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comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on April 11, 2012. 

Dated: March 14, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6650 Filed 3–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14328–000] 

Cortez Pumped Storage Project; Notice 

of Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

On November 30, 2011, INCA 

Engineers, Inc., Washington, 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 Cortez Pumped Storage 

Project to be located on Plateau Creek, 

near the town of Dolores, Montezuma 

County, Colorado. The project affects 

federal lands administered by the Forest 

Service (San Juan National Forest). 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 new facilities: (1) An 

upper reservoir, formed by a 130-foothigh by 6,500-foot-long, rollercompacted concrete (RCC) dam, with a 

total storage capacity of 8,000 acre-feet 

and a water surface area of 275 acres at 

full pool elevation; (2) a lower reservoir, 

formed by a 270-foot-high by 800-footlong dam, having a total storage capacity 

of 9,500 acre-feet and a water surface 

area of 200 acres at full pool elevation; 

(3) two 15-foot-diameter steel consisting 

of a surface penstock, a vertical shaft 

and an inclined tunnel; (4) two 27-footdiameter tailrace tunnels that would be 

850-feet-long; (5) an underground 

powerhouse containing two reversible 

pump-turbines totaling 500 megawatts 

(MW) (2 units × 250 MW units) of 

generating capacity; and (6) a 7-milelong, 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line 

that would connect from the switchyard 

with an existing 230 kV interconnection 

east of the project area. The project’s 

annual energy output would vary 

between 600 and 1,500 gigawatthours. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Donald 

Thompson, INCA Engineers, Inc., 400 

112th Ave. NE., Suite 400 Bellevue, WA 

98004; phone (425) 653–1000. 

FERC Contact: Brian Csernak; phone: 

(202) 502–6144. 

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. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http://www.ferc.

gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You 

must include your name and contact 

information at the end of your 

comments. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.

asp. Enter the docket number (P–14328– 

000) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Dated: March 14, 2012. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–6630 Filed 3–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14337–000] 

Mayville Pumped Storage, LLC; Notice 

of Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

On December 16, 2011, Mayville 

Pumped 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 a hydropower project 

located on the Ohio River in Mason 

County, Kentucky. 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 

two alternatives: 

Alternative A would consist of: (1) An 

intake structure on the Ohio River and 

a 24-inch-diameter, 8,000-foot-long 

pipeline to supply water to the upper 

reservoir; (2) a 260-foot-high, 1,360-footlong roller-compacted concrete upper 

dam; (3) an upper reservoir with a 

surface area of 126.0 acre and a storage 

capacity of 9,970 acre-feet; (4) a 27-footdiameter, 500-foot-long concrete-lined 

headrace; (5) a 27-foot-diameter, 1,320- 

foot-long concrete-lined pressure shaft; 

(6) a powerhouse/pumping station 

containing four pump/generating units 

with a total capacity of 1,000.0 

megawatts (MW); (7) a 32-foot-diameter, 

2,730-foot-long concrete-lined tailrace; 

(8) a lower reservoir created within 

excavated underground mine space with 

a surface area of 212 acres and a storage 

capacity of 9,540 acre-feet; and (9) a 6- 

mile-long, 345 kilo-volt (KV) 

transmission line. The project would 

have an estimated average annual 


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