82 FR 46983 - Merchant Hydro Developers LLC; Notice of Declaration of Intention and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 194 (October 10, 2017)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 194 (October 10, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-21724 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 10, 2017)] [Notices] [Page 46983] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-21724] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. DI17-11-000] Merchant Hydro Developers LLC; Notice of Declaration of Intention and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene Take notice that the following application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection: a. Application Type: Declaration of Intention. b. Docket No.: DI17-11-000. c. Date Filed: September 14, 2017. d. Applicant: Merchant Hydro Developers LLC. e. Name of Project: Pennsylvania Pump Storage Project. f. Location: The proposed Pennsylvania Pump Storage Project would be located near the Town of Shenandoah, in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 23(b)(1) of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 817(b) (2012). h. Applicant and Agent Contact: Merchant Hydro Developers LLC, c/o Adam R. Rousselle, Sr., 5710 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 45150, telephone: (267) 254-6107; email: [email protected]. i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed to Jennifer Polardino, (202) 502-6437, or email: [email protected]. j. Deadline for filing comments, protests, and motions to intervene is: 30 days from the issuance date of this notice by the Commission. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, protests, and motions to intervene 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 DI17-11-000. k. Description of Project: The proposed closed-loop Pennsylvania Pump Storage Project would consist of: (1) Two new roller-compacted concrete or rock fill dams; (2) two new upper reservoirs with a combined surface area of 470 acres and 11,050 acre-feet of usable storage capacity at a water surface elevation of about 1,750 feet mean sea level (msl); (3) a new lower reservoir, including an existing abandoned existing mine pit with a surface area of 135 acres and 13,200 acre-feet of usage storage capacity at a water surface elevation between 1,140-1,210 feet msl; (4) intakes; (5) a 50-foot-high, 175- foot-long, 100-foot-wide powerhouse with 2 to 3 generating units having a total installed capacity of 500 megawatts; (6) four 7-foot-diameter, 5,280-foot-long penstocks; (7) a transmission line connecting the generating units with PPL Electric Utilities' Wheelabrator Frackville Energy's electric distribution system and/or the Locust Wind Farm adjacent to the proposed project; and (8) appurtenant facilities. Merchant Hydro Developers LLC states that it will use only groundwater from an underground abandoned mine to initially charge and seasonally refill the upper reservoirs. The applicant proposes to transport groundwater to its upper reservoirs using underground pumping equipment and intakes. When a Declaration of Intention is filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Federal Power Act requires the Commission to investigate and determine if the project would affect the interests of interstate or foreign commerce. The Commission also determines whether or not the project: (1) Would be located on a navigable waterway; (2) would occupy public lands or reservations of the United States; (3) would utilize surplus water or water power from a government dam; or (4) would be located on a non-navigable stream over which Congress has Commerce Clause jurisdiction and would be constructed or enlarged after 1935. l. Locations of the Application: This filing may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, call 1-866-208-3676 or email [email protected], for TTY, call (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item (h) above and in the Commission's Public Reference Room located at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 502-8371. m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene: Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified comment date for the particular application. o. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents: All filings must bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``PROTESTS'', and ``MOTIONS TO INTERVENE'', as applicable, and the Docket Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. A copy of any Motion to Intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular application. p. Agency Comments: Federal, state, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives. Dated: October 2, 2017. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2017-21724 Filed 10-6-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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Deputy Secretary. First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or
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include docket number DI17–11–000. TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also
k. Description of Project: The available for inspection and
proposed closed-loop Pennsylvania reproduction at the address in item (h)
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Pump Storage Project would consist of: above and in the Commission’s Public
(1) Two new roller-compacted concrete
Reference Room located at 888 First
Federal Energy Regulatory or rock fill dams; (2) two new upper
Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC
Commission reservoirs with a combined surface area
of 470 acres and 11,050 acre-feet of 20426, or by calling (202) 502–8371.
[Docket No. DI17–11–000] m. Individuals desiring to be included
usable storage capacity at a water
Merchant Hydro Developers LLC; surface elevation of about 1,750 feet on the Commission’s mailing list should
Notice of Declaration of Intention and mean sea level (msl); (3) a new lower so indicate by writing to the Secretary
Soliciting Comments, Protests, and reservoir, including an existing of the Commission.
