[Federal Register: September 16, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 180)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No.: 516-459]
South Carolina Electric & Gas 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
September 10, 2008.
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.: P-516-459.
c. Date Filed: August 28, 2008.
d. Applicant: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company.
e. Name of Project: Saluda Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Saluda River, in Lexington, Richland, Newberry,
and Saluda Counties, South Carolina. The project does not occupy any
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r)
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. James M. Landreth, Vice President,
Fossil/Hydro Operations South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, 111
Research Drive, Columbia, South Carolina 29203; or Mr. William R.
Argentieri, P.E., Manager--Civil Engineering, South Carolina Electric &
Gas Company, 111 Research Drive, Columbia, South Carolina 29203; (803)
217-7224; bargentieri@scana.com.
i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426; (202) 502-8379;
lee.emery@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: We are asking Federal, state, local, and
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating
status 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 27, 2008.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency
status may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR
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385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing 207.3-megawatt Saluda Project consists of: (1) A
7,800-foot-long, 213-foot-high earth-fill dam (Saluda dam), with South
Carolina State Highway 6 (Highway 6) running along the top of the dam;
(2) a dike that extends 2,550 feet from the north end of the dam,
running parallel with Highway 6; (3) a 2,900-foot-long emergency
spillway, with six steel Tainter gates, that is located 500 feet from
the south end of Saluda dam, and a spillway channel that reconnects
with the Saluda River about \3/4\ mile downstream from the Saluda
powerhouse; (4) a 2,300 foot-long, 213-foot-high roller compacted
concrete backup dam located along the downstream toe of the Saluda dam,
with (i) a crest elevation of 372.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical
Datum (NGVD), and (ii) rock fill embankment sections on the north and
south ends of the backup dam, having a combined length of 5,700 feet;
(5) a 41-mile-long, 50,900-acre reservoir (Lake Murray) at a full pool
elevation of 358.5 NGVD, with a total usable storage of approximately
635,000 acre-feet; (6) five 223-foot-high intake towers and associated
penstocks; (7) a concrete and brick powerhouse containing four vertical
Francis turbine generating units (three at 32.5 MW and one at 42.3 MW),
and a fifth vertical Francis turbine generating unit (67.5 MW), which
is enclosed in a weather-tight housing located on a concrete deck
attached to the south end of the main powerhouse; (8) a 150-foot-long
tailrace; and (9) appurtenant facilities. There is no transmission line
or bypassed reach associated with the project.
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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 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.
p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the South
Carolina State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section
106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule.
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter--November 2008
Request Additional Information--November 2008
Issue Acceptance Letter--February 2009
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--March 2009
Request Additional Information (if necessary)--May 2009
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)--July 2009
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--July 2009
Notice of the availability of the draft EA--January 2010
Notice of the availability of the final EA--April 2010
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.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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