FERC Opens Comment Period for Proposed Chilchinbeto Pumped Storage Project Permit
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This notice starts the federal review process for a preliminary permit application to study a proposed 1.0 GW pumped storage hydropower project in Navajo County, Arizona. The project would include two large reservoirs, underground power facilities, conduits, and a possible new transmission line, with estimated annual generation of about 3.1 million megawatt-hours. The permit would not allow construction, land disturbance, or access to land without permission. It would only give the applicant priority to file a future license application while feasibility studies move forward. Energy developers, the Navajo Nation, nearby communities, land managers, utilities, and environmental stakeholders may file comments, motions to intervene, or competing applications by the FERC deadline.
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Key Changes
- Opens FERC review of a preliminary permit application for the proposed Chilchinbeto Pumped Storage Project
- Clarifies that the preliminary permit would only reserve priority for a future license application and would not authorize construction or land disturbance
- Invites comments, motions to intervene, competing applications, and notices of intent from interested parties
Obligations
What this law requires
A preliminary permit holder must not perform land-disturbing activities under the permit.
A preliminary permit holder must not enter lands or waters owned by others unless it has the owners' express permission.