[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 144 (Tuesday, July 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20100]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice Tendered for Filing With the Commission

July 22, 1998.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major New License (Tendered Notice)
    b. Project No.: 1895-007.
    c. Date filed: June 30, 1998.
    d. Applicant: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company.
    e. Name of Project: Columbia Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Board and Congaree Rivers in Richland County 
and the City of Columbia, South Carolina.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Neville O. Lorick, Vice President, Fossil 
& Hydro Operations, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, 111 Research 
Drive, Columbia, SC 29203.
    i. FERC Contact: Charles R. Hall at (202) 219-2853.
    j. Description of Project: The existing project consists of: (1) a 
1,021-foot-long, 14-foot-high timber crib diversion dam; (2) a shallow, 
265-acre reservoir located in the Broad River upstream from the 
diversion dam; (3) 10-foot-deep, 150-foot-wide, 3.5-mile-long canal 
with a surface area of 85 acres; (4) a 210-foot-long, granite-block 
masonry canal intake structure, containing 12 manually operated 
vertical lift gates to control the flow of water into the canal; (5) a 
granite-block masonry canal spillway containing two, 12-foot-wide 
Taintor gates separated by a 208-foot-long stoplog section; (6) a 
granite-block and brick masonry powerhouse, containing seven turbine-
generator units with a total installed capacity of 10,600 kilowatts 
(kW); and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    k. Under Section 4.32 (b)(7) of the Commission's Regulations (18 
CFR), if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that the 
applicant should conduct an additional scientific study to form an 
adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on 
its merits, they must file a request for the study with the Commission, 
not later than 60 days after the application is filed, and must serve a 
copy of the request on the applicant.
    1. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the South 
Carolina State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by Sec. 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR, 800.4.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-20100 Filed 7-27-98; 8:45 am]
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