82 FR 16182 - Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 62 (April 3, 2017)

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FR Document		2017-06475

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14835-000]


Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On January 18, 2017, Merchant Hydro Developers, 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 
Susan Russ Memorial Pumped Storage Hydro Project to be located near the 
town of Manhattan in Tioga 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 new 
upper reservoir having a surface area of 70 acres and a storage 
capacity of 1,050 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 
2,200 feet above mean sea level (msl) created through construction of 
new roller-compacted concrete or rock-filled dams and/or dikes; (2) 
excavating a new lower reservoir with a surface area of 60 acres and a 
total storage capacity of 1,260 acre-feet at a surface elevation of 
1,300 feet msl; (3) a new 3,337-foot-long, 48-inch-diameter penstock 
connecting the upper and lower reservoirs; (4) a new 150-foot-long, 50-
foot-wide powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units with a 
total rated capacity of 77 megawatts; (5) a new transmission line 
connecting the powerhouse to a nearby electric grid interconnection 
point with options to evaluate multiple grid interconnection locations; 
and (6) appurtenant facilities. Possible initial fill water and make-up 
water would come from Pine Creek. The proposed project would have an 
annual generation of 282,778 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 
5710 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; phone: (267) 254-6107.
    FERC Contact: Tim Looney; phone: (202) 502-6096.
    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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. 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, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14835-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14835) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 28, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
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Applicants: Southern California Pennsylvania. The sole purpose of a send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Edison Company. preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
Description: Tariff Cancellation: the permit holder priority to file a First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Notice of Cancellation SGIA and license application during the permit The first page of any filing should
Distribution Service Agmt Joshua Tree term. A preliminary permit does not include docket number P–14835–000.
Solar Farm to be effective 3/11/2017. authorize the permit holder to perform More information about this project,
Filed Date: 3/24/17 any land-disturbing activities or including a copy of the application, can
Accession Number: 20170324–5302. otherwise enter upon lands or waters be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/14/17. owned by others without the owners’ link of the Commission’s Web site at
Docket Numbers: ER17–1300–000. express permission. http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
Applicants: California Independent The proposed project would consist of elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
System Operator Corporation. the following: (1) A new upper reservoir (P–14835) in the docket number field to
Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: having a surface area of 70 acres and a access the document. For assistance,
2017–03–24 EIM Implementation storage capacity of 1,050 acre-feet at a contact FERC Online Support.
Agreement with BANC to be effective 6/ surface elevation of approximately 2,200
Dated: March 28, 2017.
1/2017. feet above mean sea level (msl) created
through construction of new roller- Kimberly D. Bose,
Filed Date: 3/24/17.
compacted concrete or rock-filled dams Secretary.
Accession Number: 20170324–5304.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/14/17. and/or dikes; (2) excavating a new lower [FR Doc. 2017–06475 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am]

The filings are accessible in the reservoir with a surface area of 60 acres BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

Commission’s eLibrary system by and a total storage capacity of 1,260
clicking on the links or querying the acre-feet at a surface elevation of 1,300
feet msl; (3) a new 3,337-foot-long, 48- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or inch-diameter penstock connecting the
upper and lower reservoirs; (4) a new Federal Energy Regulatory
protest in any of the above proceedings Commission
must file in accordance with Rules 211 150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide powerhouse
and 214 of the Commission’s containing two turbine-generator units [Project No. 14808–000]
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and with a total rated capacity of 77
megawatts; (5) a new transmission line Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC;
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
connecting the powerhouse to a nearby Notice of Preliminary Permit
time on the specified comment date.
electric grid interconnection point with Application Accepted for Filing and
Protests may be considered, but
options to evaluate multiple grid Soliciting Comments, Motions To
intervention is necessary to become a
interconnection locations; and (6) Intervene, and Competing Applications
party to the proceeding.
appurtenant facilities. Possible initial
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed On December 19, 2016, Merchant
fill water and make-up water would
information relating to filing Hydro Developers, LLC, filed an
come from Pine Creek. The proposed
requirements, interventions, protests, application for a preliminary permit,
project would have an annual
service, and qualifying facilities filings pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
generation of 282,778 megawatt-hours.
can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 5710 feasibility of the Panther Pumped
other information, call (866) 208–3676 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; Storage Hydroelectric Project to be
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. phone: (267) 254–6107. located near the town of Simpson in
Dated: March 24, 2017. FERC Contact: Tim Looney; phone: Lackawanna and Wayne Counties,
Kimberly D. Bose, (202) 502–6096. Pennsylvania. The sole purpose of a
Secretary. Deadline for filing comments, motions preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant
to intervene, competing applications the permit holder priority to file a
[FR Doc. 2017–06424 Filed 3–31–17; 8:45 am]
(without notices of intent), or notices of license application during the permit
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
intent to file competing applications: 60 term. A preliminary permit does not
days from the issuance of this notice. authorize the permit holder to perform
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Competing applications and notices of any land-disturbing activities or
intent must meet the requirements of 18 otherwise enter upon lands or waters
Federal Energy Regulatory CFR 4.36. owned by others without the owners’
Commission The Commission strongly encourages express permission.
electronic filing. Please file comments, The proposed project would consist of
[Project No. 14835–000] motions to intervene, notices of intent, the following: (1) A new upper reservoir
Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; and competing applications using the with a surface area of 175 acres and a
Notice of Preliminary Permit Commission’s eFiling system at http:// storage capacity of 2,625 acre-feet at a
Application Accepted for Filing and www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. surface elevation of approximately 1,960
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Commenters can submit brief comments feet above mean sea level (msl) created
Intervene, and Competing Applications up to 6,000 characters, without prior through construction of new roller-
registration, using the eComment system compacted concrete or rock-filled dams
On January 18, 2017, Merchant Hydro at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ and/or dikes; (2) excavating a new lower
mstockstill on DSK3G9T082PROD with NOTICES

Developers, LLC, filed an application for ecomment.asp. You must include your reservoir with a surface area of 180 acres
a preliminary permit, pursuant to name and contact information at the end and a total storage capacity of 4,500
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act of your comments. For assistance, acre-feet at a surface elevation of 1,325
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility please contact FERC Online Support at feet msl; (3) a new 6,045-foot-long, 48-
of the Susan Russ Memorial Pumped FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) inch-diameter penstock connecting the
Storage Hydro Project to be located near 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 upper and lower reservoirs; (5) a new
the town of Manhattan in Tioga County, (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please 150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide powerhouse

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82 FR 16182 - Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 62 (April 3, 2017)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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