On September 23, 2016, Magnolia Water, 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 Magnolia Water Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project (project) to be located on Long Creek and the Kiamichi River in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma. 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 1,970-foot-long, 360-foot-high earthen upper dam across Tombstone Creek; (2) a 100-foot-long, 3,400-foot-wide rock-lined upper emergency spillway connecting to the lower reservoir; (3) a 190-acre upper reservoir having a total storage capacity of 22,800 acre-feet; (4) an intake/outlet structure in the upper reservoir; (5) four 3,500-foot-long, 22-foot-diameter steel and reinforced concrete, tunneled penstocks extending to the powerhouse; (6) a 250-foot-long, 120-foot-wide powerhouse, containing four pump-turbine generating units, with a total generating capacity of 1,200 megawatts; (7) four 30-foot-long, 400-foot-wide tailrace pipes; (8) a 9,800-foot-long, 80-foot-high earthen lower dam; (9) a 375-acre lower reservoir having a total storage capacity of 22,500 acre-feet; (10) a 100-foot-long, 3,400-foot-wide rock-lined lower emergency spillway connecting to a creek flowing into the Kiamichi River; (11) a 200-foot-long, 5-foot-high concrete overflow diversion
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
More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the “eLibrary” link of Commission's Web site at