82 FR 22538 - Maysville Pumped Storage, 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 93 (May 16, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22538-22539]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-09800]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14792-000]


Maysville Pumped Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 1, 2016, Maysville Pumped Storage, 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 a hydropower project 
located on the Ohio River in Mason County, Kentucky. 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 be developed in three phases. In the 
final phase the following project would consist of: (1) A 15-foot-high, 
40-foot-long concrete intake structure on the Ohio River; (2) two 10-
foot-diameter, 1,050-foot-long steel pipes to supply water to the 
project; (3) a 135-foot-high, 500-foot-long earth fill or roller-
compacted, concrete embankment dam surrounding; (4) an upper reservoir 
with a surface area of 20 acres and a storage capacity of 875 acre-
feet; (5) five 12.5-foot to 18 foot-diameter, 2,800-foot-long 
penstocks; (6) a powerhouse 100-feet-below the lower reservoir 
containing five pump/generating units with a total capacity of 500 
megawatts; (7) a lower reservoir established within an existing 
underground mine space with a surface area of 212 acres and a storage 
capacity of 9,540 acre-feet; and (8) a 10,500-foot-long, 230 kilo-volt 
transmission line to a point of interconnection with the PJM system. 
The project would have an

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estimated average annual generation of 1,296,480 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew Shapiro, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 1210 
W. Franklin St., Ste. 2, Boise ID 83702. (208) 246-9925.
    FERC Contact: Chris Casey, [email protected], (202) 502-
8577.
    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-14792-000.
    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-14792) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 9, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-09800 Filed 5-15-17; 8:45 am]
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