[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 154 (Thursday, August 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49587-49588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17255]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15281-000]


Solia 1 Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On June 22, 2022, Solia 1 Hydroelectric, 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 St. Lawrence 
County Pumped Storage Project to be located about 1 mile southwest of 
the City of Pyrites in St. Lawrence County, New York. 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 120 acres and a storage capacity 
of 4,500 acre-feet at a maximum pool elevation of 605 feet mean sea 
level created through construction of a new rock-fill dam; (2) a new 
lower reservoir consisting of eight concentric circular tunnels with a 
storage capacity of 4,500 acre-feet at a depth of 2,500 feet below the 
ground surface; (3) a new 100-foot outside diameter, 18-foot inside 
diameter ``morning glory'' shaped vertical intake located in the upper 
reservoir; (4) a new 2,800-foot-long, 16-foot-diameter penstock 
connecting the upper reservoir and the underground powerhouse; (5) a 
new 200-foot-long, 70-foot-wide, 130-foot-high underground powerhouse 
containing two 333-megawatt (MW) reversible pump-turbines with a total 
installed capacity of 666 MW; (6) a new 200- to 500-foot-long, 230-
kilovolt (kV) or 765-kV transmission line connecting the underground 
transformer gallery and the new substation to the existing grid; (7) a 
new 200-foot-long, 200-foot-wide substation; (8) a new pumping facility 
for providing initial filling water and makeup water obtained from the 
Grass River located within the eastern part of the project boundary; 
and (9) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an 
annual generation of 1,450 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Douglas Spaulding, Nelson Energy, 8441 Wayzata 
Blvd., Suite 101, Golden Valley, MN 55426; phone: (952) 544-8133.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; email: [email protected]; phone: 
(202) 502-6336.
    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/eFiling.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. 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 docket number P-15281-000.
    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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15281) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.


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    Dated: August 5, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-17255 Filed 8-10-22; 8:45 am]
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