Document ID: FERC-2009-0899-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Riverbank USA Holdings Corp.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications
Posted Date: 2009-06-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 19, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 117)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13359-000]

 
Riverbank USA Holdings Corp.; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

June 15, 2009.
    On January 27, 2009, Riverbank USA Holdings Corp. filed an 
application pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the Tomkins Cove Pumped Storage 
Project No. 13359-000, to be located in the vicinity of Tomkins Cove, 
an unincorporated hamlet in the town of Stony Point, Rockland County, 
New York.
    The proposed Tomkins Cove Pumped Storage Project consists of: (1) 
The Tilden Tomkins Cove Quarry (upper reservoir); (2) four 13-foot 
diameter vertical penstocks leading to a powerhouse 2000 feet 
underground; (3) a powerhouse containing four 250-megawatt (MW) units 
with a total installed capacity of 1,000 MW; (4) water leaving the 
turbines, would be temporarily stored in six underground storage 
galleries (lower reservoir); and (5) a new double circuit 345-kilovolt 
transmission line, approximately 1.0-mile long. The estimated average 
annual energy production of the project would be 2,190 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. John Douglas, President and CEO; c/o 
Riverbank Power Corporation; Royal Bank Plaza;

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South Tower, Box 166; 200 Bay Street, Suite 3110; Toronto, Ontario, 
M5J2J4 Canada.
    FERC Contact: Patrick Murphy, (202) 502-8755.
    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. 
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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link. If unable to be filed electronically, 
documents may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an original and eight 
copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 
more information on how to submit these types of filings please go to 
the Commission's Web site located at http://www.ferc.gov/filing-
comments.asp.
    More information about this project 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-13359) in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-
866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-14454 Filed 6-18-09; 8:45 am]

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