[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62357-62358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24517]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 485-065]
Georgia Power Company; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing,
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental
Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms
and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
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.: 485-065.
c. Date filed: December 13, 2012.
d. Applicant: Georgia Power Company.
e. Name of Project: Bartletts Ferry Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Chattahoochee
River, along the Georgia-Alabama border, in Harris County, Georgia, and
Lee and Chambers counties, Alabama. The project does not affect federal
lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: George A. Martin, Hydro Relicensing Project
Manager, Georgia Power Company, 241 Ralph McGill Blvd. NE., BIN 10221,
Atlanta, GA 30308; Telephone (404) 506-1357; email_
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer; Telephone (202) 502-8365; email_
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice (December
10, 2013); reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of
this notice (January 24, 2014).
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary
terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions using the
Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments
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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-485-065.
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document
on that resource agency.
k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
l. Project Description: The project consists of a 2,052-foot-long
dam, two powerhouses, and a 5,850-acre reservoir (Bartletts Ferry
Reservoir or Lake Harding) at a normal water surface elevation of
520.16 feet mean sea level (msl; or 521.0 Plant Datum).
The west side of the project, from west to east, consists of: (1) A
1,230-foot-long, 11.25-foot-high, 22-bay auxiliary labyrinth spillway;
(2) a 286-foot-long, 35-foot-high, earth-fill embankment dam; (3) a 92-
foot-long by 94-foot-high concrete gravity intake structure, equipped
with four vertical lift steel intake gates, connected to the west
powerhouse by four 15-foot diameter penstocks; (4) a powerhouse
containing three vertical Francis turbines rated at 15 megawatts (MW)
each and a fourth vertical Francis turbine rated at 20 MW, with a total
installed capacity of 65 MW; and (5) a 634-foot-long concrete gravity
spillway with nineteen 21-foot-high by 25-foot-wide radial gates, two
9-foot-high by 11-foot-wide vertical lift trash gates, and four
abandoned siphons in two spillway bays.
The east side of the project, from west to east, consists of: (1) A
915-foot-long, 125-foot-high, earth-fill embankment dam; (2) a 650-
foot-long intake canal leading to a 177-foot-long concrete gravity
intake structure; (3) two penstocks; and (4) a powerhouse with two
vertical Francis turbines rated at 54 MW each, with a total installed
capacity of 108 MW.
The project is operated in a peaking mode, and is coordinated with
the peaking operations at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' upstream
West Point Dam. The project is normally operated between elevations
518.16 and 520.16 feet msl (or 519.0 and 521.0 Plant Datum), with
normal daily average fluctuations of about \3/4\; foot. The project has
an average annual generation of approximately 395,577 megawatt-hours.
m. 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.
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.
n. Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene
in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure,
18 CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action
to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,''
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
o. Procedural Schedule:
The application will be processed according to the following
revised Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made
as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Filing of recommendations, preliminary December 2013.
terms and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues EA.................... April 2014.
Comments on EA.......................... May 2014.
Modified terms and conditions........... July 2014.
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p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
q. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of the notice of acceptance and ready for
environmental analysis provided for in Sec. 5.22: (1) A copy of the
water quality certification; (2) a copy of the request for
certification, including proof of the date on which the certifying
agency received the request; or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality
certification.
Dated: October 11, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-24517 Filed 10-18-13; 8:45 am]
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