
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 77298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24733]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15319-000]


Jupiter Pumped Storage 1, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 12, 2023, Jupiter Pumped Storage 1, 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 
Mineral Run Pumped Storage Project (Mineral Run Project or project) to 
be located in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. 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 Mineral Run Project would consist of the following: 
(1) a new 9,400-foot-long, 85-foot-high rock-filled embankment dike 
forming an upper reservoir having a surface area of 120 acres and a 
total storage capacity of approximately 9,840 acre-feet at a normal 
maximum water surface elevation of 2,282 feet above mean sea level 
(msl); (2) a new 15,200-foot-long, 85-foot-high rock-filled embankment 
dike forming a lower reservoir having a total storage capacity of 
approximately 9,840 acre-feet at a normal maximum water surface 
elevation of 2,062 feet msl; (3) a 32-foot-diameter, 100-foot-long 
vertical tunnel and a 32-foot-diameter, 4,500-foot-long horizontal 
tunnel and/or penstock connecting the upper and lower reservoirs; (4) a 
120-foot-wide, 600-foot-long powerhouse containing six reversible 
turbine-generator units with a total rated capacity of 208 megawatts; 
(5) a new pump station along the eastern bank of Saltlick Run to convey 
water through a 1,300-foot-long, 2-foot-diameter steel conduit to the 
lower reservoir; (6) a 1.7-mile-long, 230-kilovolt transmission line 
connecting the project to an existing substation; and (7) appurtenant 
facilities. Initial fill and make-up water for the project would come 
from Saltlick Run. The proposed project would have an annual generation 
of 607,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Nate Sandvig, Rye Development, LLC, 830 NE 
Holladay Street, Portland, OR 97232; phone: 503-309-2496.
    FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
    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, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-15319-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15319) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: November 2, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-24733 Filed 11-8-23; 8:45 am]
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