[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64059-64060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25126]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15012-000]


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

    On October 16, 2019,\1\ 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 Ulysses Pumped Storage 
Hydropower Project to be located 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.
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    \1\ FreedomWorks, LLC, revised its application on October 17, 
2019.
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    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A new 
upper reservoir with a surface area of 1,042 acres and a storage 
capacity of 141,000 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 
2,960 feet above mean sea level (msl) created by constructing new dams 
with roller compacted concrete or earth and rock excavated from nearby 
mine site reclamation; (2) a new lower reservoir with a surface area of 
1,139 acres and a storage capacity of 141,000 acre-feet at a surface 
elevation of 1,280 feet msl created by constructing new dams with 
roller compacted concrete or earth and rock excavated from nearby mine 
site reclamation; (3) three new 36,960-foot-long, 24-foot-diameter 
penstocks connecting the upper reservoir and lower reservoir; (4) a new 
800-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 25-foot-high powerhouse containing eight 
turbine-generator units with a total rated capacity of 4,000 megawatts; 
(5) a new transmission line connecting the powerhouse to a nearby 
electric grid interconnection point with options to evaluate multiple 
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interconnection locations; and (6) appurtenant facilities. Initial fill 
and make-up water for the upper reservoir would come from groundwater 
inputs and the Stoney River, and the water for the lower reservoir 
would come from groundwater inputs and North Fork Patterson Creek. The 
proposed project would have an annual generation of approximately 
17,520,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Tim Williamson, FreedomWorks, LLC, 525 Wren 
Lane, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425; phone: 202-369-6324.
    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-15012-000.
    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-15012) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: November 14, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-25126 Filed 11-19-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P