[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46154-46155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-19814]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14884-000]


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 
Yellow Medicine County Pumped Storage Project to be located near the 
Minnesota River and the City of Granite Falls, in Yellow Medicine 
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 all new 
facilities: (1) A circular 100-acre rockfill embankment (upper 
reservoir) having a total storage capacity of 3,300 acre-feet with a 
maximum pond elevation level of 1089 feet mean sea level (msl); (2) a 
2,400-foot by 1,425-foot rectangular lower reservoir with a total 
storage capacity of 3,300 acre-feet and water surface elevation between 
minus (-) 1,320 and minus 1,420 feet msl; (3) a 100-foot outside 
diameter, 18-foot inside diameter ``morning glory'' in configuration 
reinforced concrete intake located in the upper reservoir; (4) a 
vertical 2,500-foot-long, 18-foot-diameter steel penstock connected to 
the intake at the upper reservoir and ending in a bifurcation before 
the powerhouse located at the lower reservoir; (5) a 200-foot-long, 70-
foot-wide, 130-foot-high reinforced concrete powerhouse containing two 
333-megawatt (MW) reversible pump turbine units with a total plant 
rating of 666 MW; (6) a 240-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 40-foot-high 
transformer gallery; (7); a 200 to 1,000-foot-long, 345-kilovolt 
transmission line extending from the transformer gallery to an existing 
substation (the point of interconnection); and (8) appurtenant 
facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Yellow Medicine 
County Pumped Storage Project would be 1,450 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Douglas A. Spaulding, P.E., Nelson Energy, 
8441 Wayzata Boulevard, Suite 101 Golden Valley, MN 55426; phone: (952) 
544-8133.
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone: (202) 502-6211.
    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-14884-000.
    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-14884) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.


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    Dated: September 6, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-19814 Filed 9-11-18; 8:45 am]
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