[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 126 (Friday, June 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38795-38796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-15969]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14426-000]


Dolores Water Conservancy District; Notice of Competing 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments and Motions To Intervene

    On May 10, 2012, Dolores Water Conservancy District, Colorado, 
filed an application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Plateau Creek Pumped 
Storage Project to be located on Plateau Creek, near the town of 
Dolores, Montezuma County, Colorado. The project affects federal lands 
administered by the Forest Service (San Juan National Forest). All 
filings submitted pursuant to the original June 6, 2012 notice will 
continue to be considered and do not need to be resubmitted.
    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 the following new facilities: 
(1) An upper reservoir, formed by a 130-foot-high by 6,500-foot-long, 
roller-compacted concrete (RCC) or embankment dam, with a total storage 
capacity of 8,000 acre-feet and a water surface area of 275 acres at 
full pool elevation; (2) a lower reservoir, formed by a 270-foot-high 
by 800-foot-long dam, having a total storage capacity of 9,500 acre-
feet and a water surface area of 200 acres at full pool elevation; (3) 
two 15-foot-diameter steel penstocks consisting of a surface penstock, 
a vertical shaft, and an inclined tunnel; (4) two 27-foot-diameter 
tailrace tunnels that would be 850-feet-long; (5) an underground 
powerhouse containing two reversible pump-turbines totaling 500 
megawatts (MW) (2 units x 250 MW) of generating capacity; and (6) a 7-
mile-long, 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line that would connect the 
switchyard with an existing 230 kV interconnection east of the project 
area. The project's annual

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energy output would vary between 600 and 1,500 gigawatthours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Kenneth W. Curtis III, Dolores Water 
Conservancy District, 60 S. Cactus, P.O. Box 1150, Cortez, CO 81321; 
phone (970) 565-7562.
    FERC Contact: Brian Csernak; phone: (202) 502-6144.
    Competing Application: This application competes with Project No. 
14328 filed December 1, 2011. Competing applications had to be filed on 
or before May 14, 2012.
    Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice. Comments and motions to intervene 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-14426) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: June 25, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-15969 Filed 6-28-12; 8:45 am]
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