[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34869-34870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12332]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15236-000]


Norton Pump Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On October 1, 2021, Norton Pump Storage, LLC filed an application 
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Norton Pump 
Storage Project to be located near the city of Norton, in Summit County 
and Medina County, Ohio. 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 consist of: (1) a new excavated, diked, 
asphalt-lined 255-acre upper reservoir having a maximum water surface 
area of about 200 acres and a total volume of 7,800 acre-feet; (2) an 
existing lower 338-million cubic foot (7,760 acre-feet) underground 
reservoir created by previous limestone mining activities; (3) a 
possible diversion channel around the upper reservoir; (4) an 
underground powerhouse and appurtenant structures

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including six 250-megawatt variable speed, reversible pump turbines; 
(5) power plant buildings and surface structures; (6) a 7000-foot-long, 
28-foot-diameter concrete-lined power tunnel connected to two 2400-
foot-long, 17.5-foot-diameter concrete vertical shafts that are 
connected to the underground powerhouse; (7) an underground transformer 
gallery; (8) six 235-foot-long, 6.25-foot-diameter steel-and concrete-
lined penstocks; (9) four 345-kilovolt overhead transmission line 
circuits, 2.4 miles long, arranged in two parallel double circuit tower 
sets within an existing transmission line corridor located south of the 
reservoir; and (10) offsite and onsite recreational facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the Norton Pump Storage Project would be 
between 1,300 and 2,000 million kilowatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Alain Berger; Norton Pump Storage, LLC; 251 
Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, Delaware 19808; phone: (866) 963-8506; 
ext. 68941.
    FERC Contact: Tyrone Williams; phone: (202) 502-6331.
    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://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, 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. The first page of any filing should include docket 
number P-15236-000.
    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-15236) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: June 2, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-12332 Filed 6-7-22; 8:45 am]
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