Notice2024-30864
Oglethorpe Power Corporation: Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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December 30, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106471-106472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30864]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. P-2725-076]
Oglethorpe Power Corporation: Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 2725-076.
c. Date filed: December 6, 2024.
d. Applicant: Oglethorpe Power Corporation (OPC).
e. Name of Project: Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric
Project.
f. Location: On Heath Creek, in Floyd County, Georgia.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Jeff Swartz, Oglethorpe Power Corporation,
Senior Vice President of Plant Operations, 2100 East Exchange Place,
Tucker, Georgia 30084, email at Jeff <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1142667063656b517e61723f727e7c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="386b4f594a4c427857485b165b5755">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: David Gandy at 202-502-8560, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d2b6b3a4bbb6fcb5b3bcb6ab92b4b7a0b1fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fe9a9f88979ad0999f909a87be989b8c9dd0999188">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: February 4, 2025.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4a0c0f180905242623242f193f3a3a25383e0a2c2f3829642d253c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="460003140509282a2f282315333636293432062023342568212930">[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, 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.
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Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify the
project name and docket number on the first page: Rocky Mountain Pumped
Storage Hydroelectric Project (P-2725-076).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Project consists of the
following existing facilities: (1) a 120-foot-high, 12,895-foot-long
earth and rockfill upper dam; (2) a 221 acre upper reservoir with
10,650 acre-feet of storage and a normal operating pool elevation of
1,392 feet NAVD88; (3) a 35-foot-diameter, 567-foot-high concrete-lined
power shaft; (4) a 35-foot-diameter, 1,935-foot-long concrete lined
tunnel with two concrete lined bifurcations; (5) three 19-foot-
diameter, 470-foot-long steel lined penstocks; (6) a 348-foot-long,
156-foot-wide, 175-foot-high powerhouse containing three reversible
Francis pump-turbines, with a combined installed capacity of 904
megawatts; (7) three 230 kilovolt, 2.7-mile-long transmission lines;
(8) a substation; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
The project has reserve storage water contained in two auxiliary
pools adjacent to the lower reservoir. Pool I's surface area is 400
acres and is formed by four dams. The pool I dams consist of: (a) a 25-
foot-high earthen dam of unspecified length; (b) a 20-foot-high, 775-
foot-long earth and rockfill dam; (c) a 50-foot-high, 700-foot-long
earth and rockfill dam; (d) a 50-foot-high, 405-foot-long earth and
rockfill dam. Pool II surface area is 200 acres and is formed by a 30-
foot-high, 335-foot-long earth and rockfill dam.
The Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Project is operated in a pumped
storage mode and OPC proposes to continue operating the project in that
mode.
o. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's
website at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a> using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the
docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document (P-2725). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#55131007161a3b393c3b30062025253a272115333027367b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5b3b0a7b6ba9b999c9b90a68085859a8781b593908796db929a83">[email protected]</span></a> or call tollfree, (866)
208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
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#753a252535131007165b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f607f7f6f494a5d4c01484059">[email protected]</span></a>.
p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).. February 2025.
Request for Additional Information...... February 2025.
Issue Notice of Acceptance.............. May 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments... June 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary). August 2025.
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q. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: December 18, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-30864 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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