83 FR 60415 - Southeast Oklahoma Power Corporation; 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 83, Issue 227 (November 26, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 227 (Monday, November 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60415-60416]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25587]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14890-000]


Southeast Oklahoma Power Corporation; Notice of Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On August 27, 2018, Southeast Oklahoma Power Corporation, filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal

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Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Pushmataha 
County Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project (Pushmataha Project or 
project) to be located on the Kiamichi River, near the town of 
Talihina, in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. 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 Pushmataha Project permit application describes two adjacent, 
alternative developments that the applicant proposes to choose between.
    Alternative 1 would consist of the following: (1) An 886-foot-long, 
282-foot-high concrete-faced rockfill upper dam with a 196.85-foot-
long, 17-foot-high emergency spillway with a channel to Long Creek; (2) 
an upper reservoir with a surface area of 488.52 acres and a storage 
capacity of 43,633 acre-feet; (3) a 98.4-foot-long, 39.4-foot-high 
concrete upper intake/outlet structure; (4) a 7,030-foot-long, 32.8-
foot-diameter steel and concrete headrace tunnel; (5) a 550-foot-long, 
93-foot-wide, 188.5-foot-high underground concrete pumping station/
powerhouse containing four pump/generating units with a total capacity 
of 1,200 megawatts; (6) an 8,243-foot-long, 32.8-foot-diameter tailrace 
tunnel; (7) a 98.4-foot-long, 39.4-foot-high concrete lower intake/
outlet structure; (8) a 13,615-foot-long, 68.9-foot-high earthen lower 
dam with a 33-foot-long, 13-foot-high emergency spillway with a channel 
that becomes a tunnel to the Kiamichi River; (9) a lower reservoir with 
a surface area of 727 acres and a storage capacity of 37,965 acre-feet; 
(10) two 20-inch-diameter, 1,085-foot-long pipes with 110 kilowatt 
pumps to move water from a regulating reservoir to the lower reservoir; 
(11) a regulating reservoir with a surface area of 40 acres and a 
storage capacity of 1,216 acre-feet; (12) two 20-inch-diameter, 886-
foot-long pipes with two 110 kilowatt pumps to move water from the 
Kiamichi River to a regulating reservoir; (13) a 40-foot-long, 40-foot-
wide funnel-shaped intake structure on the Kiamichi River located 1.5-
feet above the bottom of the Kiamichi River tapering down to 10-foot-
long, 10-foot-wide section where it connects to the two withdrawal 
pipes; and (14) a 124-mile-long transmission line to the Electric 
Reliability Council of Texas grid.
    Alternative 2 would consist of the following: (1) A 1,529-foot-
long, 233-foot-high concrete-faced rockfill upper dam with a 196.85-
foot-long, 17-foot-high emergency spillway with a channel to a creek; 
(2) an upper reservoir with a surface area of 366.07 acres, and a 
storage capacity of 27,462 acre-feet; (3) a 98.4-foot-long, 39.4-foot-
high concrete upper intake/outlet structure; (4) a 3,979-foot-long, 
32.8-foot-diameter steel and concrete headrace tunnel; (5) a 545-foot-
long, 90-foot-wide, 185.4-foot-high underground concrete pumping 
station/powerhouse containing four pump/generating units with a total 
capacity of 1,200 megawatts; (6) a 5,831-foot-long, 32.8-foot-diameter 
tailrace tunnel; (7) a 98.4-foot-long, 39.4-foot-high concrete lower 
intake/outlet structure; (8) a 13,911-foot-long, 52.5-foot-high earthen 
lower dam with a 33-foot-long, 13-foot-high emergency spillway with a 
channel that becomes a tunnel to the Kiamichi River; (9) a lower 
reservoir with a surface area of 972.71 acres and a storage capacity of 
31,223 acre-feet; (10) two 20-inch-diameter, 1,532-foot-long pipes with 
110 kilowatt pumps to move water from a regulating reservoir to the 
lower reservoir; (11) a regulating reservoir with a surface area of 40 
acres and a storage capacity of 1,216 acre-feet; (12) two 20-inch-
diameter, 886-foot-long pipes with two 110 kilowatt pumps to move water 
from the Kiamichi River to the a regulating reservoir; (13) a 40-foot-
long, 40-foot-wide funnel-shaped intake structure on the Kiamichi River 
located 1.5-feet above the bottom of the Kiamichi River tapering down 
to 10-foot-long, 10-foot-wide section where it connects to the two 
withdrawal pipes; and (14) a 124-mile-long transmission line to the 
Electric Reliability Council of Texas grid.
    For either alternative, the proposed project would have an 
estimated average annual generation of 4,368,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. John Bobenic, Southeast Oklahoma Power 
Corporation, c/o Daytona Power Corp, 1800, 421-7 Avenue SW, Calgary, 
Alberta Canada T2P 4K9; phone: (578) 433-4933.
    FERC Contact: Michael Spencer, (202) 502-6093, 
[email protected].
    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-14890-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14890) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: November 16, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-25587 Filed 11-23-18; 8:45 am]
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