[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 43862]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18605]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14885-000]


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

    On July 17, 2018, Midwest Energy Recycling, 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 
Chippewa County Pumped Storage Project to be located near the Minnesota 
River and the city of Granite Falls, in Chippewa County, Minnesota. 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 
circular 100-acre rockfill embankment (upper reservoir) having a total 
storage capacity of 3,000 acre-feet with a maximum pond elevation level 
of 1080 feet mean sea level; (2) a new 2,400-foot by 1,425-foot 
rectangular lower reservoir with a total storage capacity of 3,300 
acre-feet; (3) a new 100-foot-diameter, reinforced concrete (morning 
glory type) intake connected to a vertical 2,500-foot-long by 18-foot-
diameter steel penstock; (4) a new 200-foot-long by 70-foot-wide by 40-
foot-high reinforced concrete powerhouse containing two new 333-
megawatt (MW) reversible pump turbine units with a total plant rating 
of 666 MW; (5) a new 50-foot-wide, 240-foot-long, 40-foot-high 
transformer gallery; (6); a new 200 to 1,000-foot-long, 230-kilovolt 
transmission line extending from the transformer gallery to an existing 
substation (the point of interconnection); and (7) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Chippewa County 
Pumped Storage Project would be 1,450 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Douglas A. Spaulding, Nelson Energy, LLC, 
8441 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 101 Golden Valley, MN 55426; phone: (952) 
544-8133.
    FERC Contact: Tyrone Williams; phone: (202) 502-6331.
    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-14885-000.
    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-14885) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: August 22, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-18605 Filed 8-27-18; 8:45 am]
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