[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 248 (Thursday, December 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 78353]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-30828]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14544-000]


Hydro Green Energy, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On August 5, 2013, Hydro Green Energy, LLC, 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 Vandenberg West 
Project to be located near Vandenberg Air Force Base in Santa Barbara 
County, California. 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) A 30-foot-
high, 4,450-foot-long upper earthen embankment constructed with rubber 
sheet and asphalt lining; (2) an upper reservoir having a total/usable 
storage capacity of 7,104 acre-feet at normal maximum operation 
elevation of 1,200 feet above mean sea level; (3) seven 7,500-foot-long 
by 10-foot-diameter steel lined penstocks; (4) a 500-foot-long, 250-
foot-diameter concrete lined tailrace; (5) a concrete and steel lined 
pressure shaft; (6) seven 193-megawatt, reversible variable-speed pump-
turbines; (7) a new powerhouse and substation located approximately 100 
feet below ground and approximately 250 feet long by 75 feet wide by 
100 feet high; (8) a vertical access tunnel approximately 400 feet high 
and 30 feet in diameter; (9) a breakwater constructed from precast 
concrete tetrapods; and (10) a new single-circuit 230-kilovolt 
transmission line approximately 20 miles in length. The estimated 
annual generation of the Vandenberg West Project would be approximately 
3,952 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark Stover, Hydro Green, LLC, 900 Oakmont 
Lane, Suite 310, Westmont, IL 60559; phone: (877) 556-6566 ext. 709.
    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-14544-000.
    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-14544) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: December 19, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-30828 Filed 12-24-13; 8:45 am]
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