Document ID: FERC-2010-1499-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Lanai Hydro, LLC
Posted Date: 2010-10-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register: October 15, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 199)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13798-000]

 
Lanai Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

October 7, 2010.
    On June 10, 2010, Lanai, 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 Lanai Pumped Storage Project 
to be located on the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of Lanai City, in 
Maui County, Hawaii. 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) An 
artificial, lined 57-acre reservoir created by the construction of 
embankments; (2) an approximately 11,650-foot-long conduit joined to 
the Pacific Ocean; (3) three reversible pump-turbines, totaling 300 
megawatts (MW) of generating capacity, with up to 100 MW of additional 
pumping capacity; (4) an approximately 6-mile-long, single-circuit 230-
kilovolt transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the Lanai Pumped Storage project would 
be 919,800 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 725 
1210 W. Franklin St., Suite 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (208) 246-9925.
    FERC Contact: Shana Murray (202) 502-8333.
    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

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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. 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-13798-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-25961 Filed 10-14-10; 8:45 am]
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