[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 145 (Thursday, July 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 45251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-19071]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14124-000]


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 Tazewell, in Claiborne 
County, Tennessee. 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 pumped storage project would consist of the following: 
(1) A 10-foot-high, 8,200-foot-long roller compacted concrete ringed 
dike; (2) an upper reservoir with a surface area of 59.7 acres and an 
4,017 acre-foot storage capacity; (3) a 200-foot-high, 702.7-foot-long 
earth embankment dam creating; (4) a lower reservoir with a surface 
area of 66.5 acres and an 5,785 acre-foot storage capacity; (5) one 24-
foot-diameter, 5,300-foot-long penstock; (6) a bifurcation to three 14-
foot-diameter, and 50-foot-long penstocks; (7) a powerhouse/pumping 
station containing three pump/generating units with a total generating 
capacity of 331 megawatts; (8) a substation; and (9) a 2.86-mile-long, 
115 kV transmission line to an existing distribution line. The proposed 
project would have an average annual generation of 517,000,000 
megawatt-hours (MWh), which would be sold to the Tennessee Valley 
Authority.
    Applicant Contact: Ramya Swaminathan, Free Flow Power Corporation, 
239 Causeway Street, Boston, MA 02114; phone (978) 283-2822.
    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-14124-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: July 20, 2011.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-19071 Filed 7-27-11; 8:45 am]
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