Document ID: FERC-2011-1482-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications: Bellwood Hydro, LLC
Posted Date: 2011-09-28T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 188 (Wednesday, September 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 60016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-24959]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14252-000]

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

    On August 9, 2011, Bellwood Hydro, 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 Bellwood Pumped 
Storage Project to be located on Tipton Run in Blair County, 
Pennsylvania. 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: (1) A new 3,700-foot-long, 
275-foot-high rock or earth fill main dam and a new 2,500-foot-long, 
60-foot-high rock or earth fill saddle dam forming an upper reservoir 
having a surface area of 101 acres and a total storage capacity of 
10,600 acre-feet at a normal maximum operating elevation of 2,440 feet 
mean sea level (msl); (2) a new 1,530-foot-long, 185-foot-high rock or 
earth fill dam forming a lower reservoir having a surface area of 120 
acres and a total storage capacity of 9,400 acre-feet at a normal 
maximum operating level of 1,460 feet msl; (3) a 30-foot-diameter, 
2,570-foot-long steel or concrete power tunnel that extends from the 
upper reservoir to a 1,200-foot-long vertical shaft connecting the 
power tunnel to the penstock; (4) a 1,000-foot-long steel-lined 
penstock; (5) a 290-foot-long by 140-foot-wide by 120-foot-high 
underground powerhouse containing three turbine units with a rated 
capacity of 250 megawatts each; (6) a 40-foot-diameter, 4,000-foot-long 
tailrace tunnel connecting the turbine draft tubes with the lower 
reservoir; (7) a 500-kilovolt, 7.3-mile-long transmission line; and (8) 
appurtenant facilities. The project would have an annual generation of 
1,973 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Vincent Lamarra, Bellwood Hydro, LLC, 975 South 
State Highway 89/91, Logan, UT 84321; phone: (435) 752-2580.
    FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
    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 the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14252-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: September 21, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-24959 Filed 9-27-11; 8:45 am]
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