Notice2022-02957
PacifiCorp; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
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February 11, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
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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. 15247-000]
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 South Fork Pumped Storage
Project (South Fork Project or project) to be located near Lake Viva
Naughton, Lincoln County, Wyoming. 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 South Fork Project.
Alternative 1 would consist of the following: (1) An upper reservoir
approximately 3.5 miles east of Lake Viva Naughton with a surface area
of 210 acres and a storage volume of approximately 3,348 acre-feet
created by a 1,870-foot-long, 340-foot-high embankment dam; (2) a new
intake/outlet on Lake Viva Naughton, which will serve as the lower
reservoir; (3) a 4.2-mile-long steel penstock with a diameter of 23-
feet connecting the upper reservoir with the powerhouse/pump station;
(4) a 50-foot-long, 150-foot-wide concrete powerhouse/pump station
located on the eastern shoreline of Lake Viva Naughton containing three
167-megawatt generating/pumping units; (5) a 4.4-mile, 345-kilovolt
transmission line and new substation interconnecting
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to PacifiCorp's Jim Bridger-Populus #2 transmission line; and (6)
appurtenant facilities.
Alternative 2 would consist of the same facilities described in
alternative 1 except: (1) The upper reservoir would have a surface area
of 85 acres and a storage volume of approximately 3,604 acre-feet
created by a 1,035-foot-long, 310-foot-high embankment dam; (2) the
upper reservoir would connect to the powerhouse/pump station by a 3.8-
mile-long, 23-foot-diameter steel penstock; (3) the transmission line
would be 2.2 miles in length connecting to a new substation at same
transmission line.
The estimated annual generation of the South Fork 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#f0a4999ddeb8959d838482959584b0809193999699939f8280de939f9d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85d1ece8abcde0e8f6f1f7e0e0f1c5f5e4e6ece3ece6eaf7f5abe6eae8">[email protected]</span></a>; phone: (503) 813-6170.
FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1aab3a8b2b5a4afefb2a8afa2ada0a8b381a7a4b3a2efa6aeb7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7318011a0007161d5d001a1d101f121a0133151601105d141c05">[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-15247-000.
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-15247) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: February 7, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-02957 Filed 2-10-22; 8:45 am]
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