[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83938-83939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28393]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[FFP Project 101, LLC Project No. 14861-002]


Notice of Application Accepted For Filing And Soliciting Motions 
To Intervene and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: 14861-002.
    c. Date Filed: June 23, 2020.
    d. Applicant: FFP Project 101, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Goldendale Pumped Storage Project.
    f. Location: Off-stream on the north side of the Columbia River at 
River Mile 215.6 in Klickitat County, Washington, with transmission 
facilities extending into Sherman County, Oregon. The project would be 
located approximately 8 miles southeast of the City of Goldendale, 
Washington. The project would occupy 18.1 acres of lands owned by the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and administered by the Bonneville Power 
Administration.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Erik Steimle, Rye Development, 220 Northwest 
8th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97209; (503) 998-0230; email_
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Tust at (202) 502-6522; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: February 
16, 2021.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests using the Commission's eFiling system 
at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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. All 
filings must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the 
first page: Goldendale Pumped Storage Project (P-14861-002).
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervener files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The project would include the following new facilities: (1) A 
61-acre upper reservoir formed by a 175-foot-high, 8,000-foot-long 
rockfill embankment dam at an elevation of 2,950 feet mean sea level 
(MSL) with a vertical concrete intake-outlet structure; (2) a 63-acre 
lower reservoir formed by a 205-foot-high, 6,100-foot-long embankment 
at an elevation of 590 feet MSL with a horizontal concrete intake-
outlet structure and vertical steel slide gates; (3) an underground 
conveyance tunnel system connecting the two reservoirs consisting of a 
2,200-foot-long, 29-foot-diameter concrete-lined vertical shaft, a 
3,300-foot-long, 29-foot-diameter concrete-lined high pressure tunnel, 
a 200-foot-long, 22-foot-diameter high pressure manifold tunnel, three 
600-foot-long, 15-foot-diameter steel/concrete penstocks, three 200-
foot-long, 20-foot-diameter steel-lined draft tube tunnels with 
bonneted slide gates, a 200-foot-long, 26-foot-diameter concrete-lined 
low-pressure tunnel, and a 3,200-foot-long, 30-foot-diameter concrete-
lined tailrace tunnel; (4) an underground powerhouse located between 
the upper and lower reservoir in a 0.83-acre powerhouse cavern 
containing three, 400-megawatt (MW)

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Francis-type pump-turbine units for a total installed capacity of 1,200 
MW; (5) a 0.48-acre underground transformer cavern adjacent to the 
powerhouse containing intermediate step-up transformers that will step 
up the voltage from 18 kilovolts (kV) to 115 kV; (6) two 30-foot-
diameter tunnels for accessing the powerhouse and transformer caverns; 
(7) a 0.84-mile-long, 115-kV underground transmission line extending 
from the transformer gallery through the combined access/transmission 
tunnel to where it emerges aboveground near the west side of the lower 
reservoir and extending an additional 0.27 miles to an outdoor 7.3-acre 
substation/switchyard where the voltage would be stepped up to 500 kV; 
(8) a 3.13-mile-long, 500-kV transmission line routed from the 
substation/switchyard south across the Columbia River and connecting to 
Bonneville Power Administration's existing John Day Substation; (9) a 
buried 30-inch-diameter water fill line leading from a shut-off and 
throttling valve within a non-project water supply vault owned by 
Klickitat Public Utility District (KPUD) to an outlet structure within 
the lower reservoir to convey water to fill the reservoirs; and (10) 
appurtenant facilities. The project would also include an existing 0.7-
mile road for accessing the lower reservoir site and an existing 8.6-
mile-long road for accessing the upper reservoir site both of which may 
be modified to provide access for construction vehicles.
    The water supply used to initially fill the lower reservoir as well 
as to provide make-up water would be purchased from KPUD and would be 
obtained from KPUD's existing intake pond on the Columbia River. The 
project water fill line would connect to a new KPUD-owned flanged water 
supply service connection in a water supply vault located near the 
lower reservoir. Within the vault, and just downstream of the service 
connection, there would be a project shut-off and throttling valve to 
allow control of the initial fill and make-up water flow rate into the 
lower reservoir. The initial fill would require 7,640 acre-feet of 
water and would be completed in about six months at an average flow 
rate of approximately 21 cubic feet per second (maximum flow rate 
available is 35 cubic feet per second). It is estimated that the 
project would need 360 acre-feet of water each year to replenish water 
lost through evaporation.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review via the 
internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov), 
using the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last 
three digits in the docket number field, to access the document. At 
this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's 
Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a National 
Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued 
by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC Online 
Support.
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate 
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but 
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests 
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
deadline date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title PROTEST 
or MOTION TO INTERVENE; (2) set forth in the heading the name of the 
applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing 
responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the 
person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain 
copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of any 
protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative 
of the applicant specified in the particular application.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate.

Comments on Scoping Document 1 Due.......  December 2020.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)..  January 2021.
Request Additional Information (if         January 2021.
 necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental    April 2021.
 Analysis.
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    Dated: December 17, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-28393 Filed 12-22-20; 8:45 am]
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