return the attached ‘‘Mailing List Update Form’’ (appendix 2). Additional Information Additional information about the project is available from the 4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s regulations are at 36 CFR part 800. Those regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:00 Jun 14, 2024 Jkt 262001 Commission’s Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC website at www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket number in the ‘‘Docket Number’’ field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of all formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. Public sessions or site visits will be posted on the Commission’s calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/newsevents/events along with other related information. Dated: June 10, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 2024–13182 Filed 6–14–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 15345–000] Nightfall Renewables Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On February 26, 2024, Nightfall Renewables Inc., 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 Maxwell Pumped Storage Project to be located in Kern County, California near Rosamond, California. The proposed 3,600-megawatt closed-loop project would occupy federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. 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 proposed project would consist of: (1) four new roller-compacted concrete or rockfill dams upper dams and reservoirs, and 36 lower reservoirs, excavated from rock consisting of 16 ‘‘rooms’’, each 50 feet wide, 70 feet high, and 200 feet-long; (2) four 3,000feet-long/deep, 24-foot-diameter PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 concrete lined, vertical headrace shafts; (3) nine 20-foot-wide, 20-foot-high headrace tunnels averaging 5,150 feet long; (4) thirty six 12-foot-diameter, 160foot-long steel penstock pipes at the powerhouse turbine level; (5) twelve 300-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, 230-foothigh powerhouses excavated from rock approximately 5,000 feet below surface; (6) a transformer room 36 feet wide, 25 feet high, and 190 feet long located approximately 260 feet above each powerhouse; (7) thirty six sets of 18foot-wide, 16-foot-high, 435-foot-long unlined turbine tailraces; foot-wide, 16foot-high, 410-foot-long on average unlined pump intake tailraces; and 12foot-diameter, 200-foot-long steel pipe pump discharge tailraces; (8) two access ramps and 35 access tunnels, all approximately 18 feet wide and 16 feet high, totaling approximately 105,000 feet in length; (9) an approximately 5,560-foot-long, 1,780-foot-wide, 160acre rock pad; (10) a new 9.5-mile-long, 8-inch-diameter pipe connecting the project to an existing untreated water pipe; and (11) two new 500-foot-long, 100-foot-wide pre-fabricated steel buildings. Upper reservoir dam 1 would be approximately 1,740 feet long and 40 feet wide at the crest, creating upper reservoir 1, with a surface area of approximately 29.1 acres, a storage capacity of approximately 2,420 acrefeet, and a surface elevation of 5,120 feet above mean sea level (msl). Upper reservoir dam 2 would be approximately 1,300 feet long and 40 feet wide at the crest, creating upper reservoir 2, with a surface area of approximately 27.1 acres, a storage capacity of approximately 2,760 acre-feet, and a surface elevation of 4,920 feet msl. Upper reservoir dam 3 will be approximately 1,280 feet long and 60 feet wide at the crest, creating upper reservoir 3, with a surface area of approximately 26.6 acres, a storage capacity of approximately 2,435 acrefeet, and a surface elevation of 4,880 feet msl. Upper reservoir dam 4 will be approximately 1,120 feet long and 60 feet wide at the crest, creating upper reservoir 4, with a surface area of approximately 24.3 acres, a storage capacity of approximately 2,385 acrefeet, and a surface elevation of 4,720 feet MSL. A new substation (Maxwell Substation) would be constructed, bifurcating two existing Southern California Edison (SCE) 500-kilovolt (kV) single-circuit transmission lines. A second transmission line would be constructed from the Maxwell Substation to the SCE Whirlwind Substation. A new 3.5-mile-long 500-kV double-circuit transmission line would E:\FR\FM\17JNN1.SGM 17JNN1 khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 117 / Monday, June 17, 2024 / Notices be constructed from the Maxwell Substation to connect to the powerhouses. A sub-surface line would connect to the underground powerhouse transformers. The estimated annual energy production of the proposed project would be approximately 14,000,000 megawatt-hours. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Benjamin Wayne Mossman, Chief Executive Director, Nightfall Renewable Resources 30001 Lava Ridge Court, Suite 120, Roseville, CA 95661; email: bmossman@ nightfallrenewables.com; phone (530) 557–9524. 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’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 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/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. 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– 15345–000. 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://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search. Enter the docket number (P–15345) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, do not hesitate to get in touch with FERC Online Support. Along with this document, the Commission also is posting, under the same eLibrary Accession Number, a marked version of the revised XML schema and the revised validation codes that will be associated with these revisions. Starting on June 28, 2024, a sandbox will be made available for pipeline and utility companies to make test filings under the new XML schema. In addition, pursuant to the Commission’s previous practice in developing eTariff standards,1 the North American Standards Organization (NAESB) will be hosting a virtual meeting with Commission staff on July 23, 2024, starting at 10 a.m. EST to discuss these issues. People wishing to attend the meeting should contact NAESB at: (713) 356–0060 or naesb@ naesb.org to register and obtain log-on information. Dated: June 11, 2024. Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary. I. Lead Applicant Identification [FR Doc. 2024–13285 Filed 6–14–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RM01–5–000] Electronic Tariff Filings; Notice of Revisions to eTariff Take notice that on September 30, 2024, the Commission will implement revisions to the eTariff program to enhance the capabilities of the system by enabling filing pipelines and utilities to identify the correct lead applicants for a proceeding and to have more flexibility in the programs used to create and file tariffs by filing tariff records in Microsoft Word or Excel format. As a result of adding the capability to file in Word or Excel, certain changes will be made in the way eTariff is displayed on the eTariff Public Viewer and eLibrary. The tariff files will be converted to .pdf using print-to-pdf for display. The Public Viewer display should appear as it does today for .pdf filings. The tariff files in eLibrary will display in a FERC Generated PDF document. The metadata for each tariff record will display on one page (rather than at the top of the page) and the tariff text will follow on the next page. The eTariff XML schema will add a mandatory lead applicant field. The lead applicant field will determine the lead party making the filing and will be added to the Commission’s service list. This change will require the filing pipeline or utility to add the Company Identifier (CID) for the lead applicant to the XML schema. Filings without a lead applicant CID will be rejected. Filers also must continue to include the company id field to identify the company whose tariff is being revised. If pipelines and utilities are filing with themselves as the lead applicant, they will include their own CID in both the lead_applicant_id field and the company_id field if they are filing for themselves. The Commission also will post on the eTariff website, https://www.ferc.gov/ ferc-online/etariff, a CSV file with CID numbers and will endeavor to update that file monthly. Pipelines and utilities will continue to make the eTariff filings through the eFiling web page at https://ferconline. ferc.gov/Login.aspx. The contact information associated with the CID of the lead applicant will be added to the Commission’s service list. Filers need to be aware that although the filing pipeline or utility will be presented with the following screen and will have to enter an email address as signer, the company and email will not be added to the service list. 1 Electronic Tariff Filings, Order No. 714, 124 FERC ¶ 61,270 (2008). 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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51330-51331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13285]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15345-000]


Nightfall Renewables Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On February 26, 2024, Nightfall Renewables Inc., 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 
Maxwell Pumped Storage Project to be located in Kern County, California 
near Rosamond, California. The proposed 3,600-megawatt closed-loop 
project would occupy federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management. 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 proposed project would consist of: (1) four new roller-
compacted concrete or rockfill dams upper dams and reservoirs, and 36 
lower reservoirs, excavated from rock consisting of 16 ``rooms'', each 
50 feet wide, 70 feet high, and 200 feet-long; (2) four 3,000-feet-
long/deep, 24-foot-diameter concrete lined, vertical headrace shafts; 
(3) nine 20-foot-wide, 20-foot-high headrace tunnels averaging 5,150 
feet long; (4) thirty six 12-foot-diameter, 160-foot-long steel 
penstock pipes at the powerhouse turbine level; (5) twelve 300-foot-
long, 100-foot-wide, 230-foot-high powerhouses excavated from rock 
approximately 5,000 feet below surface; (6) a transformer room 36 feet 
wide, 25 feet high, and 190 feet long located approximately 260 feet 
above each powerhouse; (7) thirty six sets of 18-foot-wide, 16-foot-
high, 435-foot-long unlined turbine tailraces; foot-wide, 16-foot-high, 
410-foot-long on average unlined pump intake tailraces; and 12-foot-
diameter, 200-foot-long steel pipe pump discharge tailraces; (8) two 
access ramps and 35 access tunnels, all approximately 18 feet wide and 
16 feet high, totaling approximately 105,000 feet in length; (9) an 
approximately 5,560-foot-long, 1,780-foot-wide, 160-acre rock pad; (10) 
a new 9.5-mile-long, 8-inch-diameter pipe connecting the project to an 
existing untreated water pipe; and (11) two new 500-foot-long, 100-
foot-wide pre-fabricated steel buildings.
    Upper reservoir dam 1 would be approximately 1,740 feet long and 40 
feet wide at the crest, creating upper reservoir 1, with a surface area 
of approximately 29.1 acres, a storage capacity of approximately 2,420 
acre-feet, and a surface elevation of 5,120 feet above mean sea level 
(msl). Upper reservoir dam 2 would be approximately 1,300 feet long and 
40 feet wide at the crest, creating upper reservoir 2, with a surface 
area of approximately 27.1 acres, a storage capacity of approximately 
2,760 acre-feet, and a surface elevation of 4,920 feet msl. Upper 
reservoir dam 3 will be approximately 1,280 feet long and 60 feet wide 
at the crest, creating upper reservoir 3, with a surface area of 
approximately 26.6 acres, a storage capacity of approximately 2,435 
acre-feet, and a surface elevation of 4,880 feet msl. Upper reservoir 
dam 4 will be approximately 1,120 feet long and 60 feet wide at the 
crest, creating upper reservoir 4, with a surface area of approximately 
24.3 acres, a storage capacity of approximately 2,385 acre-feet, and a 
surface elevation of 4,720 feet MSL.
    A new substation (Maxwell Substation) would be constructed, 
bifurcating two existing Southern California Edison (SCE) 500-kilovolt 
(kV) single-circuit transmission lines. A second transmission line 
would be constructed from the Maxwell Substation to the SCE Whirlwind 
Substation. A new 3.5-mile-long 500-kV double-circuit transmission line 
would

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be constructed from the Maxwell Substation to connect to the 
powerhouses. A sub-surface line would connect to the underground 
powerhouse transformers. The estimated annual energy production of the 
proposed project would be approximately 14,000,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contacts: Mr. Benjamin Wayne Mossman, Chief Executive 
Director, Nightfall Renewable Resources 30001 Lava Ridge Court, Suite 
120, Roseville, CA 95661; email: [email protected]; 
phone (530) 557-9524.
    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'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/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. 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-15345-000.
    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://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search. 
Enter the docket number (P-15345) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, do not hesitate to get in touch with FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: June 11, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-13285 Filed 6-14-24; 8:45 am]
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