Notice2022-00088
PacifiCorp; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
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January 7, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 954-955]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00088]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15245-000]
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 Saddle Mountains Pumped
Storage Project (Saddle Mountains Project or project) to be located
near Crab Creek and the Columbia River in Grant County, Washington. 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 Saddle Mountains
Project. Alternative 1 would consist of the following new facilities:
(1) An upper reservoir located approximately 7 miles east of Beverly,
Washington, with a surface area of 312 acres and a storage volume of
approximately 4,750 acre-feet created by a 1,300-foot-long, 25-foot-
high embankment dam; (2) a lower reservoir with a surface area of 115
acres and a storage volume of approximately 4,000 acre-feet created by
a 6,775-foot-long, 75-foot-high embankment dam; (3) a 1.5-mile-long
steel penstock with a diameter of 23-feet (if only one generating unit
is used) or trifurcating into three separate 13.25-foot-diameter
segments (if three generating units are used) 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 up to three generating/pumping units for
a total generating capacity of 500 megawatts (MW); (5) an approximate
9.0-mile, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line interconnecting to a new
substation west and north of the project reservoirs and adjacent to the
existing Vantage BPA substation that would interconnect to the regional
transmission grid; (6) an approximately 10-mile-long underground
pipeline diverting water for construction, initial fill, and annual
maintenance fill (i.e., water would be sourced west and north of the
project reservoirs from one or more of the following: Surface water,
the Columbia River and/or its tributaries, groundwater, or storage
water); and, (7) appurtenant facilities.
The majority of the facilities for Alternative 2 (i.e., project
reservoirs, penstock, and powerhouse, etc.) would be located
approximately 3 miles east of their counterparts under Alternative 1.
Alternative 2 would consist of the following new facilities: (1) An
upper reservoir with a surface area of 100 acres and a storage volume
of approximately 3,300 acre-feet created by a 2,370-foot-long, 190-
foot-high embankment dam; (2) a lower reservoir with a surface area of
84 acres and a storage volume of approximately 4,000 acre-feet created
by a 8,450-foot-long, 60-foot-high embankment dam; (3) a 0.6-mile-long
steel penstock with a diameter of 23-feet (if only one generating unit
is used) or trifurcating into three separate 13.25-foot-diameter
segments (if three generating units are used) 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 up to three generating/pumping units for
a total generating capacity of 500 MW; (5) an approximate 12.7-mile,
230-kV transmission line interconnecting to the same substation under
Alternative 1; (6) an approximately 10-mile-long underground pipeline
diverting water for construction, initial fill, and annual maintenance
fill (i.e., water would be sourced west of the project reservoirs and
south of the source location for Alternative 1 from one or more of the
following: Surface water, the Columbia River and/or its tributaries,
groundwater, or storage water); and, (7) appurtenant facilities.
The estimated annual generation of the Saddle Mountains 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#297d404407614c445a5d5b4c4c5d6959484a404f404a465b59074a4644"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93c7fafebddbf6fee0e7e1f6f6e7d3e3f2f0faf5faf0fce1e3bdf0fcfe">[email protected]</span></a>; phone: (503) 813-6170.
FERC Contact: Michael Tust; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8be6e2e8e3eaeee7a5fffef8ffcbedeef9e8a5ece4fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e78a8e848f86828bc993929493a781829584c9808891">[email protected]</span></a>; phone:
(202) 502-6522.
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="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx</a>. You
must include your name and contact information at the end of your
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d99f9c8b9a96b7b5b0b7bc8aaca9a9b6abad99bfbcabbaf7beb6af"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5b3b0a7b6ba9b999c9b90a68085859a8781b593908796db929a83">[email protected]</span></a>, (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-15245-000.
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="https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/elibrary">https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/elibrary</a>.
Enter the docket number (P-15245) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
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Dated: January 3, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-00088 Filed 1-6-22; 8:45 am]
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