[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 199 (Friday, October 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-26598]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13861-000]


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

    On October 14, 2010, Eldorado Pumped Storage, 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 
Eldorado Pumped Storage Project (Eldorado Project or project) to be 
located in hills west of the Eldorado Valley in Clark County, Nevada, 
south of Las Vegas, Nevada. 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 project would consist of the following: (1) An upper dam with a 
height of 180 feet, a crest length of 1,970 feet, forming a reservoir 
having a total storage capacity of 10,680 acre-feet at a normal maximum 
operating elevation of 3,570 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a 
secondary upper dam with a height of 110 feet, a crest length of 1,512 
feet; (3) a lower dam with a height of 10 to 110 feet, a crest length 
of 10,040 feet, forming a reservoir having a total storage capacity of 
9,500 acre-feet at a normal maximum operating elevation of 2,420 feet 
msl; (4) 7,060 feet of conduit; (5) a powerhouse containing one 250-
megawatt (MW), one 100-MW, and one 50-MW reversible pump turbine, 
tentatively located just west of the lower reservoir, at approximately 
a depth of 250 feet below ground level; and (6) a new 5.3-mile-long, 
230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line to either the existing Marketplace, 
McCullough, or Eldorado substations. The tentative source for initial 
fill of water and evaporation compensation would be the Southern Nevada 
Water Authority. The specific routing for that water delivery would be 
identified during the study period. The estimated annual generation of 
the project would be 1,226 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Eldorado Pumped Storage, LLC. 1210 W. Franklin 
St., Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (208) 246-9925.
    FERC Contact: Matt Buhyoff; phone: (202) 502-6824.
    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-13861-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: October 7, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-26598 Filed 10-13-11; 8:45 am]
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