[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 194 (Monday, October 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 61947]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24380]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12714-003]


H2O Holdings, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On August 14, 2013, H2O Holdings, LLC filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Phantom Canyon/South Slope 
Pumped Storage Project, located on Phantom Creek, near Canon City, in 
Fremont, Pueblo, and El Paso Counties, Colorado. The project would 
occupy federal lands administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land 
Management. The final transmission line corridor is still under 
evaluation, but portions may occupy federal lands administered by the 
U.S. Department of the Army. 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 South Slope Pumped Storage Project would consist of: 
(1) An upper power reservoir with a storage capacity of approximately 
6,000 acre-feet, retained by a new 180-foot-high, 4,925-foot-long 
concrete-faced earth embankment; (2) a lower reservoir with a power 
storage capacity of about 6,400 acre-feet and a reserve capacity for 
non-project use of about 44,600 acre-feet, retained by building three 
new dams and a 150-foot long and 24-foot-high saddle dike (dam no. 1 
would be 6,635 feet long and 140 feet high, dam no. 2 would be 2,710 
feet long and 140 feet high, and dam no. 3 would be 2,200 feet long and 
620 feet high); (3) twin 22-foot-diameter, steel penstocks, each about 
7,150 feet long, both bifurcating at the powerhouse; (4) a concrete and 
steel powerhouse with four 110-megawatt (MW) units, for a total 
capacity of 440 MW; (5) four welded-steel tailraces connecting the 
powerhouse units and the lower power reservoir; (6) a 30-mile-long, 
230-kilovolt transmission line; (7) a 5-foot-diameter, 5.5-mile-long 
non-project pipeline to provide water to the lower reservoir from the 
Lester Atterbury Ditch diversion on the north side of the Arkansas 
River; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have 
an average annual generation of 1,194,864 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contacts: Ms. Joy Focht, H2O Holdings, LLC, 1485 Garden 
of the Gods Rd., Ste. 160, Colorado Springs, CO 80907; telephone: (719) 
473-7763 (ext. 202) and Mr. Sam Houston, H2O Holdings, LLC, 1485 Garden 
of the Gods Rd., Ste. 160, Colorado Springs, CO 80907; telephone: (970) 
948-7300.
    FERC Contact: Jim Fargo, (202) 502-6095 or via email at 
[email protected].
    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-12714-003.
    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-12714) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 26, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-24380 Filed 10-4-13; 8:45 am]
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