82 FR 16820 - 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 65 (April 6, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 65 (Thursday, April 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 16820]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06837]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14815-000]


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

    On January 10, 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 
Richmondale Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project to be located near the 
town of Simpson in Lackawanna and Wayne Counties, 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 with a surface area of 260 acres and a storage capacity 
of 3,900 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 2,000 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 75 acres and a total storage 
capacity of 5,625 acre-feet at a surface elevation of 1,450 feet msl; 
(3) a new 6,710-foot-long, 48-inch-diameter penstock connecting the 
upper and lower reservoirs; (5) a new 150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide 
powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units with a total rated 
capacity of 230 megawatts; (6) a new transmission line connecting the 
powerhouse to a nearby electric grid interconnection point with options 
to evaluate multiple grid interconnection locations; and (7) 
appurtenant facilities. Possible initial fill water and make-up water 
would come from the Lackawanna River. The proposed project would have 
an annual generation of 676,873 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-14815-000.
    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-14815) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 30, 2017.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-06837 Filed 4-5-17; 8:45 am]
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