[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30341-30342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-12865]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

 [Project No. 14152-000]


 Reliable Storage 1 LLC;

    Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications
    On March 25, 2011, Reliable Storage 1 LLC filed an application, 
pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study 
the feasibility of hydropower near the town of Bean Station, in Hawkins 
County, Tennessee. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, 
is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license

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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 pumped storage project would consist of the following: 
(1) A 70-foot-high, 7,500-foot-long earth embankment dam; (2) an upper 
reservoir with a surface area of 100 acres and an 7,100 acre-foot 
storage capacity; (3) a 120-foot-high, 920-foot-long earth embankment 
dam creating; (4) a lower reservoir with a surface area of 220 acres 
and an 7,300 acre-foot storage capacity; (5) one 30-foot-diameter, 
3,200-foot-long penstock; (6) a bifurcation to three penstocks each 16-
foot-diameter, and 100-foot-long; (7) an underground powerhouse/pumping 
station containing three pump/generating units with a total generating 
capacity of 600 megawatts; (8) a 30-foot-diameter, 700-foot-long 
tailrace tunnel; (9) a 24-foot-diameter, 2,000-foot-long access tunnel; 
(10) a substation; (11) a 1.4-mile-long, 500 kV transmission line to an 
existing distribution line; and (12) a 6,300-foot-long access road. The 
proposed project would have an average annual generation of 1,500,000 
megawatt-hours (MWh), which would be sold to a local utility.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Daniel R. Irvin, Free Flow Power 
Corporation, 239 Causeway Street Suite 300, Boston MA 01244; phone 
(978) 252-7631.
    FERC Contact: Michael Spencer, (202) 502-6093.
    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]; call toll-free at (866) 208-
3676; or, for TTY, contact (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 the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14152-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 18, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-12865 Filed 5-24-11; 8:45 am]
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