[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 59609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-23937]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14416-000]


FPP Project 111, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On May 22, 2012, FFP Project 111, LLC., Massachusetts, 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 
Lorella Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project to be located near the 
town of Klamath Falls, Klamath County, Oregon. 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) An upper 
reservoir with a surface area of 200 acres, formed by a 178-foot-high 
and a 50-foot-high, rockfill earthwork impoundment, with a total 
storage capacity of 14,300 acre-feet at a water surface area of 5,523 
feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a lower reservoir with a surface 
area of 400 acres, formed by an 50-foot-high, rockfill earthwork 
impoundment, with a total storage capacity of 16,900 acre-feet at a 
water surface elevation of 4,191 feet msl; (3) 200-foot-wide spillways 
for both the upper and lower dams; (4) a 1,500-foot-long, 38-foot-wide 
D-shaped tailrace tunnel; (5) a 1,350-foot-deep, 24-foot-diameter 
vertical shaft to connect the upper and lower reservoir to the power 
tunnel; (6) a 3,200-foot-long, 24-foot-diameter power tunnel to connect 
the shaft with four steel-lined penstocks, each 12 feet in diameter and 
355 feet long; (7) a 380-foot by 80-foot underground, reinforced 
concrete powerhouse containing a 250-megawatt reversible pump-turbine-
generators, control systems, and ancillary equipment; and (8) a 4-mile-
long, 500-kilovolt transmission line that would connect the project 
substation to the existing Pacific Intertie lines at the Captain Jack 
substation. The annual energy output would be approximately 1,600 
gigawatt-hours
    Applicant Contact: Daniel R. Irvin, FFP Project 111, LLC., 239 
Causeway Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02114; phone (978) 252-7631.
    FERC Contact: Mary Greene; phone: (202) 502-8865.
    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:[sol][sol]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:[sol][sol]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:[sol][sol]www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-14416) in the docket number 
field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online 
Support.

    Dated: September 24, 2012.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-23937 Filed 9-27-12; 8:45 am]
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