[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54640-54641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21526]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2203-015]
Alabama Power Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing
With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 2203-015.
c. Date Filed: August 16, 2013.
d. Applicant: Alabama Power Company (Alabama Power).
e. Name of Project: Holt Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located at the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers' existing Holt Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River in
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and occupies 36.64 acres of Corps lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jim Heilbron, Senior Vice President and
Senior Production Officer, Alabama Power Company, 600 North 18th
Street, P.O. Box 2641, Birmingham, AL 35203-2206, (205) 257-1000.
i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards, (202) 502-6181 or
[email protected].
j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: October 15, 2013.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. 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, please send a paper copy to:
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-2203-015.
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. Portions of the existing Holt Project structures that are owned
and operated by Alabama Power consist of: (1) An existing 130-foot-long
concrete non-overflow dam; (2) an existing 110-foot
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long earth fill dam located between the non-overflow structure and the
right abutment; and (3) an existing powerhouse containing 1 turbine
with an installed capacity of 46,944-kilowatts. The applicant estimates
that the total average annual generation would be 153,604,600
megawatthours. All generated power is utilized within the applicant's
electric utility system. Additionally, Alabama Power proposes correct
the mapping of the project boundary from 46.59 acres to 50.08 acres.
The change would affect privately owned lands, resulting in no land
disturbing activities.
o. A copy of the application is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary''
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
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Issue Notice of Acceptance or Deficiency November 2013.
Letter.
Issue Scoping Document 1................ December 2013.
Issue Scoping Document 2................ February 2014.
Issue notice of ready for environmental March 2014.
analysis.
Issue draft EA.......................... September 2014.
Issue Final EA.......................... December 2014.
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Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: August 28, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-21526 Filed 9-4-13; 8:45 am]
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