[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 23322]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9995]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14144-000]


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

    On April 1, 2011, Storage Development Partners, 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 
Vandenberg 5 Project (project) to be located on Vandenberg Air 
Force Base, in Santa Barbara County, California. 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 a pumped storage project and consist 
of the following: (1) An upper reservoir having a total storage 
capacity of 5,737 acre-feet at a normal maximum operating elevation of 
1,600 feet mean sea level (msl); (2) five 9,700-foot-long, 25-foot-
diameter steel lined penstocks extending between the upper reservoir's 
inlet/outlet and the pump/turbines below; (3) a breakwater area within 
the Pacific Ocean, serving as the lower reservoir; (4) an underground 
powerhouse with approximate dimensions of 250-feet-long by 75-feet-wide 
by 100-feet-high and containing five reversible pump/turbine-motor/
generator units with a rated capacity of 239,282 kW each; (5) a 1000-
foot-long, 800-foot-diameter concrete lined tailrace connecting the 
pump/turbine draft tubes with the lower inlet/outlet; (6) a lower 
inlet/outlet structure 100-feet below msl; (7) a 13-mile-long, 230-
kilovolt (kV) transmission line extending from the powerhouse to a 
planned AC-DC converter; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 
annual generation of the Vandenberg 5 Project would be 3,496 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. James Petruzzi, Managing Partner, Storage 
Development Partners, LLC., 4900 Woodway, Suite 745, Houston, Texas 
77056; Telephone: 713-840-9994.
    FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan 202-502-8434.
    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. 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 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] or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, 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-14144) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 20, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-9995 Filed 4-25-11; 8:45 am]
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