[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 3580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01140]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14640-000]


South Maui Pumped Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On October 20, 2014, South Maui Pumped Storage, 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 
South Maui Pumped Storage Project (South Maui Project or project) to be 
located on the Pacific Ocean, in unincorporated Maui County, Hawaii. 
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 new features: 
(1) Four 400-foot-long, 200-foot-wide, 50-foot-high oval concrete 
storage tanks; (2) a 12,000-foot-long, 4.5-foot-diameter buried steel 
penstock; (3) a 150-foot-long, 68-foot-wide concrete powerhouse; (4) 
two 15 megawatt (MW) Pelton turbine/generators; (5) three 10 MW multi-
stage variable speed pumps; (6) an approximately 400-foot-wide, 450-
foot-long tailrace/forebay; \1\ (7) a 12,000-foot-long, 4.5-foot-
diameter buried steel supply pipeline; (8) two 28-kilovolt transmission 
lines totaling 8,000 feet long, interconnecting with the existing 
Sempra Gas and Power-owned Auwahi wind turbine transmission line; (9) a 
5.6-mile-long paved access road; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the South Maui Project would be 5.2 
gigawatt-hours.
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    \1\ The tailrace/forebay would be a small constructed inlet from 
the Pacific Ocean. Flows from the turbines would discharge into the 
tailrace/forebay. Return flows for filling of the storage tanks 
would be pumped from the tailrace/forebay.
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    Applicant Contact: Mr. Bart O'Keefe, United Power Corporation, P.O. 
Box 1916, Discovery Bay, California 94505; phone: (510) 634-1550.
    FERC Contact: Sean O'Neill; phone: (202) 502-6462.
    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-14640-000.
    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-14640) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 16, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-01140 Filed 1-22-15; 8:45 am]
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