Motions To Intervene abandoned existing mine pit with a n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
surface area of 135 acres and 13,200 Intervene: Anyone may submit
Take notice that the following acre-feet of usage storage capacity at a
comments, a protest, or a motion to
application has been filed with the water surface elevation between 1,140–
Commission and is available for public 1,210 feet msl; (4) intakes; (5) a 50-foot- intervene in accordance with the
inspection: high, 175-foot-long, 100-foot-wide requirements of Rules of Practice and
a. Application Type: Declaration of powerhouse with 2 to 3 generating units Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, and
Intention. having a total installed capacity of 500 .214. In determining the appropriate
b. Docket No.: DI17–11–000. megawatts; (6) four 7-foot-diameter, action to take, the Commission will
c. Date Filed: September 14, 2017. 5,280-foot-long penstocks; (7) a consider all protests or other comments
d. Applicant: Merchant Hydro transmission line connecting the filed, but only those who file a motion
Developers LLC. generating units with PPL Electric to intervene in accordance with the
e. Name of Project: Pennsylvania Utilities’ Wheelabrator Frackville Commission’s Rules may become a
Pump Storage Project. Energy’s electric distribution system party to the proceeding. Any comments,
f. Location: The proposed and/or the Locust Wind Farm adjacent protests, or motions to intervene must
Pennsylvania Pump Storage Project to the proposed project; and (8) be received on or before the specified
would be located near the Town of appurtenant facilities. Merchant Hydro comment date for the particular
Shenandoah, in Schuylkill County, Developers LLC states that it will use application.
Pennsylvania. only groundwater from an underground
g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 23(b)(1) o. Filing and Service of Responsive
abandoned mine to initially charge and
of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. seasonally refill the upper reservoirs. Documents: All filings must bear in all
817(b) (2012). The applicant proposes to transport capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,
h. Applicant and Agent Contact: groundwater to its upper reservoirs ‘‘PROTESTS’’, and ‘‘MOTIONS TO
Merchant Hydro Developers LLC, c/o using underground pumping equipment INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the
Adam R. Rousselle, Sr., 5710 Oak Crest and intakes. Docket Number of the particular
Drive, Doylestown, PA 45150, When a Declaration of Intention is application to which the filing refers. A
telephone: (267) 254–6107; email: filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory copy of any Motion to Intervene must
arousselle@merchanthydro.com. Commission, the Federal Power Act also be served upon each representative
i. FERC Contact: Any questions on requires the Commission to investigate of the Applicant specified in the
this notice should be addressed to and determine if the project would particular application.
Jennifer Polardino, (202) 502–6437, or affect the interests of interstate or
email: Jennifer.Polardino@ferc.gov. p. Agency Comments: Federal, state,
foreign commerce. The Commission also
j. Deadline for filing comments, and local agencies are invited to file
determines whether or not the project:
protests, and motions to intervene is: 30 (1) Would be located on a navigable comments on the described application.
days from the issuance date of this waterway; (2) would occupy public A copy of the application may be
notice by the Commission. lands or reservations of the United obtained by agencies directly from the
The Commission strongly encourages States; (3) would utilize surplus water Applicant. If an agency does not file
electronic filing. Please file comments, or water power from a government dam; comments within the time specified for
protests, and motions to intervene using or (4) would be located on a non- filing comments, it will be presumed to
the Commission’s eFiling system at navigable stream over which Congress have no comments. One copy of an
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ has Commerce Clause jurisdiction and agency’s comments must also be sent to
efiling.asp. Commenters can submit would be constructed or enlarged after the Applicant’s representatives.
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 1935. Dated: October 2, 2017.
without prior registration, using the l. Locations of the Application: This
filing may be viewed on the Kimberly D. Bose,
eComment system at http://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Commission’s Web site at http:// Secretary.
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES
ecomment.asp. You must include your www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. [FR Doc. 2017–21724 Filed 10–6–17; 8:45 am]
name and contact information at the end Enter the docket number excluding the BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
of your comments. For assistance, last three digits in the docket number
please contact FERC Online Support at field to access the document. You may
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) also register online at http://
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please esubscription.asp to be notified via
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