[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57746-57747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23599]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Lockhart Power 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 14, 2010.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 13590-001.
c. Date Filed: August 31, 2010.
d. Applicant: Lockhart Power Company.
e. Name of Project: Riverdale Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Enoree River in Spartanburg and Laurens
counties, South Carolina. The project does not affect federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 USC 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Bryan D. Stone, Chief Operating Officer,
Lockhart Power Company, Inc., 420 River Street, P.O. Box 10, Lockhart,
SC 29364, (864) 545-2211.
i. FERC Contact: Sarah Florentino, (202) 502-6863 or via e-mail at
[email protected].
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document 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: November 1, 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/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration,
using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the
end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing,
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing, currently non-operational Riverdale Project
consists of: (1) A 12-foot high, 425-foot-long concrete gravity dam
with 2-foot flashboards; (2) a 9-acre impoundment; (3) a headrace
leading to a 110-foot-long steel penstock; (4) a powerhouse containing
a single 1.45-megawatt turbine-generator unit; (5) a 1400-foot-long
tailrace channel; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project
would operate in a run-of-river mode and generate about 5,318 megawatt
hours annually. The power would serve Lockhart Power Company's native
load or be sold to a wholesale customer.
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. 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. 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.
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Issue Deficiency Letter.................. November 2010.
Issue Acceptance letter.................. March 2011.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.... April 2011.
Request Additional Information (if June 2011.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary).. June 2011.
Notice of application is ready for September 2011.
environmental analysis.
Notice of the availability of the draft July 2012.
EA.
Notice of the availability of the final January 2013.
EA.
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.
[FR Doc. 2010-23599 Filed 9-21-10; 8:45 am]
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