[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 24554]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08842]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.15237-000]


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

    On October 13, 2021, PacifiCorp filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of Barn Canyon Pumped Storage 
Project to be located about 4 miles North of Helper, Utah. 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 project would consist of the following: (1) A new 
upper reservoir with a surface area of 42 acres and a total storage 
capacity of 986 acre-feet at a normal maximum operating elevation of 
8,355 feet average mean sea level (msl); (2) a new lower reservoir with 
a surface area of 28 acres and a total storage capacity of 1,664 acre-
feet at a normal maximum operating elevation of 6,240 feet msl; (3) a 
12,672-foot-long penstock, with a hydraulic head of 2,035 feet, 
connecting the upper and lower reservoirs to the powerhouse; (4) a new 
underground powerhouse that would be sited along the western shore of 
the lower reservoir containing three Francis turbine-generator units 
with a total rated capacity of 300 megawatts; (5) a new 10.2-mile-long, 
345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line connecting the powerhouse to 
PacifiCorp's existing Huntington-Spanish Fork substation constructed in 
1979 for alternative 1; (6) a new 0.8-mile-long, 138-kV transmission 
line to interconnect the powerhouse to PacifiCorp's existing Carbon 
substation for alternative 2; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual power generation at the Barn Canyon Pumped Storage 
would be 624 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Tim Hemstreet, Managing Director, Renewable 
Energy Development PacifiCorp. 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1800, Portland, 
OR 97232, [email protected].
    FERC Contact: Ousmane Sidibe; Phone: (202) 502-6245.
    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, 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-15237-000.
    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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/elibrary/overview. Enter the docket number (P-15237) in the docket number field 
to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 20, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-08842 Filed 4-25-22; 8:45 am]
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