Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 213 / Monday, November 6, 2023 / Notices 76197 

Signed in Washington, DC, on November 1, 

2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24457 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 15293–001] 

Nature and People First New Mexico 

PHS, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

On July 12, 2023, Nature and People 

First New Mexico PHS, 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 Chuska Mountain 

Pumped Storage Project to be located in 

San Juan and McKinley Counties, New 

Mexico, near the San Juan River, and 

approximately 5.6 miles west of the 

town of Two Grey Hills on Navajo 

Nation Lands. The sole purpose of a 

preliminary permit 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 landdisturbing activities or otherwise enter 

upon lands or waters owned by others 

without the owners’ express permission. 

The pumped storage hydropower 

project would consist of all new 

facilities including: (1) Upper Reservoir 

North with a surface area of 15,800 acres 

and a storage volume of 500,000 acrefeet at a maximum water surface 

elevation (WSE) of 8,810 above mean 

sea level (msl); (2) Upper Reservoir 

Center with a surface area of 7,400 acres 

and a storage volume of 235,000 acrefeet at a maximum WSE of 8,810 feet 

msl; (3) Upper Reservoir South with a 

surface area of 16,300 acres and a 

storage volume of 510,000 acre-feet at a 

maximum WSE of 8,810 feet msl; (4) 

Lower Reservoir North 1 with a surface 

area of 9,000 acres and a storage volume 

of 385,000 acre-feet at a maximum WSE 

of 6,010 feet msl; (5) Lower Reservoir 

North 2 with a surface area of 2,700 

acres and a storage volume of 115,000 

acre-feet at a maximum WSE of 6,010 

feet msl; (6) Lower Reservoir Center 

with a surface area of 2,900 acres and 

a storage volume of 235,000 acre-feet at 

a maximum WSE of 6,010 feet msl; (7) 

Lower Reservoir South with a surface 

area of 3,200 acres and a storage volume 

of 510,000 acre-feet at a maximum WSE 

of 6,010 feet msl; (8) a 30-foot-wide and 

39,800-foot-long concrete-lined power 

conduit tunnel to North Powerhouse 1; 

(9) a 60-foot-wide, 700-foot-long, and 

100-foot high subterranean North 

Powerhouse 1 with seven pump/ 

turbines each rated at 250 megawatts 

(MW); (10) seven 12-foot-wide and 

1,000-foot-long concrete lined North 

Powerhouse 1 conduit tunnels 

discharging into Lower Reservoir North 

1; (11) a 30-foot-wide and 19,800-footlong concrete-lined power conduit to 

Powerhouse 2; (12) a 60-foot-wide, 700- 

foot-long, and 100-foot-high 

subterranean North Powerhouse 2 with 

seven pump/turbines each rated at 250 

MW; (13) seven 12-foot-wide and 1,000- 

foot-long concrete lined North 

Powerhouse 2 conduit tunnels 

discharging into Lower Reservoir North 

2; (14) a 30-foot-wide and 43,300-footlong concrete-lined tunnel power 

conduit to the Center Powerhouse; (15) 

a 60-foot-wide, 700-foot-long, and 100- 

foot-high subterranean Center 

Powerhouse with seven pump/turbines 

each rated at 250 MW; (16) seven 12- 

foot-wide and 1,000-foot-long concrete 

lined North Powerhouse 1 conduit 

tunnels discharging into Lower 

Reservoir Center; (17) a 45-foot-wide 

and 30,300-foot-long concrete lined 

tunnel to the South Powerhouse; (18) a 

60-foot-wide, 1,400-foot-long, and 100- 

foot-high subterranean South 

Powerhouse with 15 pump/turbines 

each rated at 250 MW; (19) fifteen 12- 

foot-wide, 1,000-foot-long concretelined tunnels discharging into Lower 

Reservoir South; and (20) approximately 

100 miles of 345-kilovolt transmission 

lines for interconnection to the existing 

Shiprock, San Juan, and Four Corners 

substations. The estimated annual 

energy production of the project would 

be approximately 19,710,000 megawatt 

hours. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Denis Payre, 

Nature and People First New Mexico 

PHS, LLC, 405 Waltham St., Suite 145, 

Lexington, MA 02421; email: 

denis.payre@natureandpeoplefirst.com; 

phone: (781) 491–5364. 

FERC Contact: Shannon Archuleta; 

email: shannon.archuleta@ferc.gov; 

phone (503) 552–2739. 

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 filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. Comments, motions to 

intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications 

should be submitted within 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/FERC.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters without prior 

registration using the eComment system 

at https://ferconline..gov/ 

QuickComment.aspx. You must include 

your name and contact information at 

the end of your comments. For 

assistance, please get in touch with 

FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). Instead 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–15293–001. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed on the Commission’s website 

(http://www.ferc.gov) using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number (P–15293) in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, do not hesitate to get in 

touch with FERC Online Support. 

Dated: October 31, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24465 Filed 11–3–23; 8:45 am] 

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