[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 52 (Friday, March 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 15749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-6365]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14336-000]


Peak Hour Power, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On December 14, 2011, Peak Hour, 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 Silver Creek Pumped 
Storage Project to be located on Silver Creek in Schuylkill County, 
Pennsylvania. 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 consist of: (1) A new 8,000-foot-long, 
125- to 175-foot-high roller-compacted concrete semi-circular dam 
forming an upper reservoir having a surface area of 150 acres and a 
total storage capacity between approximately 6,138 and 9,207 acre-feet 
at a normal maximum water surface elevation between 1,650 and 1,750 
feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a lower reservoir encompassing the 
existing Silver Creek Reservoir and neighboring abandoned mines land 
and having a surface area of 100 acres and a total storage capacity of 
10,000 acre-feet at a normal maximum water surface elevation between 
1,200 and 1,300 feet msl; (3) a 3,000-foot-long tunnel connecting the 
upper and lower reservoirs; (4) a powerhouse containing two turbine 
units with a total rated capacity of 250 megawatts; (5) a 230-kilovolt, 
2-mile-long transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The 
project would have an annual generation of 784,750 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Paul DiRenzo, Jr., Peak Hour Power, LLC, 1389 
Bunting Street, Pottsville, PA 17901; phone: 570-617-7810.
    FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
    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 the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14336-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 9, 2012.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-6365 Filed 3-15-12; 8:45 am]
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