[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 152 (Monday, August 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 47808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19524]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13719-000]
Alabama Municipal Electric Authority; Notice of Competing
Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments and Motions To Intervene
August 2, 2010.
On April 29, 2010, Alabama Municipal Electric Authority filed an
application for a preliminary permit pursuant to section 4(f) of the
Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the George W.
Andrews Lock and Dam Hydroelectric Project. The proposed project would
be located at the existing George W. Andrews Lock and Dam on the
Chattahoochee River in Huston County, near the town of Columbia,
Alabama. The proposed project would occupy federal lands under the
jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. The
sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit
holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A
preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any
land disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters
owned by others without the owners' express permission.
The proposed project would consist of: (1) A new powerhouse
containing four turbine-generators with a total combined plant capacity
of 25 megawatts; (2) an approximately 10-mile-long, 115-kilovolt
transmission line connecting the powerhouse to an existing substation;
and (3) appurtenant facilities. The proposed powerhouse and adjacent
facilities would occupy about 8 acres of land on the levee section of
the Corps' facility, on the Alabama shore, opposite the river from the
lock structure. The proposed project would have an average annual
generation of 82 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark Crisp, P.E., C.H. Guernsey and Company,
1100 Circle 75 Parkway, Suite 1530, Atlanta, GA 30339, phone: (770)
857-1250.
FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban, (202) 502-6211.
Competing Application: This application competes with Project No.
13081-000 filed November 21, 2007.
Deadline for Filing Comments and Motions To Intervene: 60 days from
the issuance of this notice. Comments and motions to intervene 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 ``eComment.'' 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.
More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-13719-000) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-19524 Filed 8-6-10; 8:45 am]
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