[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 31 (Thursday, February 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 10046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03272]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.15056-000]


Premium Energy Holdings, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On November 19, 2020, Premium Energy Holdings, 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 
Ashokan Pumped Storage Project to be located 14 miles west of the City 
of Kingston in Ulster County, New York. 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 new 
2,618-foot-long, 212-foot-high roller-compacted concrete dam for the 
upper reservoir for alternative 1 (Stony Clove Reservoir) with a 
surface area of 245 acres and a storage capacity 22,496 acre-feet at a 
surface elevation of 1,500 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a new 
2,736-foot-long, 232-foot-high roller-compacted concrete dam for the 
upper reservoir for alternative 2 (Woodland Reservoir) with a surface 
area of 313 acres and a storage capacity 26,231 acre-feet at a surface 
elevation of 1,210 feet msl; (3) a new 2,527-foot-long, 304-foot-high 
roller-compacted concrete dam for the upper reservoir for alternative 3 
(Wittenberg Reservoir) with a surface area of 226 acres and a storage 
capacity 25,558 acre-feet at a surface elevation of 1,180 feet msl; (4) 
the existing Ashokan Reservoir for the lower reservoir with a surface 
area of 8,300 acres and a storage capacity of 382,358 acre-feet at a 
surface elevation of 585 feet msl; (5) new 13.99-mile-long tunnels, 
shafts, and penstocks for alternative 1 connecting the upper and lower 
reservoirs; (6) new 11.58-mile-long tunnels, shafts, and penstocks for 
alternative 2 connecting the upper and lower reservoirs; (7) new 3.81-
mile-long tunnels, shafts, and penstocks for alternative 3 connecting 
the upper and lower reservoirs; (8) a new 500-foot-long, 125-foot-wide, 
150-foot-high underground reinforced-concrete powerhouse containing 
five turbine-generator units with a total rated capacity of 800 
megawatts; (9) a 17.3-mile-long, 230-kilovolt new transmission line for 
alternatives 1 and 2 from the proposed Ashokan switchyard to the 
existing Hurley avenue substation; (10) a 12.9-mile-long, 230-kilovolt 
new transmission line for alternative 3 from the proposed Ashokan 
switchyard to the existing Hurley avenue substation; and (11) 
appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have a maximum 
annual generation of 2,700 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Victor M. Rojas, Premium Energy Holdings, LLC, 
355 South Lemon Avenue, Suite A, Walnut, CA 91789; phone: 909-595-5314.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; 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 https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments 
up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment 
system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. You must 
include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. 
For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. 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-15056-000.
    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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15056) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 11, 2021.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-03272 Filed 2-17-21; 8:45 am]
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