[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 244 (Thursday, December 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 72949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27780]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15249-000]


Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications; 
Lewis Ridge Pumped Storage, LLC

    On November 22, 2021, Lewis Ridge Pumped Storage, 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 a pumped 
storage hydropower project located in Bell County, Kentucky. 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 Lewis Ridge Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project would 
consist of the following: (1) A 5,700-foot-long, 77-foot-high zoned 
rockfill embankment ring dike; (2) an upper reservoir with a surface 
area of 30 acres and a storage capacity of 2,300 acre-feet; (3) a 
4,987-foot-long, 20-foot-diameter power tunnel; (4) a 120-foot-high, 
30-foot-diameter steel surge tower; (5) a 420-foot-long, 80-foot-wide 
powerhouse containing four 54-megawatt (MW) reversible pump-turbines 
with a total capacity of 216 MW; (6) a 1,700-foot-long, 3.5-foot-
diameter pipeline from a concrete pump station on the Cumberland River 
for fill/refill water; (7) a 1,400-foot-long, 100-foot-high zoned 
rockfill dam with a 5,900-foot-long, 10-foot-high zoned rockfill 
embankment ring dike surrounding (8) a 23 acre lower reservoir with a 
storage capacity of 2,300 acre-feet; and (9) a 1.3-mile-long, 161 
kilovolt overhead transmission line. The proposed project would have an 
estimated annual generation of 605,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Nate Sandvig, Lewis Ridge Pumped Storage, LLC., 
220 NW 8th Ave., Portland, OR 97209; phone: (503) 309-2496, email: 
[email protected].
    FERC Contact: Michael Spencer; phone: (202) 502-6093, or by email 
at [email protected].
    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-15249) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: December 16, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-27780 Filed 12-22-21; 8:45 am]
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