[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 48513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19869]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14414-000]


Water Asset Management, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On June 6, 2012, Water Asset Management, Inc., New York, 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 
Winnemucca Farms West Pumped Storage Project to be located on the 
Humboldt River near the town of Paradise Valley, Humboldt County, 
Nevada. The project would affect federal lands administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management. 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: (1) A 7,835-
acre-foot upper reservoir, formed by a 250-foot-high, rockfill 
earthwork impoundment, with a total storage capacity of 6,000 acre-feet 
and a water surface area of 101 acres at full pool elevation of 5,295 
feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a 10,230-acre-foot lower 
reservoir, formed by an 80-foot-high, rockfill earthwork impoundment, 
with a total storage capacity of 9,350 acre-feet and a water surface 
area of 204 acres at full pool elevation of 4,385 feet msl; (3) a 
concrete-lined penstock furcating upstream of the powerhouse to steel-
lined penstocks connecting to the pumping units, and a concrete-lined 
tailrace connecting to the lower reservoir; (4) an underground 
powerhouse, with vertical Francis-type single-stage pump-turbines 
totaling 400 megawatts (MW) (2 units x 200 MW) of generating capacity. 
The annual energy output would be approximately 237,120 megawatthours. 
Interconnection would be provided at either: (1) a 25-mile-long, 
overhead single-circuit 345-kilovolt line owned by subsidiaries of NV 
Energy, Inc.; or (2) construct a local substation to allow for a joint 
connection with the sister Winnemucca Farms East site project.\1\
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    \1\ Water Asset Management, Inc., Winnemucca Farms East Pump 
Storage Project, FERC Project No. 14422-000
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    Applicant Contact: Disque Dean, Jr., Water Asset Management, Inc., 
509 Madison Avenue, Suite 804, New York, NY 10022; phone (212) 754-
5101.
    FERC Contact: Brian Csernak; phone: (202) 502-6144.
    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-14414) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: August 8, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-19869 Filed 8-13-12; 8:45 am]
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