Notice2021-28207
PacifiCorp; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
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December 28, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 73754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15246-000]
PacifiCorp; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for
Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing
Applications
On October 13, 2021, PacifiCorp filed an application for a
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act,
proposing to study the feasibility of the Winter Ridge Pumped Storage
Project (Winter Ridge Project or project) to be located near Summer
Lake and Paisley, Lake County, Oregon. 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.
Two alternatives are being considered for the Winter Ridge Project.
Alternative 1 would consist of the following: (1) An upper reservoir
approximately two miles west of Summer Lake with a surface area of 85
acres and a storage volume of approximately 4,285 acre-feet created by
a 4,700-foot-long, 120-foot-high embankment dam; (2) a lower reservoir
with a surface area of 43.6 acres and a storage volume of approximately
2,156 acre-feet created by a 5,320-foot-long, 80-foot-high embankment
dam; (3) a 2.23-mile-long steel penstock with a diameter of 15-feet
connecting the upper reservoir with the powerhouse/pump station; (4) a
150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide concrete powerhouse/pump station located on
the lower reservoir shoreline containing three 167-megawatt generating/
pumping units; (5) a 9.3-mile, 500-kilovolt transmission line
interconnecting to PacifiCorp's jointly owned Sycan substation; (6) a
19.2 mile underground pipeline diverting water from the Chewaucan River
near Paisley to the project for initial and maintenance fill; and, (7)
appurtenant facilities.
Alternative 2 would consist of the same facilities described in
alternative 1 except: (1) The lower reservoir would have a surface area
of 50 acres and a storage volume of approximately 2,000 acre-feet
created by a 4,100-foot-long, 170-foot-high embankment dam; (2) the
upper reservoir would connect to the powerhouse/pump station by a 0.9-
mile-long excavated tunnel and 1.5-mile-long steel penstock both having
a diameter of 15-feet; and (3) the transmission line would be 9.8 miles
in length interconnecting to the same substation.
The estimated annual generation of the Winter Ridge Project would
be 1,460 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Tim Hemstreet, Managing Director, Renewable
Energy Development, PacifiCorp, 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1800, Portland,
OR 97232; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ecb88581c2a489819f989e898998ac9c8d8f858a858f839e9cc28f8381"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f1b262261072a223c3b3d2a2a3b0f3f2e2c2629262c203d3f612c2022">[email protected]</span></a>; phone: (503) 813-6170.
FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#caa1b8a3b9beafa4e4b9a3a4a9a6aba3b88aacafb8a9e4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="274c554e5453424909544e49444b464e55674142554409404851">[email protected]</span></a>;
phone: (202) 502-6587.
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 <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp</a>. 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-15246-000.
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 <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp</a>.
Enter the docket number (P-15246) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: December 21, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-28207 Filed 12-27-21; 8:45 am]
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