
[Federal Register: February 24, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 36)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12714-002]

 
H2O Providers, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

February 17, 2010.
    On November 3, 2009, and revised December 17, 2009 and February 2, 
2010, H2O Providers, LLC filed an application for a preliminary permit, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study 
the feasibility of the South Slope Pumped Storage Project, located on 
Brush Hollow Creek, near Penrose, in Fremont, Pueblo, and El Paso 
Counties, Colorado. The project would occupy Federal lands administered 
by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The final transmission line 
corridor is still under evaluation, but portions may occupy Federal 
lands administered by the U.S. Department of the Army. 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 South Slope Pumped Storage Project would consist of: 
(1) An upper power reservoir with a storage capacity of approximately 
6,000 acre-feet, retained by a 170-foot-high, 6,150-foot-long concrete-
faced dam embankment; (2) a lower power reservoir with a storage 
capacity of approximately 6,400 acre-feet, retained by a 95-foot-high, 
4,900-foot-long earth and rockfill embankment; (3) a reserve reservoir 
that would store approximately 5,000 acre-feet, retained by a 100-foot-
high, 1,400-foot-long earth and rockfill embankment and a 7-foot-high, 
140-foot-long earth saddle dam; (4) an approximately 28-foot-diameter, 
1,400-foot-long steel-lined tunnel; (5) two 20-foot-diameter above-
ground penstocks; (6) two 75-foot-diameter, 240-foot-high concrete-
lined powerhouse silos, each with an approximately 216-MW reversible 
turbine unit; (7) an approximately 0.25-mile-long concrete tailrace 
channel connecting the powerhouse silos and the lower power reservoir; 
(8) an approximately 30-mile-long, 230-kilovolt transmission line; (9) 
a 2.5-foot-diameter, 5.3-mile-long pipeline to provide water to the 
reserve reservoir from the Lester Atterbury Ditch diversion on the 
north side of the Arkansas River; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The 
proposed project would have an average annual generation of 946,000 
megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark Morley, H2O Providers LLC, 20 Boulder 
Crescent, Second Floor, Colorado Springs, CO 80903; telephone: (719) 
471-1742.
    FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper, (202) 502-6136 or via e-mail at 
jennifer.harper@ferc.gov.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications

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(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. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. 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 ``eFiling'' 
link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on 
``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-free at (866) 208-3676; or, 
for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly 
encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To 
paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    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-12714) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-3624 Filed 2-23-10; 8:45 am]
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