82 FR 25269 - 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 104 (June 1, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 104 (Thursday, June 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25269-25270]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11275]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14816-000]


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

    On January 11, 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 
Nockamixon Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project to be located near the 
unincorporated town of Kintnersville in Bucks 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 150 acres and a storage capacity 
of 2,250 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 700 feet 
above mean sea level (msl) created through construction of a new 
roller-compacted concrete or rock-filled dam; (2) a lower reservoir 
using the existing Delaware Canal with a surface elevation of 170 feet 
msl; (3) a new 3,575-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 125 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. The proposed project would have an annual 
generation of 356,839 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 
5710

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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-14816-000.
    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-14816) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 25, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-11275 Filed 5-31-17; 8:45 am]
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