[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 71 (Tuesday, April 15, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15711-15712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06365]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. Project No. 15314-001]
Western Navajo Pumped Storage 1, LLC; Notice of Preliminary
Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions
To Intervene, and Competing Applications
On March 14, 2025, Western Navajo Pumped Storage 1, 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
Western Navajo Pumped Storage Project 1 to be located near the City of
Page in Coconino County, Arizona. The proposed project would be located
entirely on federal land held in trust for the Navajo Nation. 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 be a closed-loop pumped storage project
that would consist of the following new facilities: (1) an upper
reservoir with a maximum elevation of 4,605 feet above mean sea level
(MSL), and a storage capacity of 10,090 acre-feet; (2) a lower
reservoir with a maximum elevation of 3,905 feet MSL, and a storage
capacity of 10,090 acre-feet; (3) a 38-foot-diameter penstock, with a
2,400-foot-long headrace tunnel; (4) a 320-foot-long by 80-foot-wide by
150-foot-high powerhouse containing three reversible Francis-type pump
turbine units with a total installed capacity of 765 megawatts; (5)
another 38-foot-diameter penstock, with a 9,249-foot-long tailrace
tunnel; (6) a 230-kilovolt, 0.8 mile-long
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transmission line; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The water used to
initially fill the reservoirs and supplement evaporative losses would
come from an existing, unused intake at the Navajo Generation Station,
with refills as needed to address losses from evaporation and
infiltration. The estimated annual generation of the Western Navajo
Pumped Storage 1 Project would be 2,066 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Erik Steimle, Western Navajo Pumped Storage
1, LLC, 100 S Olive Street West Palm Beach, FL 33401;
[email protected]; phone: (503) 998-0230.
FERC Contact: Lee Baker; email: [email protected]; phone:
(202) 502-8554.
Comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without
notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications
should be submitted within 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's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
community organizations, Tribal members, and others, access publicly
available information and navigate Commission processes. For public
inquiries and assistance with filings such as interventions, comments,
or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to contact OPP at
(202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
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 https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/.aspx. 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, you may submit a paper copy.
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to:
Secretary Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any
other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket
number P-15314-001.
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-15314) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: April 9, 2025.
Carlos D. Clay,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-06365 Filed 4-14-25; 8:45 am]
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