[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 29781]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13707]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14877-000]


Peak Hour Power, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On May 17, 2018, Peak Hour Power, 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 Silver Creek Pumped 
Storage Project to be located on Silver Creek Reservoir in Schuylkill 
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 
8,000-foot-long, 125- to 175-foot-high roller-compacted concrete or 
rock-filled semi-circular dam and/or dike forming an upper reservoir 
having a surface area of 150 acres and a total storage capacity between 
approximately 8,000 and 10,000 acre-feet at a normal maximum water 
surface elevation between approximately 1,650 and 1,750 feet above mean 
sea level (msl); (2) a lower reservoir encompassing the existing Silver 
Creek Reservoir and neighboring abandoned mines land and having a 
surface area of 100 acres and a total storage capacity of 10,000 acre-
feet at a normal maximum water surface elevation between 1,200 and 
1,300 feet msl; (3) a 3,000-foot-long tunnel connecting the upper and 
lower reservoirs; (4) a powerhouse containing two turbine units with a 
total rated capacity of 250 megawatts; (5) a 2-mile-long transmission 
line connecting to an existing 230-kilovolt (kV) line or a 4000-foot-
long transmission line connecting to an existing 69-kV line; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities. Possible initial fill water would come from 
local inflow, including groundwater. The proposed project would have an 
annual generation of 784,750 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Paul DiRenzo, Peak Hour Power, LLC, 214 
Norwegian Woods Drive, Pottsville, PA 17901; phone: 570-617-7810.
    FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
    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-14877-000.
    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-14877) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: June 20, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-13707 Filed 6-25-18; 8:45 am]
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