[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59782-59783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-20982]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15034-000]


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

    On June 1, 2020, the Kinetic Power LLC, filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, and amended on June 25, 2020, pursuant to section 
4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility 
of Beclabito Hydroelectric Energy Storage Center Project to be located 
about 20 miles west of Shiprock, New Mexico. 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 project would be located entirely on Navajo Nation 
lands

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extending across the Arizona-New Mexico State border, consist of the 
following new facilities: (1) A 1,333-foot-long, 542-foot-high earthen 
rock fill dam (Upper Reservoir) with a surface area of 392 acres; and a 
total storage capacity of 35,043 acre-feet at a normal maximum 
operating elevation of 8,970 feet average mean sea level (msl); (2) a 
1,134-foot-long, 166-foot-high earthen rock fill dam (Lower Reservoir) 
with a surface area of 534 acres, and a total storage capacity of 
36,209 acre-feet at a normal maximum operating elevation of 5,656 feet 
average msl; (3) two 300-foot-long, 23-foot-diameter penstocks shafts; 
two 2,841-foot penstock vertical shafts; six 250-foot draft tube; and 
one 15,880-foot horizontal headrace tunnel with 16-foot diameter; (4) a 
300-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, 160-foot-high reinforced concrete 
powerhouse housing six 250-megawatt fixed turbines generators; up to 
two 150-megawatt turbines with variable speed machines; (5) four 
24,788-foot-long low pressure tailrace tunnels; (6) a 59,664-foot-long 
water source pipeline connecting the water pumping station located at 
the San Juan River to the Lower Reservoir for initial fill and make-up 
water; (7) two new double circuit 500-kilovolt (kV) electric 
transmission lines that connect the project switchyard to the propose 
existing uprates 500-kV transmission lines, and (8) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated annual power generation at the Beclabito 
Energy Storage Center Project would be 2,628 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Thomas Conroy, Co-Founder, Kinetic Power, 
LLC. Post Office Box 32482, Santa Fe, NM 87506, 
tconroy@kineticpowerco.com.
    FERC Contact: Ousmane Sidibe; Phone: (202) 502-6245.
    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 https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. 
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via 
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852.
    In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, 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-15034) in the docket number 
field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online 
Support.

    Dated: September 17, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-20982 Filed 9-22-20; 8:45 am]
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