[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1747-1748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00407]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15253-000]


Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications; 
Great Divide Energy Park LLC

    On December 10, 2021, Great Divide Energy Park LLC filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), to study the feasibility of the Great Divide 
Closed Loop Pumped Storage Hydro Project to be located near Jeffery 
City, in Fremont County, Wyoming. The proposed project would be located 
in part on federal lands administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land 
Management. 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 pumped storage project would consist of the following 
new facilities: (1) A 5,062-foot-long earthen and/or roller compacted 
concrete embankment, creating a reservoir with a normal maximum water 
surface area of 8,900 feet and a storage capacity of 6,000 acre-feet; 
(2) a 4,093-foot-long, 18-foot diameter steel penstock that would 
convey water from the upper reservoir to the turbine/pump units in the 
powerhouse and to the lower reservoir; (3) a 760-foot-long, 200-foot-
wide powerhouse located adjacent to the lower reservoir containing 
three 133-MW quaternary turbine/pump unit pairs for a combined capacity 
of approximately 399 megawatts; (4) a 5,371-foot-long earthen and/or 
roller compacted concrete embankment, creating a lower reservoir with a 
normal maximum water surface area of 7,850 feet and a storage capacity 
of 6,000 acre-feet; (5) gravel access roads to provide access to the 
upper or lower reservoirs from existing roads; (6) a 2.37 mile-long, 
230 kilovolts (kV) transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. 
The estimated annual generation of the Great Divide Closed Loop Pumped 
Storage Hydro Project would be approximately 1,861 gigawatt-hours, 
(GWhs).
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Carl Borgquist, CEO Great Divide Energy Park 
LLC, 612 East Main St., Suite C,

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P.O. Box 309, Bozeman, MT 59771; phone: (406) 585-3006; email: 
[email protected].
    FERC Contact: Lauren Townson; phone: (202)-502-8572; email: 
[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 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, 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. The first page of any filing should include the docket 
number P-15253-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15253) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 6, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-00407 Filed 1-11-22; 8:45 am]
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