[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 68 (Friday, April 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18189-18190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8065]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13655-000]


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

April 2, 2010.
    On January 12, 2010, Riverbank Minnesota, LLC filed an application, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study 
the feasibility of the Granite Falls Pumped Storage Project No. 13655, 
to be located east of the City of Granite Falls and the Minnesota River 
in Chippewa County, Minnesota.
    The proposed pumped storage project would consist of: (1) A new 
approximately 135-acre, 30-foot-deep upper reservoir constructed of 
enclosed earth embankments; (2) a new lower reservoir excavated in 
granite bedrock at a depth of approximately 1,800 feet below the 
surface, consisting of six approximately 150-foot-high, 90-foot-wide 
underground galleries; (3) a new approximately 20 to 100-foot-diameter 
intake structure; (4) a new approximately 1,800-foot-long, 20-foot-
diameter penstock from the intake structure to an underground 
powerhouse; (5) a new approximately 380-foot-long, 83-foot-wide, and 
400-foot-high underground powerhouse; (6) four new reversible pump-
turbines with a total combined capacity of 1,000 megawatts; (7) a new 
330-foot-long, 55-foot-wide, and 400-foot-high transformer gallery; (8) 
a new approximately 1.2-mile-long, 230-kilovolt transmission line; and 
(9) appurtenant facilities. The project

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would have an estimated annual generation of 2,190 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Douglas Spaulding, Nelson Energy, 8441 Wayzata 
Boulevard, Suite 101, Golden Valley, MN 55426, (952) 544-8133.
    FERC Contact: Brandon Cherry, (202) 502-8328.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing application: 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 ``eFiling'' 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 Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-13655) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-
866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-8065 Filed 4-8-10; 8:45 am]
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