[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 2973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01018]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14866-000]


Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On December 22, 2017, Merchant Hydro Developers, 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 
Preckle Pumped Storage Hydro Project to be located near Duryea Borough 
in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania and Ransom Township in Lackawanna 
County, Pennsylvania. 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) A new 
upper reservoir with a surface area of 300 acres and a storage capacity 
of 4,500 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 1,356 feet 
above mean sea level (msl) created through construction of a new 
roller-compacted concrete or rock-fill dam; (2) a new lower reservoir 
with a surface area of 200 acres and a storage capacity of 3,480 acre-
feet at a surface elevation of 550 feet msl; (3) two new 5,640-foot-
long, 16-foot-diameter penstocks connecting the upper and lower 
reservoirs; (4) a new 150-foot-long, 250-foot-wide, 50-foot-high 
powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units with a total rated 
capacity of 450 megawatts; (5) a new 13,200-foot-long transmission line 
connecting the powerhouse to the 230/69-kilovolt Stanton substation 
owned by PPL Electric Utilities; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The 
proposed project would have an annual generation of 27,594 megawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle, Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, 
5710 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; phone: 267-254-6107.
    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 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-14866-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the eLibrary link of the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14866) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-01018 Filed 1-19-18; 8:45 am]
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