
[Federal Register: May 17, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 94)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13705-000]


White Pine Waterpower, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted For Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications

May 10, 2010.
    On April 6, 2010, White Pine Waterpower, 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 White Pine Pumped
Storage Project located in White Pine County, Nevada, near the town of
Ely. 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 pumped storage project would consist of the following:
(1) A 210-foot-high upper, rockfill dam; (2) an upper artificial, lined
reservoir with a surface area of about 74 acres and volume of
approximately 4,938 acre-feet at normal water surface elevation; (3) a
lower artificial, lined reservoir with a surface area of about 72 acres
and volume of approximately 5,011 acre-feet at normal water surface
elevation; (4) 10,950 feet of conduit; (5) a proposed powerhouse 63
feet wide by 253 feet long by 120 feet high to be located underground
approximately 3,620 feet west of the upper reservoir intake at an
elevation of approximately 6,320 feet; (6) one 150-megawatt (MW), one
100-MW, and one 50-MW reversible pump-turbines totaling 300 MW in
capacity with up to 100 MW of additional pumping capacity; (7) an
access tunnel approximately 3,380 feet long and 24 feet in diameter
leading from the ground level to the powerhouse; (8) a proposed 2.4-
mile-long, 230 kilovolt transmission line to interconnect to a
substation operated by Sierra Pacific Power; and (9) appurtenant
facilities.
    The development would have an annual generation of 919,800
megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 1210
W. Franklin St., Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (904) 216-0254.
    FERC Contact: Shana Murray, 202-502-8333.
    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. 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
Commission's Web site at http:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-13705) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-11630 Filed 5-14-10; 8:45 am]
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