[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77299-77300]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24734]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15318-000]


Cabin Run Pumped Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 12, 2023, Cabin Run Pumped Storage, 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 
Cabin Run Pumped Storage Project to be located near the Stony River and 
unincorporated community of Bismarck in Tucker and Grant Counties, West 
Virginia. 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 8,700-
foot-long, 80-foot-high rock-fill embankment dike creating an upper 
reservoir with a 60-acre surface area and a 4,800-acre-foot storage 
capacity at a normal maximum water surface elevation of 4,030 feet 
above mean sea level (msl); (2) a 7,200-foot-long, 80-foot-high rock-
fill embankment dike enclosing a lower reservoir with a 60-acre surface 
area and a 4,800-acre-foot storage capacity at a normal maximum water 
surface elevation of 3,530 feet msl; (3) a 400-foot-long, 24-foot-
diameter vertical power tunnel/shaft connecting a 4,650-foot-long, 24-
foot-diameter horizontal power tunnel to the powerhouse; (4) a 550-
foot-long, 120-foot-wide, 100-foot-high powerhouse housing four 57.5-
megawatt (MW) reversible Francis pumping-generating units with a total 
installed capacity of 230 MW; (5) a 4.5-mile-long, 230-kilovolt 
transmission line from a proposed substation near the powerhouse to an 
interconnection point; (6) a substation including two 120 megavolt 
amperes generator step-up units; (7) a 20-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, 15-
foot-high concrete pump station on the south bank of the Stony River 
(upper end of Mount Storm Lake), capable of conveying water at 50 cubic 
feet per second through a 3,400-foot-long, 2-foot-diamenter steel 
conduit to the lower reservoir for fill or refill purposes; and (8) 
appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an annual 
generation of 671,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Nate Sandvig, Rye Development, LLC, 830 NE 
Holladay St., Portland, OR 97232; email: [email protected]; 
phone: (503) 309-2496.
    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

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Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first 
page of any filing should include docket number P-15318-000.
    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-15318) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: November 2, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-24734 Filed 11-8-23; 8:45 am]
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