[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 72 (Monday, April 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18141-18142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07690]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No., 14804-000]


Control Technology, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On October 28, 2016, Control Technology, Inc. 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 Blue Diamond 
Advanced Pumped Storage Project (Blue Diamond Project or project) to be 
located near Blue Diamond, Clark County, Nevada. 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 be a closed-loop pumped storage project 
that would consist of the following: (1) A new upper reservoir with a 
maximum elevation of 4,810 feet above mean sea level (MSL), and a 
storage capacity of 4,900 acre-feet; (2) a new lower reservoir with a 
maximum elevation of 3,320 feet MSL, and a storage capacity of 4,900 
acre-feet; (3) a 21-foot-diameter, 4,300-foot-long concrete and steel 
penstock; (4) a powerhouse with approximate dimensions of 200 feet by 
100 feet and 150 feet high, and containing two vertical single-stage 
reversible Francis-type pump/turbine units with a total installed 
capacity of 450 megawatts; (5) a 132-kilovolt, 3.5-mile-long 
transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The water used to 
initially fill the reservoirs and supplement evaporative losses will 
either be hauled or piped in from a yet-to-be-determined

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source. The proposed project would produce about 4,500 megawatt hours 
(MWh) of energy daily, and use about 5,600 MWh daily to pump water from 
the lower to the upper reservoir. The estimated annual generation of 
the Blue Diamond Project would be 1,170 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Rexford Wait, Control Technology, Inc., 2416 
Cades Way, Vista, CA 92083; phone: (760) 599-0086.
    FERC Contact: Evan Williams; phone: (202) 502-8462.
    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-14804-000.
    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-14804) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 11, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-07690 Filed 4-14-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P