[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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