Expiration date: 11/15/2023
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, (Corps) is evaluating a permit application to construct the Seminoe Pumped Storage project, which would result in the discharge of fill material into approximately 3.64 acres of waters of the United States, including wetlands, in Seminoe and Kortes Reservoirs, along the North Platte River. This notice is to inform interested parties of the proposed activity and to solicit comments. The applicant is proposing to construct the Seminoe Pumped Storage project. Based on the available information, the overall project purpose is to produce and deliver energy to market. The applicant’s project purpose, as stated in the application, is to provide energy storage and grid stabilization in the western United States through the operation of two reservoirs utilizing variable-speed pump-turbines to store energy and generate power, as well as up to two transmission corridors for grid connection purposes. The project site is located at Latitude 42.163°, Longitude -106.874°; Sections 3, 4, 9, 10, Township 25 North, Range 84 West, Carbon County, Wyoming. This site is at and near the existing U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Seminoe Reservoir, 35 miles northeast of Rawlins, Wyoming, on the North Platte River, and just east and north from the Seminoe Dam.