[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 131 (Monday, July 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31747-31748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14569]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14642-002]


San Diego County Water Authority, City of San Diego; Notice of 
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

(June 28, 2018)
    On May 1, 2018, the San Diego County Water Authority and the City 
of San Diego, California, jointly 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 San Vicente Energy 
Storage Facility, to be located at San Vicente reservoir, in Lakeside, 
California. 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.

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    The proposed project would consist of an integration of existing 
facilities and the construction of new facilities:
    The lower reservoir portion of the proposed project would consist 
of the following: (1) The existing San Vicente reservoir with a storage 
capacity of 246,000 acre-feet and a surface area of 1,600 acres at a 
normal maximum operating elevation of 766 feet above mean sea level 
(msl); (2) the existing 1,430-foot-long, 337-foot-high San Vicente 
roller compacted concrete (RCC) gravity dam; (3) a lower reservoir 
inlet/outlet structure equipped with trash racks and either one or two 
slide gates; (4) a new 230-kilovolt (kV) substation containing step-up 
transformers, circuit breakers, and disconnect switches; (5) a new 
switchyard constructed at the point of interconnection at the western 
edge of San Vicente Reservoir; (6) an approximately 5-mile-long, 230-kV 
overhead or underground transmission line that would extend from the 
northern end of San Vicente reservoir to the 230-kV Sycamore substation 
and interconnect with San Diego Gas and Electric's existing 500-kV 
Sunrise Powerlink; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    The upper reservoir portion of the proposed project would be 
constructed near Foster Canyon, approximately one-half mile northwest 
of the San Vicente reservoir and would consist of: (1) A reservoir with 
a storage capacity of 7,842 acre-feet and a surface area of 100 acres 
at a full pond elevation of 1,490 feet msl; (2) five RCC saddle dams 
impounding the reservoir and measuring, respectively: (i) 1,425 feet 
long and 230 feet high, (ii) 838 feet long and 80 feet high, (iii) 838 
feet long and 80 feet high, (iv) 1,006 feet long and 240 feet high, and 
(v) 3,100 feet long and 30 feet high; (3) an upper reservoir inlet/
outlet structure; (4) a 2,050-foot-long, 22-foot-diameter power tunnel 
transitioning into two 326-foot-long, steel-lined penstocks extending 
between the upper reservoir inlet/outlet and the pump/turbines below; 
(5) a 360-foot-long, 83-foot-wide, 119-foot-tall subsurface powerhouse 
containing four 125-megawatt vertical Francis variable speed reversible 
pump/turbine/generator units; (6) a 2,244-foot-long, 25-foot-diameter 
concrete-lined tailrace tunnel connecting the pump-turbine draft tubes 
to the lower reservoir inlet/outlet structure; (7) a 2,200-foot-long, 
230-kV, underground transmission line extending from the upper 
reservoir to the northern end of San Vicente reservoir; and (7) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The project would generate an estimated 1,300 gigawatt hours 
annually.
    Applicant Contacts: (1) Mr. Gary Bousquet, Senior Engineering 
Manager, San Diego County Water Authority, 4677 Overland Avenue, San 
Diego, California 92123, phone: (858) 522-6823; and (2) Mr. Vic Barnes, 
Director of Public Utilities, City of San Diego, 9192 Topaz Way, San 
Diego, California, phone (858) 292-6401.
    FERC Contact: John Mudre, phone: (202) 502-8902.
    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-14642-002.
    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-14642) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: June 28, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-14569 Filed 7-6-18; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P