[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 67444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26530]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14742-001]
Ute Indian Tribe Notice of Successive Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On August 30, 2019, Ute Indian Tribe filed an application for a
successive preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal
Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Ute Pumped
Storage Project (Ute Project or project) adjacent to the Bureau of
Reclamation's Flaming Gorge Reservoir, in Daggett County, Utah. 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: (1) An intake
and discharge structure at one of seven locations in Flaming Gorge
Reservoir; (2) an underground tailrace between the reservoir intake/
outlet structure and the powerhouse; (3) pump-turbine units in an
underground powerhouse with generation capacity of between 500 to 1,000
megawatts; (4) a penstock between the powerhouse and the upper
reservoir; (5) a dam at one of seven locations forming the upper
reservoir; (6) an upper reservoir at one of seven locations with a
capacity between 5,000 and 10,000 acre-feet, at an elevation between
6,800 and 7,500 feet above mean sea level; (7) a transmission line from
the powerhouse to the nearest major transmission interconnection; and
(8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Ute
Project would be between 400 and 850 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Luke Duncan, Chairman, Ute Tribal Business
Committee, Ute Indian Tribe, PO Box 190, Fort Duchesne, UT 84026;
phone: (435) 722-5141.
FERC Contact: Evan Williams; phone: (202) 502-8462.
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-14742-001.
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-14742) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: December 4, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-26530 Filed 12-9-19; 8:45 am]
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