[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 27 (Monday, February 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7660-7661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02743]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14568-000]


CB Energy Park, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On December 2, 2013, CB Energy Park, 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 Coffin Butte Pumped 
Storage Hydro Project (Coffin Butte Project) to be located near Two Dot 
in Wheatland County, Montana. 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:

Lower Reservoir

    (1) A 5,000-foot-long, 50-foot-high earth and roller compacted 
concrete embankment; (2) a 50-acre lower reservoir with a storage 
capacity of 2,500-acre-foot at an elevation of 5,200 feet; (3) a 
temporary diversion with a pump and pipeline to bring initial fill 
water to the lower reservoir from Miller Creek; (4) a well to bring 
groundwater to the project to make up evaporation and seepage losses; 
(5) a powerhouse containing two reversible 125-megawatt (MW) turbine/
generator units, for a total installed capacity of 250 MW; and (6) an 
approximately 2-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line 
connecting to an existing 500-kV transmission line in the area or a 7-
mile-long, 230-kV transmission line connecting to the existing Two Dot 
substation.

Upper Reservoir

    (1) A 4,600-foot-long, 50-foot-high earth and roller compacted 
concrete embankment; (2) a 50-acre upper reservoir with a storage 
capacity of 2,500-acre-foot at an elevation of 6,240 feet; (3) a 18-
foot-diameter, 5,000-foot-long steel-lined tunnel extending to the 
powerhouse; and (4) appurtenant facilities.
    The estimated annual generation of the Coffin Butte Project would 
be 880,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Carl Borgquist, CB Energy Park, LLC, P.O. Box 
309, Bozeman, MT 59771; phone: (406) 585-3006; or Martin J. Weber, 
P.E., Stanley Consultants, Inc., 5775 Wayzata Blvd., No. 300, 
Minneapolis, MN 55416; phone: (952) 546-3669.
    FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 502-6077.
    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. 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/

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elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-14568-000) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: February 3, 2014.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-02743 Filed 2-7-14; 8:45 am]
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