[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 35 (Thursday, February 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12050-12051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03952]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14418-000]


S. Martinez Livestock, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On May 31, 2012, and revised on July 30, 2012, S. Martinez 
Livestock, Inc. 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 Cold Creek Valley Pumped Storage Project (project) 
to be located downstream of Priest Rapids dam on the Columbia River, in 
Yakima County, Washington. 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 include a pumped storage facility and a 
traditional turbine-generator facility. The pumped storage facility 
would consist of: (1) A new upper reservoir in Cold Creek Valley; (2) a 
proposed intake structure including five 1,800-foot-long, 10-foot-
diameter penstocks leading to the powerhouse located on the Columbia 
River downstream of Priest Rapids Dam; (3) a powerhouse with five 400 
megawatt (MW) pump/turbine units with an installed capacity of 
approximately 2,000 MW; and (4) a 30-mile-long transmission line. The 
estimated annual generation of the pumped storage facility would be 
86,430 megawatt hours. The turbine-generator facility would consist of: 
(1) an intake leading to a 200-foot-long, 5-foot-diamater penstock; and 
(2) a powerhouse with a 5-MW Francis turbine-generator unit. The 
estimated annual generation of the turbine generator unit would be 
17,286 megawatt hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Daniel T. Martinez, S. Martinez Livestock, 
Inc., 13395 Hwy. 24, Moxee, WA 98936; phone: (541) 298-3300.

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    FERC Contact: James Hastreiter; phone: (202) 552-2760.
    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-14418) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 14, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-03952 Filed 2-20-13; 8:45 am]
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