[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42520-42521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16997]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14472-000]


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

    On December 18, 2012, Control Technology, Inc. filed an application 
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the River Mountain Pumped 
Storage Project, at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Lake 
Dardanelle on the Arkansas River in Logan County, Arkansas. 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 177-acre upper 
reservoir, lined with an impermeable membrane, having 11,500 acre-feet 
gross storage capacity; (2) the existing Corps Lake Dardanelle as its 
lower reservoir, (3) a reinforced concrete penstock with intake/outlet 
structure in the upper reservoir; (4) a 30-foot diameter, concrete-
lined penstock approximately 680 feet long connecting the upper 
reservoir's intake and outlet structure to an underground, horizontal 
power tunnel; (5) a 30-foot-diameter, concrete-lined, power tunnel that 
extends 1,250 feet from the vertical shaft to the

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penstocks; (6) three 16-foot diameter penstocks approximately 450 feet 
long, 250 feet of which are steel-lined; (7) an underground powerhouse, 
containing three reversible pump-turbine generator units, each 
generating with up to 13,200 cfs and pumping with up to 10,560 cfs with 
a total generating capacity of 600 megawatts; (8) a 4,800 feet-long 
tailrace tunnel; (9) a 2,700 foot-long access tunnel; (10) a 500-kV 
transmission line from the powerhouse to an existing transmission line 
owned by Arkansas Power and Light. The project would generate 
approximately 6,000 megawatt-hours per day and operate as directed by 
the Corps.
    Applicant Contact: David Kates, Control Technology, Inc., 2416 
Cades Way, Vista, CA 92083; phone 760-599-0086; fax 760-599-1815.
    FERC Contact: Chris Casey, [email protected], (202) 502-
8577.
    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 five 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-14472) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: July 10, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-16997 Filed 7-15-13; 8:45 am]
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