[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 118 (Monday, June 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35020-35021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14947]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 12642-003]
Wilkesboro Hydroelectric Company, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping
Comments
June 15, 2010
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
b. Project No.: P-12642-003.
c. Date filed: September 29, 2009.
d. Applicant: Wilkesboro Hydroelectric Company, LLC.
e. Name of Project: W. Kerr Scott Hydropower Project.
f. Location: The proposed project would be located at the existing
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) W. Kerr Scott (Kerr Scott) dam on
the Yadkin River, near Wilkesboro in Wilkes County, North Carolina. A
total of 3.5 acres of federal lands would be occupied by the proposed
project.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Dean Edwards, P.O. Box 1565, Dover, FL
33527, (813) 659-3014; and Mr. Kevin Edwards, P.O. Box 143, Mayodan, NC
27027, (336) 589-6138
i. FERC Contact: Jennifer Adams at (202) 502-8087, or
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: 30 days from the issuance
date of this notice, or July 15, 2010.
All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web
site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp), under the
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at [email protected]; call toll-free at
(866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to:
Kimberly D. Bose, 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.
k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. The proposed project would use the existing Kerr Scott dam,
which is federally owned and administered by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (Corps). The proposed project would use releases from the
reservoir, as directed by the Corps, that would normally be released
directly to the Yadkin River downstream of the dam. All existing
facilities would remain, but some features would be modified and new
facilities would be constructed.
The proposed project would consist of: (1) Modifying the existing
low-level intake tower to be a multilevel intake structure with
trashracks; (2) placing a 580-foot-long, 11-foot-diameter steel liner
in the downstream portion of the existing 749-foot-long reinforced
concrete water conduit to enable pressurization of the conduit; (3) a
penstock bifurcation and two 8-foot-diameter steel penstocks; (4) a
gate at the end of the water conduit, with a Howell-Bunger-ring-jet-
type fixed cone valve installed in the gate; (5) an 80-foot-long by 30-
foot-wide powerhouse containing one 2 MW Kaplan unit and one 2 MW
propeller-type unit; (6) an 80-foot-wide by 30-foot-long discharge
channel that joins the Yadkin River at the downstream end of the
existing stilling basin; (7) a substation; (8) a new underground 12.47-
kilovolt (kV) transmission line that extends 150 feet from the proposed
powerhouse to an existing utility pole to the south of the powerhouse,
and an upgraded 3,600-foot-long, 12.47-kV three-phase line that
connects the utility pole to a Duke Energy substation; and (9)
appurtenant facilities. The Kerr Scott project would generate
approximately 22,400 megawatt-hours annually.
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 available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
n. You may 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.
o. Scoping Process.
The Commission staff intends to prepare a single Environmental
Assessment (EA) for the Kerr Scott Hydropower Project, in accordance
with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both
site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable
alternatives to the proposed action.
Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping
meetings at
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this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, recommendations, and
information on the Scoping Document (SD) issued on June 15, 2010.
Copies of the SD outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the
EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list and
the applicant's distribution list. Copies of the SD may be viewed on
the Web 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, call 1-866-208-3676, or
for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-14947 Filed 6-18-10; 8:45 am]
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