[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83938-83939]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28393]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[FFP Project 101, LLC Project No. 14861-002]
Notice of Application Accepted For Filing And Soliciting Motions
To Intervene and Protests
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
b. Project No.: 14861-002.
c. Date Filed: June 23, 2020.
d. Applicant: FFP Project 101, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Goldendale Pumped Storage Project.
f. Location: Off-stream on the north side of the Columbia River at
River Mile 215.6 in Klickitat County, Washington, with transmission
facilities extending into Sherman County, Oregon. The project would be
located approximately 8 miles southeast of the City of Goldendale,
Washington. The project would occupy 18.1 acres of lands owned by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and administered by the Bonneville Power
Administration.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Erik Steimle, Rye Development, 220 Northwest
8th Avenue Portland, Oregon 97209; (503) 998-0230; email_
[email protected]
i. FERC Contact: Michael Tust at (202) 502-6522; or email at
michael.tust@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: February
16, 2021.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests using the Commission's eFiling system
at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. For assistance, please
contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (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. All
filings must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the
first page: Goldendale Pumped Storage Project (P-14861-002).
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person on the official service list for the
project. Further, if an intervener files comments or documents with the
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
k. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. The project would include the following new facilities: (1) A
61-acre upper reservoir formed by a 175-foot-high, 8,000-foot-long
rockfill embankment dam at an elevation of 2,950 feet mean sea level
(MSL) with a vertical concrete intake-outlet structure; (2) a 63-acre
lower reservoir formed by a 205-foot-high, 6,100-foot-long embankment
at an elevation of 590 feet MSL with a horizontal concrete intake-
outlet structure and vertical steel slide gates; (3) an underground
conveyance tunnel system connecting the two reservoirs consisting of a
2,200-foot-long, 29-foot-diameter concrete-lined vertical shaft, a
3,300-foot-long, 29-foot-diameter concrete-lined high pressure tunnel,
a 200-foot-long, 22-foot-diameter high pressure manifold tunnel, three
600-foot-long, 15-foot-diameter steel/concrete penstocks, three 200-
foot-long, 20-foot-diameter steel-lined draft tube tunnels with
bonneted slide gates, a 200-foot-long, 26-foot-diameter concrete-lined
low-pressure tunnel, and a 3,200-foot-long, 30-foot-diameter concrete-
lined tailrace tunnel; (4) an underground powerhouse located between
the upper and lower reservoir in a 0.83-acre powerhouse cavern
containing three, 400-megawatt (MW)
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Francis-type pump-turbine units for a total installed capacity of 1,200
MW; (5) a 0.48-acre underground transformer cavern adjacent to the
powerhouse containing intermediate step-up transformers that will step
up the voltage from 18 kilovolts (kV) to 115 kV; (6) two 30-foot-
diameter tunnels for accessing the powerhouse and transformer caverns;
(7) a 0.84-mile-long, 115-kV underground transmission line extending
from the transformer gallery through the combined access/transmission
tunnel to where it emerges aboveground near the west side of the lower
reservoir and extending an additional 0.27 miles to an outdoor 7.3-acre
substation/switchyard where the voltage would be stepped up to 500 kV;
(8) a 3.13-mile-long, 500-kV transmission line routed from the
substation/switchyard south across the Columbia River and connecting to
Bonneville Power Administration's existing John Day Substation; (9) a
buried 30-inch-diameter water fill line leading from a shut-off and
throttling valve within a non-project water supply vault owned by
Klickitat Public Utility District (KPUD) to an outlet structure within
the lower reservoir to convey water to fill the reservoirs; and (10)
appurtenant facilities. The project would also include an existing 0.7-
mile road for accessing the lower reservoir site and an existing 8.6-
mile-long road for accessing the upper reservoir site both of which may
be modified to provide access for construction vehicles.
The water supply used to initially fill the lower reservoir as well
as to provide make-up water would be purchased from KPUD and would be
obtained from KPUD's existing intake pond on the Columbia River. The
project water fill line would connect to a new KPUD-owned flanged water
supply service connection in a water supply vault located near the
lower reservoir. Within the vault, and just downstream of the service
connection, there would be a project shut-off and throttling valve to
allow control of the initial fill and make-up water flow rate into the
lower reservoir. The initial fill would require 7,640 acre-feet of
water and would be completed in about six months at an average flow
rate of approximately 21 cubic feet per second (maximum flow rate
available is 35 cubic feet per second). It is estimated that the
project would need 360 acre-feet of water each year to replenish water
lost through evaporation.
m. A copy of the application is available for review via the
internet through the Commission's Home Page (http://www.ferc.gov),
using the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last
three digits in the docket number field, to access the document. At
this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's
Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a National
Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued
by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified
deadline date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title PROTEST
or MOTION TO INTERVENE; (2) set forth in the heading the name of the
applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing
responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the
person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain
copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of any
protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative
of the applicant specified in the particular application.
o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Comments on Scoping Document 1 Due....... December 2020.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary).. January 2021.
Request Additional Information (if January 2021.
necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental April 2021.
Analysis.
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Dated: December 17, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-28393 Filed 12-22-20; 8:45 am]
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