Notice2024-02464
York Energy Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
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February 7, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8416-8417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02464]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15332-000]
York Energy Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On November 14, 2023, York Energy 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 York
Energy Storage Waterpower Project to be located near Lake Clarke,
formed by the Safe Harbor Dam on the Susquehanna River, and Chanceford
Township in York County, Pennsylvania. 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 9,800-
foot-long, 225-foot-high dam, a 700-foot-long, 95-foot-high dike, and a
1,300-foot-long, 35-foot-high dike, creating an upper reservoir with a
580-acre surface area and a 26,000-acre-foot storage capacity at a
normal pool elevation of 680 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988
(NAVD88); (2) a 150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide concrete-lined emergency
spillway at the east end of the upper reservoir; (3) utilization of
Lake Clarke as a lower reservoir with a 7,360-acre surface area and a
144,000-acre-foot storage capacity at a normal pool elevation of 227.2
feet NAVD88; (4) a 44-foot-diameter shaft and tunnel trifurcating into
three 20-foot-diameter steel-lined tunnels; (5) a 1,000-foot-long, 250-
foot-wide, 50-foot-high underground powerhouse containing three 286-
megawatt (MW) reversible pumping-generating units with a total
installed capacity of 858 MW; (6) a 1,500-foot-long powerhouse access
tunnel, an 18-foot-diameter vent,
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and cable shaft; (7) three concrete-lined tunnels leading to an outlet
structure in Lake Clarke; (8) a 2,000-foot-long, 100-foot-wide porous
dike, serving as part of the intake structure for fish protection,
situated at the edge of Lake Clarke; (9) a 250-foot-long, 250-foot-wide
above-ground switchyard; (10) a 3-mile-long, 500-kilovolt transmission
line from a proposed switchyard to the Safe Harbor Substation in Manor
Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; and (11) appurtenant
facilities. The proposed project would have an annual generation of
1,500,000 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. William M. McMahon, York Energy Storage,
LLC, 4824 Briarwood Circle, Reading, PA 19606; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c4b3ada8a8ada5a9eaa9a7a9a5acabaaeaa1a7abaa84a1a5b6b0aca8adaaafeaaaa1b0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fa8d939696939b97d49799979b929594d49f999594ba9f9b888e9296939491d4949f8e">[email protected]</span></a>; phone: (610) 823-2762.
FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#780f1717101d1d561b101711381e1d0a1b561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1f687070777a7a317c7770765f797a6d7c31787069">[email protected]</span></a>; 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 <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.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#7d3b382f3e3213111413182e080d0d120f093d1b180f1e531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d79192859498b9bbbeb9b284a2a7a7b8a5a397b1b2a5b4f9b0b8a1">[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:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-
Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any
filing should include docket number P-15332-000.
The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f8b7a8a8b89e9d8a9bd69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88c7d8d8c8eeedfaeba6efe7fe">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp</a>.
Enter the docket number (P-15332) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: February 1, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-02464 Filed 2-6-24; 8:45 am]
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