[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 240 (Monday, December 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 80777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-27437]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15044-000]


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

    On September 10, 2020, Maysville PSH, 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 closed-loop Maysville 
Pumped Storage Project located in Mason County, Kentucky and Adams 
County, Ohio. 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 Maysville Pumped Storage Project would consist of the 
following: (1) A 7,400-foot-long, 110-foot-high roller-compacted 
concrete ring dam; (2) an upper reservoir with a surface area of 65 
acres and a storage capacity of 5,625 acre-feet; (3) a 630-foot-long, 
18.5-foot-diameter concrete-lined, inclined headrace tunnel leading to; 
(4) a 1,020 foot-long, 18.5-foot-diameter high pressure, steel-lined 
vertical shaft connecting to; (5) three 100-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter 
steel penstocks; (6) a 400-foot-long by 75-foot-wide and 160-foot-high 
underground powerhouse containing three 167-megawatt reversible pump-
turbines; (7) a 150-foot-long by 75-foot-wide and 44-foot-high 
underground transformer chamber; (8) a 3,200-foot-long, 21.6-foot-
diameter concrete-lined tailrace conduit; (9) a lower reservoir created 
within excavated underground mine space in Mason County, Kentucky, with 
a surface area of 120 acres and a storage capacity of 5,556 acre-feet; 
and (10) a new 2.8-mile-long, 230 kilovolt (kv) transmission line, 
which would run underground from the transformer chamber through the 
existing mine for 1.2 miles, continue under the Ohio River through a 
0.2-mile-long, 18-foot-diameter tunnel, and then run overhead for 1.4 
miles to the point of interconnection with a 345-kV bus at the former 
Stuart Generating Station in Adams County, Ohio. The proposed project 
would have an estimated annual generation of 876,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Luigi Resta, Maysville PSH, LLC, 201 S. Main 
St., Ste. 2000; Salt Lake City, UT 84111; phone: (415) 602-2569.
    FERC Contact: Rachel McNamara; phone: (202) 502-8340.
    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 https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ QuickComment.aspx. 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, you may submit a paper copy. 
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via 
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852.
    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 https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search. 
Enter the docket number (P-15044) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: December 8, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-27437 Filed 12-11-20; 8:45 am]
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