[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 61 (Thursday, March 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19131-19132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06597]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15297-000]


BOST2 Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On January 25, 2023, BOST2 Hydroelectric, LLC, filed an application 
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Marathon County Pumped 
Storage Project (Marathon County Project or project) to be located near 
approximately six miles southwest of the City of Hatley in Marathon 
County, Wisconsin. 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 is a closed loop pumped storage project that 
would consist of the following: (1) a 76-foot-high embankment, 80-acre-
footprint circular or oval upper reservoir constructed as a geotextile-
lined rockfill embankment with a total storage capacity of 
approximately 5,300 acre-feet of active water operating between a 
maximum water surface elevation of 1,361 feet mean sea level (msl) and 
a minimum water surface elevation of 1,295 feet msl; (2) a reinforced 
concrete ``morning glory'' type upper intake of circular configuration 
with a maximum outside diameter of approximately 95-feet and an inside 
diameter of 38-feet; (3) an approximately 2,770-foot-long, 23-foot-
diameter vertical penstock excavated in granitic bedrock extending 
between the upper intake and the pump/turbines below; (4) an 
underground concentric circular tunnels lower reservoir with diameters 
from 5,400 feet to 4,200 feet excavated in granitic bedrock, located 
2,100 feet below the ground surface elevation of 1,269 feet msl, with a 
usable storage capacity approximately the same as the upper reservoir 
and operational water elevations between minus 798 feet msl and minus 
840 feet msl; (5) a 460-foot-long, 80-foot-wide, 160-foot-high 
powerhouse located 200 feet below the lower reservoir containing three 
reversible pump/turbine-motor/generator units rated for 333 megawatts

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each; (6) a 410-foot-long, 60-foot-wide, 160-foot-high underground 
transformer gallery; (7) a 200-foot-square above ground substation; (8) 
a 200 to 500-foot-long, 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line extending 
from the substation to an existing 345-kV transmission line owned by 
others; and (9) appurtenant facilities. There would be no federal land 
within the proposed project boundary. The estimated annual generation 
of the Marathon County Project would be 2,628 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Douglas Spaulding, P.E., Nelson Energy, 8441 
Wayzata Blvd., Suite 101, Golden Valley, MN 55426; phone: (952) 544-
8133.
    FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban; phone: (202) 502-6211.
    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 docket 
number P-15297-000.
    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-15297) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 24, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-06597 Filed 3-29-23; 8:45 am]
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