82 FR 23240 - 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 97 (May 22, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 97 (Monday, May 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23240-23241]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-10371]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14831-000]


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 
Savage Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project to be located in 
Allegany County, Maryland. 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 75 acres and a storage capacity 
of 1,125 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 2,800 feet 
above mean sea level (msl) created through construction of a new 
roller-compacted concrete or rock-filled dam and/or dike; (2) 
excavating a new lower reservoir with a surface area of 50 acres and a 
total storage capacity of 1,350 acre-feet at a surface elevation of 
1,820 feet msl; (3) a new 6,762-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 90 megawatts; (5) a new transmission line 
connecting the powerhouse to a nearby electric grid interconnection 
point at the Savage Mountain Wind Farm; and (6) appurtenant facilities. 
Possible initial fill water and make-up water would come from the 
nearby Casselman River, including groundwater. The proposed project 
would have an annual generation of 329,908 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 
5710 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; phone: 267-254-6107.
    FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
    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

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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-14831-000.
    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-14831) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 15, 2017.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-10371 Filed 5-19-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P