[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 50 (Thursday, March 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 9328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04745]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14961-000]


Renewable Energy Aggregators; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On January 10, 2019, Renewable Energy Aggregators, 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 
Eastern Industries Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project to be located 
in Lehigh 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 
upper reservoir with a surface area of 62 acres and a storage capacity 
of 929.9 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 1,343 feet 
above mean sea level (msl) created through construction of a new 
roller-compacted concrete or rock-filled dam; (2) a new lower reservoir 
with a surface area of 22.3 acres and a total storage capacity of 
1,337.9 acre-feet at a surface elevation of 1,057 feet msl; (3) a new 
834-foot-long, 48-inch-diameter penstock connecting the upper and lower 
reservoirs; (4) a new 150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide powerhouse containing 
one turbine-generator unit with a total rated capacity of 20 megawatts; 
(5) a new transmission line connecting the powerhouse to a nearby 
electric grid interconnection point with options to evaluate multiple 
grid interconnection locations; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The 
proposed project would have an annual generation of 88,434 megawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle II, Renewable Energy Aggregators, 
5710 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; phone: 215-485-1708.
    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-14961-000.
    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-14961) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-04745 Filed 3-13-19; 8:45 am]
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