83 FR 60835 - Cat Creek Energy, LLC; Notice of Successive 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 228 (November 27, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60835-60836]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-25813]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14655-001]


Cat Creek Energy, LLC; Notice of Successive Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On November 9, 2018, Cat Creek Energy, LLC (Cat Creek) filed an 
application for a successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 
4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), to study the feasibility of the 
proposed Cat Creek Energy Generation Facility Pumped Storage 
Hydroelectric Project (project) to be located at the U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation's (Reclamation) Anderson Ranch Reservoir on the South Fork 
of the Boise River near Mountain Home in Elmore County, Idaho. 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.
    As stated in the original permit for the project, Reclamation 
retains jurisdiction over hydropower development at the Anderson Ranch 
dam, reservoir, and powerhouse, which are part of Reclamation's Boise 
Project. However, the Commission retains jurisdiction for hydropower 
facilities that would be located outside of Reclamation's development. 
Thus, an entity seeking to build a hydropower project that would use 
Reclamation's Boise Project facilities would need to obtain a lease of 
power privilege from Reclamation, but it also would need to obtain a 
license from the Commission for those facilities of the hydropower 
project that are not under Reclamation's jurisdiction.
    The proposed project would utilize Reclamation's existing Anderson 
Ranch Reservoir as a lower reservoir and would consist of the following 
new facilities: (1) A 4.3-mile-long, 80-foot-high earthen dam; (2) a 
63,500-acre-foot impoundment as an upper reservoir; (3) six 2,500-foot-
long, 14- to 16-foot-diameter steel penstocks; (4) two 100-foot-
diameter concrete silos; (5) twelve 60-megawatt (MW) ternary turbine/
generator units, for a total capacity of 720 MW; (6) an 8.1-mile-long, 
230-kilovolt transmission line interconnecting with the existing 
Bonneville Power Administration Dixie Substation; (7) an approximately 
2-mile-long access road; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 
annual generation of the project would be 1,965.4 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: James T. Carkulis, Cat Creek Energy, LLC, 398 S 
9th Street Suite 240, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (208) 954-5090.
    FERC Contact: Karen Sughrue; phone: (202) 502-8556.
    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://

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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-14655-001.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14655) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: November 20, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-25813 Filed 11-26-18; 8:45 am]
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