[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 169 (Tuesday, September 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52750-52751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21594]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14692-000]


Albany Engineering Corporation; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 7, 2015, Albany Engineering Corporation 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 Lyon 
Mountain Energy Storage Project (Lyon Mountain Project or project) to 
be located in the Hamlet of Lyon Mountain in the Town of Dannemora, 
Clinton County, New York. 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) Upper and 
lower reservoirs comprising various existing underground levels and 
voids within the rock confines of the Lyon Mountain mine; (2) two 15-
foot-diameter, 2,000-foot-long vertical water conveyance structures 
between the upper reservoir and the powerhouse, consisting of grouted 
steel casings within existing bedrock; (3) a 15-foot-diameter, 2,000-
foot-long horizontal water conveyance

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structure between the powerhouse and the lower reservoir, consisting of 
grouted steel casings within existing bedrock; (4) an 80-foot-wide by 
300-foot-long by 40-foot-high underground powerhouse chamber; (5) an 
40-foot-wide by 275-foot-long underground switchgear and equipment 
chamber; (6) 100 turbine-generators each rated at 2.4 megawatts; and 
(7) a 115-kilovolt (kV) transmission line approximately 1,000 feet long 
from the powerhouse to an existing transmission line. The estimated 
annual generation of the Lyon Mountain Project would be 421 gigawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. James A. Besha, Albany Engineering 
Corporation, 5 Washington Square, Albany, NY 12205; phone: (518) 456-
7712.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: (202) 502-6336.
    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 Sec.  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-14692-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14692) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: August 26, 2015.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-21594 Filed 8-31-15; 8:45 am]
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