[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 4994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01493]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15274-000]


Hurricane Cliffs PSH, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On April 22, 2022, Hurricane Cliffs PSH, 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 Hurricane Cliffs 
Pumped Storage Project to be located approximately 8 miles south of 
Hurricane, 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 be primarily located on Bureau of Land 
Management land and consist of the following: (1) a new upper reservoir 
at a normal maximum operating elevation of 4,270 feet average mean sea 
level, with a surface area of 200 acres and a total storage capacity of 
3,920 acre-feet; (2) a new lower reservoir at a normal maximum 
operating elevation of 3,550 feet average mean sea level, with a 
surface area of 125 acres and a total storage capacity of 4,200 acre-
feet; (3) a new 1,500-foot-long low-pressure tunnel, 570-foot-long 
vertical shaft, 1,440-foot-long high pressure tunnel, two 600-foot-long 
buried headrace pipes, and a 2,700-foot-long tailrace tunnel or channel 
connecting the two reservoirs with a maximum head of 1,230 feet; (3) a 
new 300-foot-long, 100-foot-wide, and 50-foot-high powerhouse complex 
comprised of three 85-foot-diameter shafts, each 250 feet deep and 
housing a 166.6 megawatt reversible pump-turbine unit, and a subsurface 
powerhouse building; (4) a new 25.3-mile-long (alternative A), or 25.9 
mile-long (alternative B), 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line 
connecting the powerhouse to PacifiCorp's Purgatory Flat substation; 
and (7) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual power generation 
at the Hurricane Cliffs Pumped Storage Project would be 876,000 
megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, rPlus Hydro, LLLP, 201 S. Main 
St. Ste. 2100, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84111; phone: (208) 246-9925; 
[email protected].
    FERC Contact: Benjamin Mann; email: [email protected]; phone: 
(202) 502-8127.
    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-15274.
    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-15274) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 19, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-01493 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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