[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29778-29779]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-13708]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14878-000]


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

    On June 1, 2018, FreedomWorks, 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 Mt. Storm Pumped 
Storage Hydro Project to be located near Bismarck in Grant County, West 
Virginia. 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) An 
existing Mt. Storm Lake as an upper reservoir with a surface area of 
1,200 acres and a storage capacity of 44,000 acre-feet at a surface 
elevation of approximately 3,200 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) 
as many as two new lower reservoirs with a combined surface area of 690 
acres and a combined storage capacity of 12,000 acre-feet at a surface 
elevation of 2,350 to 2,425 feet msl created through construction of 
new semi-circular dams and/or dikes; (3) as many as eight new 10,000-
foot-long, 4-foot-diameter penstocks connecting the upper reservoir and 
lower reservoir; (4) two new 300-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 25-foot-high 
powerhouses containing four turbine-generator units with a total rated 
capacity of 1,000 megawatts; (5) a new transmission line connecting the 
powerhouse to a nearby electric grid

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interconnection point with options to evaluate multiple grid 
interconnection locations; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The proposed 
project would have an annual generation of 4,380,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Tim Williamson, FreedomWorks, LLC, 525 Wren 
Lane, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425; phone: 267-254-6107.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: (202) 369-6324.
    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-14878-000.
    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-14878) 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. 2018-13708 Filed 6-25-18; 8:45 am]
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