[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 117 (Friday, June 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 29200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14456]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13358-000]


Riverbank USA Holdings Corp.; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

June 15, 2009.
    On January 27, 2009, Riverbank USA Holdings Corp. filed an 
application pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Verplanck Pumped Storage 
Project No. 13358-000, to be located in the vicinity of the Verplanck 
Quarry within the town of Cortlandt in West Chester, New York.
    The proposed Verplanck Pumped Storage Project would consist of: (1) 
The Verplanck Quarry (upper reservoir); (2) four 13-foot diameter 
vertical penstocks leading to a powerhouse 2,000 feet underground; (3) 
a powerhouse containing four 250-megawatt (MW) units with a total 
installed capacity of 1,000 MW; (4) water leaving the turbines would be 
temporarily stored in six underground storage galleries (lower 
reservoir); and (5) a new double circuit 345-kilovolt transmission 
line, approximately 1.0 mile long. The estimated average annual energy 
production of the project would be 2,190 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. John Douglas, President and CEO, Riverbank 
Power Corporation, Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, Box 166, 200 Bay 
Street, Suite 3110, Toronto, Ontario M5J2J4 Canada; 416-861-0092 ext. 
156.
    FERC Contact: Patrick Murphy, (202) 502-8755.
    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. 
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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight 
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to 
the Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-comments.asp.
    More information about this project 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-13358) in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-
free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-14456 Filed 6-18-09; 8:45 am]
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