82 FR 17238 - 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 67 (April 10, 2017)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 67 (April 10, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-07088 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 67 (Monday, April 10, 2017)] [Notices] [Page 17238] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-07088] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14820-000] 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 Allegheny Pumped Storage Hydro Project to be located near Juniata Township in Blair 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 with a surface area of 100 acres and a storage capacity of 1,500 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 2,500 feet above mean sea level (msl) created through construction of a new roller-compacted concrete or rock-fill dam; (2) a new lower reservoir with a surface area of 50 acres and a storage capacity of 1,800 acre- feet at a surface elevation of 1,500 feet msl; (3) a new 3,760-foot- long, 48-inch-diameter penstock connecting the upper and lower reservoirs; (4) a new 150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 25-foot-high powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units with a total rated capacity of 123 megawatts; (5) a new 3,924-foot-long transmission line connecting the powerhouse to the Summit Claysburg 115-kilovolt circuit owned by the Pennsylvania Electric Company; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an annual generation of 448,854 megawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 5710 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; phone: 267-254-6107. FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; 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 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-14820-000. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-14820) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: April 4, 2017. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-07088 Filed 4-7-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY the permit holder priority to file a The first page of any filing should
license application during the permit include docket number P–14820–000.
Federal Energy Regulatory term. A preliminary permit does not More information about this project,
Commission authorize the permit holder to perform including a copy of the application, can
any land-disturbing activities or be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
[Docket Nos. EL17–51–000]
otherwise enter upon lands or waters link of Commission’s Web site at http://
Arizona Public Service Company; owned by others without the owners’ www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Notice of Institution of Section 206 express permission. Enter the docket number (P–14820) in
Proceeding and Refund Effective Date The proposed project would consist of the docket number field to access the
the following: (1) A new upper reservoir document. For assistance, contact FERC
On March 28, 2017, a letter order was with a surface area of 100 acres and a Online Support.
issued in Docket No. EL17–51–000 by storage capacity of 1,500 acre-feet at a Dated: April 4, 2017.
the Director, Division of Electric surface elevation of approximately 2,500 Kimberly D. Bose,
Power—West, Office of Energy Market feet above mean sea level (msl) created Secretary.
Regulation, pursuant to section 206 of through construction of a new roller-
the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. [FR Doc. 2017–07088 Filed 4–7–17; 8:45 am]
compacted concrete or rock-fill dam; (2)
824e (2012), instituting an investigation a new lower reservoir with a surface BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
into whether the proposed revisions of area of 50 acres and a storage capacity
Arizona Public Service Company to its of 1,800 acre-feet at a surface elevation
Open Access Transmission Tariff may DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
of 1,500 feet msl; (3) a new 3,760-foot-
be unjust, unreasonable, unduly long, 48-inch-diameter penstock Federal Energy Regulatory
discriminatory or preferential. Arizona connecting the upper and lower Commission
Public Service Company, 158 FERC reservoirs; (4) a new 150-foot-long, 50-
62,241 (2017). foot-wide, 25-foot-high powerhouse Combined Notice of Filings #1
The refund effective date in Docket containing two turbine-generator units
No. EL17–51–000, established pursuant with a total rated capacity of 123 Take notice that the Commission
to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the megawatts; (5) a new 3,924-foot-long received the following electric corporate
date of publication of this notice in the transmission line connecting the filings:
Federal Register. powerhouse to the Summit Claysburg Docket Numbers: EC17–101–000.
Any interested person desiring to be 115-kilovolt circuit owned by the Applicants: Beebe 1B Renewable
heard in Docket No. EL17–51–000 must Pennsylvania Electric Company; and (6) Energy, LLC, Beebe Renewable Energy,
file a notice of intervention or motion to appurtenant facilities. The proposed LLC, Bluestem Wind Energy, LLC,
intervene, as appropriate, with the project would have an annual Cassia Gulch Wind Park LLC, Cow
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, generation of 448,854 megawatt-hours. Branch Wind Power, LLC, CR Clearing,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, LLC, Criterion Power Partners, LLC,
20426, in accordance with Rule 214 of Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 5710 Fourmile Wind Energy, LLC, Harvest
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; Windfarm, LLC, Harvest Windfarm II,
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214, within 21 phone: 267–254–6107. LLC, High Mesa Energy, LLC, Michigan
days of the date of issuance of the order. FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: Wind 1, LLC, Michigan Wind 2, LLC,
Dated: April 4, 2017. (202) 502–6336. Shooting Star Wind Project, LLC, Tuana
Deadline for filing comments, motions Springs Energy, LLC, Wind Capital
Kimberly D. Bose,
to intervene, competing applications Holdings, LLC, John Hancock Life
Secretary.
(without notices of intent), or notices of Insurance Company (U.S.A.).
[FR Doc. 2017–07083 Filed 4–7–17; 8:45 am] Description: Application of the Exelon
intent to file competing applications: 60
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
days from the issuance of this notice. Applicants, et al. for Authorization
Competing applications and notices of under Section 203 of the Federal Power
intent must meet the requirements of 18 Act, Request for Expedited Action and
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Request for Confidential Treatment.
CFR 4.36.
The Commission strongly encourages Filed Date: 4/3/17.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Accession Number: 20170403–5583.
Commission electronic filing. Please file comments,
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/24/17.
motions to intervene, notices of intent,
[Project No. 14820–000] and competing applications using the Take notice that the Commission
Commission’s eFiling system at http:// received the following exempt
Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; wholesale generator filings:
Notice of Preliminary Permit www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Commenters can submit brief comments Docket Numbers: EG17–90–000.
Application Accepted for Filing and Applicants: AEM Wind, LLC.
Soliciting Comments, Motions To up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system Description: Self-Certification of EWG
Intervene, and Competing Applications Status of AEM Wind, LLC.
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
On January 18, 2017, Merchant Hydro ecomment.asp. You must include your Filed Date: 4/4/17.
Developers, LLC, filed an application for name and contact information at the end Accession Number: 20170404–5218.
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a preliminary permit, pursuant to of your comments. For assistance, Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/25/17.
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act please contact FERC Online Support at Take notice that the Commission
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) received the following electric rate
of the Allegheny Pumped Storage Hydro 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 filings:
Project to be located near Juniata (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please Docket Numbers: ER17–1069–001.
Township in Blair County, send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Applicants: Mid-Atlantic Interstate
Pennsylvania. The sole purpose of a Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 Transmission, LLC, PJM
preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Interconnection, L.L.C.
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