Solia 1 Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 15281-000] On June 22, 2022, Solia 1 Hydroelectric, 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 St. Lawrence County Pumped Storage Project to be located about 1 mile southwest of the City of Pyrites in St. Lawrence County, New York. 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) a new upper reservoir with a surface area of 120 acres and a storage capacity of 4,500 acre-feet at a maximum pool elevation of 605 feet mean sea level created through construction of a new rock-fill dam; (2) a new lower reservoir consisting of eight concentric circular tunnels with a storage capacity of 4,500 acre-feet at a depth of 2,500 feet below the ground surface; (3) a new 100-foot outside diameter, 18-foot inside diameter “morning glory” shaped vertical intake located in the upper reservoir; (4) a new 2,800-foot-long, 16-foot-diameter penstock connecting the upper reservoir and the underground powerhouse; (5) a new 200-foot-long, 70-foot-wide, 130-foot-high unde…