Document ID: FERC-2013-0788-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: GB Energy Park, LLC
Posted Date: 2013-06-11T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35018-35019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13802]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13642-002]

GB Energy Park, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On May 1, 2013, GB Energy Park, 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 Gordon Butte Pumped 
Storage Project (project) to be located near Martinsdale, Meagher 
County, Montana. 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:

Upper Reservoir

    (1) A new 50-foot-high, 9,000-foot-long earthen and roller 
compacted concrete embankment; (2) a new 3,000-foot-long, 1,000-foot-
wide, 50- to 75-foot-deep upper reservoir, with a surface area of 50 
acres and a storage capacity of 4,050 acre-feet at a normal maximum 
surface elevation of 6,020 feet; (3) a new 25-foot-diameter, 4,000-
foot-long concrete- and steel-lined horizontal tunnel conveying flows 
to the powerhouse; and (4) a new powerhouse adjacent to the lower 
reservoir containing four 100-megawatt (MW) turbine generator units 
having a total installed capacity of 400 MW.

Lower Reservoir

    (1) A new 50-foot-high, 10,000-foot-long earthen and roller 
compacted concrete embankment; (2) a new 5,000-foot-long, 1,000-foot-
wide, 50- to 75-foot-deep lower reservoir with a surface area of 80 
acres and a storage capacity of 4,050 acre-feet at a normal maximum 
surface elevation of 4,990 feet; (3) option of three flow lines: (a) An 
existing canal carrying flows diverted from Cottonwood Creek by an 
existing

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diversion structure to the project; (b) a new pipeline to convey flows 
to the project from Martinsdale reservoir; or (c) a private reservoir; 
(4) a new substation; (5) option of two transmission lines: (a) A new 
5.7-mile-long, 500-kilovolt (kV) transmission line interconnecting with 
an existing 500-kV line, or (b) a new 1.1-mile-long, 100-kV 
transmission line interconnecting to an existing 100-kV line; (6) new 
20-foot-wide gravel access roads along the outside and top of both 
reservoirs' embankments; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    The proposed project would have an average annual generation of 
1,300 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Carl Borgquist, GB Energy Park, LLC, P.O. 
Box 309, Bozeman, MT 59771; phone: (406) 585-3006.
    FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman; phone: (202) 502-6077.
    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 five 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-13642) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: June 5, 2013.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-13802 Filed 6-10-13; 8:45 am]
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