Document ID: FERC-2011-0825-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: West Maui Pumped Storage Water Supply, LLC
Posted Date: 2011-05-27T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 103 (Friday, May 27, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 30936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-13149]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14143-000]

West Maui Pumped Storage Water Supply, LLC; Notice of Preliminary 
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On April 1, 2011, West Maui Pumped Storage Water Supply, 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 
West Maui Pumped Storage Project, which would use effluent water from 
the existing West Maui sewage treatment plant, located near Kaanapali, 
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 pumped storage project would consist of the following 
new and existing facilities: (1) A 90-foot-high, 3,800-foot-long lower 
dam and 50-acre reservoir; (2) a 21,000-foot-long, 57-inch-diameter 
penstock; (3) a 250-foot-high, 400-foot-long upper dam and 30-acre 
reservoir; (4) a turnout to supply project effluent water to an 
existing irrigation system; (5) a powerhouse with two 15-megawatt 
Francis type pump/generating units; (6) a 9-mile-long, 138-kilovolt 
transmission line; (7) a 22,000-foot-long road providing access to the 
penstock and upper dam; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated 
annual generation of the West Maui Pumped Storage Project would be 
110,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Bart M. O'Keeffe, West Maui Pumped Storage Water 
Supply, LLC, P.O. Box 1916, Discovery Bay, CA 94505; phone: (925) 634-
1550.
    FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter; phone 503-552-2760; e-mail: 
james.hastreiter@ferc.gov.
    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-14143) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 20, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-13149 Filed 5-26-11; 8:45 am]
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