Document ID: FERC-2011-0148-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Eagle Crest Energy Co., Eagle Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project
Posted Date: 2011-02-01T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 5580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2145]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13123-002]

Eagle Crest Energy Company; Notice of Applicant-Proposed Water 
Pipeline Route for the Proposed Eagle Mountain Pumped Storage 
Hydroelectric Project and Notice of Public Meetings

January 21, 2011.
    On June 22, 2009, Eagle Crest Energy Company (Eagle Crest or 
applicant) filed an application for an original license with the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) for the 
proposed Eagle Mountain Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project (Eagle 
Mountain Project). This notice describes the water supply pipeline 
route proposed by the applicant and recommended by staff that is 
identified in the Commission's draft environmental impact statement 
(draft EIS). This notice and copies of the draft EIS are being sent to 
landowners of property that would be crossed by the proposed water 
supply pipeline. We are currently soliciting comments on the proposed 
water supply pipeline and the draft EIS. Additionally, as discussed 
below, we will be hosting two public meetings on February 3, 2011, to 
discuss the proposed water supply pipeline as well as our other 
recommendations in the draft EIS.
    The proposed Eagle Mountain Project would be located at the 
inactive Eagle Mountain mine in Riverside County, California, near the 
town of Desert Center and would consist of: (1) An upper and lower 
reservoir with surface areas of 191 and 163 acres, respectively; (2) an 
underground powerhouse with four reversible pump-turbine units each 
rated at 325 megawatts (MW) for a total generating capacity of 1,300 
MW; (3) a 13.5-mile-long transmission line; and (4) groundwater supply 
facilities including an underground water supply pipeline.
    Eagle Crest's proposed water supply wells are about 3 miles 
northeast of the town of Desert Center. The proposed feeder water lines 
leading from the location of the wells to the main pipeline would cross 
several privately owned parcels. The proposed main water supply 
pipeline would then extend northwest within the right-of-way for the 
existing 160-kilovolt Southern California Edison transmission line to 
the intersection with Kaiser Road. After the intersection with Kaiser 
Road, the proposed water supply pipeline would remain within the Kaiser 
Road right-of-way to the proposed lower reservoir.
    Additional information about the proposed project is available on 
the FERC Web site at http://www.ferc.gov, using the ``e-Library'' link. 
Enter the docket number (P-13123) to access the public record. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 
or toll-free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
    All comments must be filed by Monday, February 28, 2011, and should 
reference Project No. 13123-002. Comments 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/ferconline.asp) under the ``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of 
submitting text-only comments, click on ``eComment'' under the 
``Documents and Filings'' tab. For assistance, please contact FERC 
Online Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic 
filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 
original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    In addition to or in lieu of sending written comments, you are 
invited to attend a public meeting that will be held to receive 
comments on the transmission line routes and the draft EIS. The time 
and location of the meetings are as follows:
    Daytime Meeting:
    Date: February 3, 2011.
    Time: 1 p.m.
    Place: University of California at Riverside, Palm Desert Graduate 
Center.
    Address: 75-080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Room B114/117, Palm Desert, 
California 92211.
    Evening Meeting:
    Date: February 3, 2011.
    Time: 7 p.m.-10 p.m.
    Place: University of California at Riverside, Palm Desert Graduate 
Center.
    Address: 75-080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Room B200, Palm Desert, 
California 92211.
    At these meetings, resource agency personnel and other interested 
persons will have the opportunity to provide oral and written comments 
and recommendations regarding the draft EIS. The meetings will be 
recorded by a court reporter, and all statements (verbal and written) 
will become part of the Commission's public record for the project. 
This meeting is posted on the Commission's calendar located at http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related 
information.
    For further information, please contact Kenneth Hogan at (202) 502-
8434 or at kenneth.hogan@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-2145 Filed 1-31-11; 8:45 am]
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