Document ID: FERC-2022-0172-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: PacifiCorp
Posted Date: 2022-02-11T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8011-8012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02957]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15247-000]

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

    On October 13, 2021, PacifiCorp filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the South Fork Pumped Storage 
Project (South Fork Project or project) to be located near Lake Viva 
Naughton, Lincoln County, Wyoming. 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.
    Two alternatives are being considered for the South Fork Project. 
Alternative 1 would consist of the following: (1) An upper reservoir 
approximately 3.5 miles east of Lake Viva Naughton with a surface area 
of 210 acres and a storage volume of approximately 3,348 acre-feet 
created by a 1,870-foot-long, 340-foot-high embankment dam; (2) a new 
intake/outlet on Lake Viva Naughton, which will serve as the lower 
reservoir; (3) a 4.2-mile-long steel penstock with a diameter of 23-
feet connecting the upper reservoir with the powerhouse/pump station; 
(4) a 50-foot-long, 150-foot-wide concrete powerhouse/pump station 
located on the eastern shoreline of Lake Viva Naughton containing three 
167-megawatt generating/pumping units; (5) a 4.4-mile, 345-kilovolt 
transmission line and new substation interconnecting

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to PacifiCorp's Jim Bridger-Populus #2 transmission line; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities.
    Alternative 2 would consist of the same facilities described in 
alternative 1 except: (1) The upper reservoir would have a surface area 
of 85 acres and a storage volume of approximately 3,604 acre-feet 
created by a 1,035-foot-long, 310-foot-high embankment dam; (2) the 
upper reservoir would connect to the powerhouse/pump station by a 3.8-
mile-long, 23-foot-diameter steel penstock; (3) the transmission line 
would be 2.2 miles in length connecting to a new substation at same 
transmission line.
    The estimated annual generation of the South Fork Project would be 
1,460 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Tim Hemstreet, Managing Director, Renewable 
Energy Development, PacifiCorp, 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1800, Portland, 
OR 97232; email: [email protected]; phone: (503) 813-6170.
    FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair; email: [email protected]; 
phone: (202) 502-6587.
    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.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications 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. 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 20426. Submissions 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 P-15247-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15247) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 7, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-02957 Filed 2-10-22; 8:45 am]
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