
[Federal Register: July 13, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 132)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13123-002]

 
Eagle Crest Energy Company; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

July 7, 2009.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-13123-002.
    c. Date filed: June 23, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Eagle Crest Energy Company.
    e. Name of Project: Eagle Mountain Pumped Storage Project.
    f. Location: The Project would be located in two depleted mining 
pits in the Eagle Mountain Mine in Riverside County, California, near 
the Town of Desert Center, California, and would occupy Federal lands 
administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and private lands 
owned by Kaiser Eagle Mountain, LLC.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Stephen Lowe, One El Paseo West Building, 
Suite 204, 74-199 El Paseo Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92260.
    i. FERC Contact: Kim A. Nguyen, 888 First Street, NE., Room 61-01, 
Washington, DC 20426, 202-502-6105, Kim.nguyen@ferc.gov.
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to Sec.  4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: August 21, 2009. The deadline for the 
applicant's response to any such request is 30 days after the filing of 
the request.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency 
status may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. 
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``e-filing'' 
link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on 
``Quick Comment.''
    m. The application has not been accepted for filing and is not 
ready for environmental analysis at this time.
    n. The project would consist of: (1) An 191-acre upper reservoir 
impounded by two diversion dams with a total storage capacity of 20,000 
acre-feet; (2) an 163-acre lower reservoir with a total storage 
capacity of 21,900 acre-feet; (3) a 29-foot-diameter by 4,000-foot-long 
low pressure upper tunnel; (4) a surge tank with a 33-foot-diameter by 
1,348-foot-long tunnel shaft; (5) a 29-foot-diameter by 1,560-foot-long 
high pressure lower tunnel; (6) a 33-foot-diameter by 6,835-

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foot-long tailrace tunnel; (7) a 72-foot-wide, 130-foot-high, and 360-
foot-long underground powerhouse; (8) four reversible pump-turbine 
units at 325 megawatts each, for a total installed capacity of 1,300 
megawatts; (9) a 28-foot-wide, 28-foot-high, by 6,625-foot-long access 
tunnel to the underground powerhouse; (10) a water supply pipeline 
ranging from 12-to 24-inch-diameter totaling 15.3 miles; (11) a 13.5-
mile-long, 500-kilovolt transmission line connecting to a new 
Interconnection Collector Substation; and (12) appurtenant facilities. 
The average annual generation is estimated to be 22.2 gigawatt-hours.
    o. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the 
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, at 800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate.

Study Requests, Deficiency/           July 2009.
 Additional Information Letter (if
 needed).
Issue Acceptance Letter.............  November 2009.
Notice that Application is Ready for  November 2009.
 Environmental Analysis.
Agency Comments, Terms, and           January 2010.
 Conditions.
Applicant Reply Comments............  March 2010.
Notice of the Availability of the     June 2010.
 Draft EIS.
Notice of the Availability of the     November 2010.
 Final EIS.



Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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