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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.
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all affected landowners (as defined in
the Commission’s regulations) who are
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property may be used temporarily for
project purposes, or who own homes
within certain distances of aboveground
facilities, and anyone who submits
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analysis proceeds to ensure that
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potentially affected by the proposed
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Dated: June 10, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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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 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
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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
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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: 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
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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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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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