[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 185 (Tuesday, September 24, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58534-58535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-23174]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13705-002]


White Pine Waterpower, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On September 4, 2013, White Pine Waterpower, LLC, Idaho, 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 
White Pine Pumped Storage Project (or project) to be located near the 
town of Ely, White Pine County, Nevada. 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 
artificially lined, upper reservoir having a capacity of 5,535 acre-
feet at 8,550 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) an artificially 
lined, lower reservoir having a capacity of 5,535 acre-feet at 6,325 
feet msl; (3) a 1,270-foot-long, 185-foot-high concrete-face, rock-fill 
(CFRD) or roller-compacted concrete (RCC) upper dam; (4) a 250-foot-
long, 10-foot-high earthen dike; (5) a 630-foot-long, 40-foot-high CRFD 
or earthen dike; (6) a 7,200-foot-long, 40-foot-high zoned earth-and 
rock-fill or earthen dam; (7) a 3,400-foot-long, 17-foot-diameter 
unlined or concrete-lined low pressure tunnel; (8) a 2,200-foot-long, 
17-foot-diameter concrete-lined and steel-lined vertical pressure 
shaft; (9) a 6,500-foot-long, 17-foot-diameter steel-lined high 
pressure tunnel; (10) a 2,200-foot-long, 20.5-foot-diameter unlined or 
concrete-lined tailrace; (11) a 350-foot-long by 100-foot-wide by 120-
foot-high powerhouse located underground approximately 1,500 feet east 
of the lower reservoir at an elevation of approximately 6,000 feet msl; 
(12) three 250-megawatt (MW) reversible pump-turbines, totaling 750 MW 
of generating capacity; (13) a 2,950-foot-long, 24-foot-diamter access 
tunnel that would lead from ground level to the powerhouse; (14) either 
a single-circuit 345-kilovolt (kV) or double-circuit 230-kV 
transmission line extending approximately 1.1 mile in length to the 
Gondor substation, operated by Sierra Pacific Power and owned by Mt. 
White Power and partners in the Intermountain Power Project; and (15) 
associated interconnection equipment. The estimated annual generation 
of the project would be 1,970 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 
1210 W. Franklin St., Ste. 2, Boise, Idaho 83702; phone: (208) 246-
9925.
    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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-13705-002.
    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-13705) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.


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    Dated: September 18, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-23174 Filed 9-23-13; 8:45 am]
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