Document ID: FERC-2018-0404-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: RAMM Power Group, LLC
Posted Date: 2018-04-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 63 (Monday, April 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 13979]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-06577]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14869-000]

Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications; 
RAMM Power Group, LLC

    On February 28, 2018, RAMM Power Group 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 Sacaton Energy 
Storage Project (Sacaton Project or project), a closed-loop pumped 
storage project to be located in Pinal County, Arizona. 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 new facilities: 
(1) A 28-foot-high dam with a total crest length of 6,000 feet, 
creating a 1,300 acre-foot upper reservoir with a maximum surface 
elevation of 1,456 feet mean sea level (MSL); (2) a 200-foot-long, 12-
foot-diameter steel penstock extending from the upper reservoir dam to 
the powerhouse; (3) an underground powerhouse with two 75-megawatt 
pump/turbine units; (4) a 2,200-foot-long, 14-foot-diameter low 
pressure draft tube extending from the powerhouse to the lower 
reservoir; (5) a 1,500 acre-foot lower reservoir with a maximum 
reservoir surface elevation of 455 feet MSL to be located within an 
existing pit mine (no dam needed); (6) a new 200-Megavolt-ampere 
substation located adjacent to the upper reservoir; (7) a 2,500-foot-
long, 137-kilovolt (kV) transmission line extending from the project's 
substation to existing 137-kV transmission lines owned by Arizona 
Public Service; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated average 
annual generation of the Sacaton Project would be 400,000 megawatt-
hours
    Applicant Contact: Dr. Michael A. Werner, RAMM Power Group, 7425 
East Columbia Drive, Spokane, Washington 99212; phone: (509) 280-7486.
    FERC Contact: Khatoon Melick, (202) 502-8433, 
[email protected].
    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. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14869-000.
    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-14869) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 26, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-06577 Filed 3-30-18; 8:45 am]
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