[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 244 (Thursday, December 21, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60593-60594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-27497]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14861-000]


FFP Project 101, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On October 20, 2017, FFP Project 101, LLC filed an application for 
a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Goldendale Energy 
Storage Project (project) to be located near Goldendale in Klickitat 
County, Washington and Sherman County, Oregon. 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 will be closed-loop. Water to initially fill 
the reservoirs and required make-up water will be pumped from the 
Columbia River via an existing pumphouse. The proposed project would 
consist of an upper and lower reservoir, an underground water 
conveyance system connecting the two reservoirs, an underground 
powerhouse, and a transmission line. The lower reservoir would be 
formed by a 7,400-foot-long, 170-foot-high rockfill embankment, with 
storage capacity of 7,100 acre-feet at maximum water surface elevation 
of 580 feet and surface area of 62 acres. The upper reservoir would be 
formed by an 8,000-foot-long, 170-foot-high rockfill embankment, with 
storage capacity of 7,100 acre-feet at maximum water surface elevation 
of 2,940 feet and surface area of 59 acres. Water would be conveyed 
from the upper reservoir to the lower reservoir via a 5,000-foot-long, 
concrete and steel tunnel with internal diameters ranging from 20 to 29 
feet, and a 600-foot-long, 15-foot-diameter steel/concrete penstock. 
The powerhouse would contain three, 400-megawatt (MW) Francis-type 
pump-turbine units for a total installed capacity of 1,200 MW. Project 
power would be transmitted through a new 5-mile-long, 500-kilovolt 
transmission line from the powerhouse to Bonneville Power 
Administration's John Day Substation.
    The estimated averaged annual generation of the project would be 
3,500 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Erik Steimle, Rye Development, 745 Atlantic Ave. 
8th Floor, Boston, MA 02111, phone (503) 998-0230.
    FERC Contact: Kim Nguyen, (202) 502-6105.
    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-14861-000.

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    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14861) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: December 15, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-27497 Filed 12-20-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P