19084 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 63 / Friday, April 1, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. DI21–1–000] 

Badger Mountain Hydro, LLC; Notice 

of Declaration of Intention and 

Soliciting Comments, Protests, and 

Motions To Intervene 

Take notice that the following 

application has been filed with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection: 

a. Application Type: Declaration of 

Intention. 

b. Docket No: DI21–1–000. 

c. Date Filed: March 10, 2021. 

d. Applicant: Badger Mountain 

Hydro, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Badger Mountain 

Pumped Storage Project. 

f. Location: The proposed Badger 

Mountain Pumped Storage Project 

would be located near the town of East 

Wenatchee, in Douglas County, 

Washington. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 23(b)(1) 

of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 

817(b). 

h. Applicant Contact: Badger 

Mountain Hydro, LLC; 800 W Main 

Street, Ste. 1220, Boise, ID 83702; 

telephone: (208) 246–9925; email: 

mshapiro@rplusenergies.com; Agent 

Contact: Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Badger 

Mountain Hydro, LLC; 800 W Main St., 

Ste. 1220, Boise, ID 83702. 

i. FERC Contact: Jennifer Polardino, 

(202) 502–6437, or Jennifer.Polardino@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

protests, and motions to intervene is: 

April 27, 2022. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

protests, and motions to intervene using 

the Commission’s eFiling system at 

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, (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 

20426Submissions 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 DI21–1–000. 

Comments emailed to Commission staff 

are not considered part of the 

Commission record. 

k. Description of Project: The 

proposed closed-loop Badger Mountain 

Pumped Storage Project would consist 

of: (1) A 15 to 75-foot-high, 8,000-footlong earthen embankment forming a 78- 

acre upper reservoir with a storage 

capacity of 3,090 acre-feet; (2) a 40-foothigh, 650-foot-long earthen dam and a 

15-foot-high, 900-foot-long, secondary 

earthen embankment forming an 80 acre 

lower reservoir with a storage capacity 

of 3,380 acre-feet; (3) underground 

tunnels connecting the upper and lower 

reservoirs consisting of: (a) A 17-foot 

diameter, 200-foot-high vertical shaft; 

(b) a 17-foot diameter, 5,600-foot-long 

concrete/steel-lined headrace tunnel; 

and (c) a 17-foot diameter, 200-foot-long 

tailrace tunnel; (4) a powerhouse 

located in a vertical 220-foot-high, 100- 

foot-diameter shaft located next to the 

lower reservoir containing two 250 

megawatt (MW) reversible pumpturbines/motor generators for a total 

installed capacity of 500 MW; (5) 

emergency backup groundwater wells 

No. 4 and 5 located in East Wenatchee 

and a new groundwater well located 

approximately 5 miles southeast of East 

Wenatchee to provide the initial fill and 

make-up water for the reservoirs; (6) an 

11-mile-long transmission line 

connecting to the Bonneville Power 

Administration’s Sickler substation; and 

(7) appurtenant facilities. The proposed 

project would have an estimated average 

annual generation of 832,200 megawatthours. 

When a Declaration of Intention is 

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, the Federal Power Act 

requires the Commission to investigate 

and determine if the project would 

affect the interests of interstate or 

foreign commerce. The Commission also 

determines whether or not the project: 

(1) Would be located on a navigable 

waterway; (2) would occupy public 

lands or reservations of the United 

States; (3) would utilize surplus water 

or water power from a government dam; 

or (4) would be located on a nonnavigable stream over which Congress 

has Commerce Clause jurisdiction and 

would be constructed or enlarged after 

1935. 

l. Locations of the Application: This 

filing may be viewed on the 

Commission’s website at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. You may 

also register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for 

TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, and 

.214. In determining the appropriate 

action to take, the Commission will 

consider all protests or other comments 

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 comments, 

protests, or motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. 

o. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: All filings must bear in all 

capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, 

‘‘PROTESTS’’, and ‘‘MOTIONS TO 

INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the 

Docket Number of the particular 

application to which the filing refers. A 

copy of any Motion to Intervene must 

also be served upon each representative 

of the Applicant specified in the 

particular application. 

p. Agency Comments: Federal, state, 

and local agencies are invited to file 

comments on the described application. 

A copy of the application may be 

obtained by agencies directly from the 

Applicant. If an agency does not file 

comments within the time specified for 

filing comments, it will be presumed to 

have no comments. One copy of an 

agency’s comments must also be sent to 

the Applicant’s representatives. 

Dated: March 28, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06890 Filed 3–31–22; 8:45 am] 

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