[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44122-44123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14610]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15304-000]
Cat Creek Energy, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On February 16, 2023, Cat Creek Energy, 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 Corral Summit Pumped
Storage Project (Corral Summit Project or project) to be located near
Big Lost River, Custer County, Idaho. 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 Corral Summit pumped storage hydro would use an
existing reservoir for its lower reservoir and build a new upper
reservoir approximately 600-feet higher to provide sufficient head for
generation.
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Two alternatives are being considered for the Corral Summit
Project. Alternative 1 would consist of the following: (1) a 400-acre
upper reservoir located approximately 1.2 miles west of the existing
Mackay Reservoir on Federal lands belonging to the US Bureau of Land
Management, with a total impoundment volume of 25,000 acre-feet; (2)
the reservoir is formed by a 3.6-mile, long, 75-foot tall circular dam
with new intake/outlet structures; (3) two steel pipeline penstocks,
each approximately 3,700 foot long and a diameter of 16 feet connect
the upper reservoir to a underground powerhouse; (4) the powerhouse
would contain two vertical Francis adjustable speed or ternary design
turbines and two 100 MW generating units, for a total installed
capacity of 200 MW; (5) a 3.7-mile, 230-kV transmission line would
connect the project to the existing 230-kV Bonneville Power
Administration transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
Alternative 2 would consist of the same facilities described in
alternative 1 except: (1) the upper reservoir would be located
approximately 1.4 miles east of the existing Mackay Reservoir on State
of Idaho land, and would be approximately 412 acres in size; (2) the
circular dam surrounding the upper reservoir would be 3.2 miles long;
(3) the two steel pipeline penstocks would be approximately 5,800-foot-
long; and (4) the transmission line would be 2 miles in length and
would also connect to the existing 230 kV Bonneville Power
Administration transmission line.
The estimated annual generation of the Corral Summit Project would
be 584 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: James T. Carkulis, Project Agent, Cat Creek
Energy LLC, 1989 South I875 East, Gooding, ID 8330; email:
[email protected]; phone: (208) 336-1370.
FERC Contact: Golbahar Mirhosseini; 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's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
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://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. 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-15304-000.
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/efiling.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-15304) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected]; call toll-free at (866) 208-3676; or, for
TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
Dated: July 5, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-14610 Filed 7-10-23; 8:45 am]
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