[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 19 (Monday, January 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4842-4843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-336]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[P-2698-033]
Duke Power; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental
Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and Prescriptions
January 21, 2005.
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.: 2698-033.
c. Date filed: February 20, 2004.
d. Applicant: Duke Power.
e. Name of Project: East Fork Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the East Fork of the Tuckasegee River, in Jackson
County, North Carolina. There are 23.15 acres of United States Forest
Service land (Nantahala National Forest) within the boundary of the
project.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: John C. Wishon, Nantahala Area Relicensing
Project Manager, Duke Power, 301 NP&L Loop, Franklin, NC 28734, (828)
369-4604, energy.com">jcwishon@duke-energy.com.
i. FERC Contact: Carolyn Holsopple at (202) 502-6407 or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance of this
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this
notice.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
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.
Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The
Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-filing'' link.
k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
l. The existing East Fork Project operates in a peaking mode and is
comprised of three developments: Cedar Cliff, Bear Creek and Tennessee
Creek. The Cedar Cliff development consists of the following features:
(1) A 590-foot-long, 173-foot-tall earth core and rockfill dam (Cedar
Cliff Dam); (2) a service spillway excavated in rock at the right
abutment; (3) a 221-foot-long emergency spillway located at the left
abutment; (4) a 121-acre reservoir, with a normal reservoir elevation
of 2,330 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum and a storage capacity
of 6,200-acre-feet; (5) a concrete powerhouse containing one generating
unit having an installed capacity of 6.1 megawatts (MW); and (6)
appurtenant facilities.
The Bear Creek development consists of the following features: (1)
A 760-foot-long, 215-foot-tall earth core and rockfill dam (Bear Creek
Dam); (2) a spillway on the right abutment; (3) a 473-acre reservoir,
with a normal reservoir elevation of 2,560 feet National Geodetic
Vertical Datum and a storage capacity of 34,650-acre-feet; (4) a
concrete powerhouse containing one generating unit having an installed
capacity of 8.2 MW; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
The Tennessee development consists of the following features: (1) A
385-foot-long, 140-foot-tall earth core and rockfill dam (Tanasee Creek
Dam) with a 225-foot-long, 15-foot-tall earth and rockfill saddle dam
located 600 feet south of the Tanasee Creek Dam left abutment; (2) a
spillway located in a channel excavated in the right abutment; (3) a
810-foot-long, 175-foot-tall earth core and rockfill dam (Wolf Creek
Dam); (4) a spillway
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located in a channel excavated in the right abutment; (5) a 40-acre
reservoir (Tanasee Creek Lake), with a normal reservoir elevation of
3,080 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum and a storage capacity of
1,340-acre-feet; (6) a 176-acre reservoir (Wolf Creek Lake), with a
normal reservoir elevation of 3,080 feet National Geodetic Vertical
Datum and a storage capacity of 10,040-acre-feet; (7) a concrete
powerhouse containing one generating unit having an installed capacity
of 8.75 MW.
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 at [email protected] or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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 e-mail of new filings and
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
n. Public notice of the filing of the initial development
application, which has already been given, established the due date for
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the
initial development application. No competing applications or notices
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,'' or ``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 submitting the filing; 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. Each filing must be
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-336 Filed 1-28-05; 8:45 am]
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