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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106471-106472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30864]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. P-2725-076]

Oglethorpe Power Corporation: Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2725-076.
    c. Date filed: December 6, 2024.
    d. Applicant: Oglethorpe Power Corporation (OPC).
    e. Name of Project: Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric 
Project.
    f. Location: On Heath Creek, in Floyd County, Georgia.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Jeff Swartz, Oglethorpe Power Corporation, 
Senior Vice President of Plant Operations, 2100 East Exchange Place, 
Tucker, Georgia 30084, email at Jeff [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: David Gandy at 202-502-8560, or 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: February 4, 2025.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (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: 
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent 
via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A.

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Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 
Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. All filings must clearly identify the 
project name and docket number on the first page: Rocky Mountain Pumped 
Storage Hydroelectric Project (P-2725-076).
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) a 120-foot-high, 12,895-foot-long 
earth and rockfill upper dam; (2) a 221 acre upper reservoir with 
10,650 acre-feet of storage and a normal operating pool elevation of 
1,392 feet NAVD88; (3) a 35-foot-diameter, 567-foot-high concrete-lined 
power shaft; (4) a 35-foot-diameter, 1,935-foot-long concrete lined 
tunnel with two concrete lined bifurcations; (5) three 19-foot-
diameter, 470-foot-long steel lined penstocks; (6) a 348-foot-long, 
156-foot-wide, 175-foot-high powerhouse containing three reversible 
Francis pump-turbines, with a combined installed capacity of 904 
megawatts; (7) three 230 kilovolt, 2.7-mile-long transmission lines; 
(8) a substation; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
    The project has reserve storage water contained in two auxiliary 
pools adjacent to the lower reservoir. Pool I's surface area is 400 
acres and is formed by four dams. The pool I dams consist of: (a) a 25-
foot-high earthen dam of unspecified length; (b) a 20-foot-high, 775-
foot-long earth and rockfill dam; (c) a 50-foot-high, 700-foot-long 
earth and rockfill dam; (d) a 50-foot-high, 405-foot-long earth and 
rockfill dam. Pool II surface area is 200 acres and is formed by a 30-
foot-high, 335-foot-long earth and rockfill dam.
    The Rocky Mountain Pumped Storage Project is operated in a pumped 
storage mode and OPC proposes to continue operating the project in that 
mode.
    o. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's 
website at 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 (P-2725). For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support at [email protected] or call tollfree, (866) 
208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    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.
    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 making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is 
encouraged to contact OPP at (202)502-6595 or [email protected].
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)..  February 2025.
Request for Additional Information......  February 2025.
Issue Notice of Acceptance..............  May 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments...  June 2025.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary).  August 2025.
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    q. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: December 18, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-30864 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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