80 FR 23524 - Georgia Power Company; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document (Pad), Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the Pad and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 81 (April 28, 2015)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 81 (April 28, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-09747 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 28, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 23524-23525] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-09747] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2413-117] Georgia Power Company; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document (Pad), Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the Pad and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application for a New License and Commencing Pre-filing Process. b. Project No.: 2413-117. c. Dated Filed: February 18, 2015. d. Submitted By: Georgia Power Company (Georgia Power). e. Name of Project: Wallace Dam Pumped Storage Project. f. Location: On the Oconee River, in Hancock, Putnam, Green, and Morgan Counties, Georgia. The project occupies about 370 acres of federal land administered by the U.S. Forest Service. g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's Regulations. h. Potential Applicant Contact: Courtenay R. O'Mara, P.E., Wallace Dam Hydro Relicensing Manager, Southern Company Generation, BIN 10193, 241 Ralph McGill Blvd. NE., Atlanta, GA 30308-3374; (404) 506-7219; [email protected]. i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer at (202) 502-8365, or email 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 o 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. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with: (1) the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or the National Marine Fisheries Service under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402; and (2) the State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106 of the National Historical Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. l. With this notice, we are designating Georgia Power as the Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal consultation, pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. m. Georgia Power filed with the Commission a Pre-Application Document (PAD; including a proposed process plan and schedule), pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations. n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room, or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site (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 http://www.georgipower.com/about-energy/energy-sources/hydro-power/hydro-projects/wallace/home.cshtml, or the address in paragraph h. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. o. With this notice, we are soliciting comments on the PAD and Commission staff's Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as well as study requests. All comments on the PAD and SD1, as well as study requests should be sent to the address above in paragraph h. In addition, all comments on the PAD and SD1, study requests, requests for cooperating agency status, and all communications to and from Commission staff related to the merits of the potential application must be filed with the Commission. 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 five copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. All filings with the Commission must include on the first page, the project name and number (i.e., Wallace Dam Pumped Storage Project, P- 2413-117), and bear the appropriate heading: ``Comments on Pre- Application Document,'' ``Study Requests,'' ``Comments on Scoping Document 1,'' ``Request for Cooperating Agency Status,'' or ``Communications to and from Commission Staff.'' Any individual or entity interested in submitting study requests, commenting on the PAD or SD1, and any agency requesting cooperating status must do so by June 19, 2015. p. Although our current intent is to prepare an environmental assessment (EA), there is the possibility that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be required. Nevertheless, this meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or EIS is issued by the Commission. Scoping Meetings Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of the project at the time and place noted below. The daytime meeting will focus on resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental organization concerns, while the evening meeting is primarily for receiving input from the public. We invite all interested individuals, organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as well as the scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the environmental document. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows: Daytime Scoping Meeting Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Time: 1:00 p.m. Location: Rock Eagle 4-H Center, Sutton Hall, 350 Rock Eagle Road, Eatonton, Georgia 31024. Phone: (706) 484-2868. Evening Scoping Meeting Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Time: 6:30 p.m. Location: Rock Eagle 4-H Center, Sutton Hall, 350 Rock Eagle Road, Eatonton, Georgia 31024. Phone: (706) 484-2868. SD1, which outlines the subject areas to be addressed in the environmental [[Page 23525]] document, was mailed to the individuals and entities on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of SD1 will be available at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Follow the directions for accessing information in paragraph n. Based on all oral and written comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 may include a revised process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues, identified through the scoping process. Environmental Site Review The potential applicant and Commission staff will conduct an Environmental Site Review of the project on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, starting at 9:00 a.m. All participants should meet at Georgia Power's Old Salem Park, located at 1530 Old Salem Road, Greensboro, Georgia 30642. Anyone with questions about the site visit should contact Ms. Courtenay O'Mara, Southern Company Generation, at (404) 506-7219, or at [email protected], on or before May 5, 2015. Participants of the tour must provide identification, sign a liability waiver, and wear appropriate clothing and closed toed shoes. If any participant attending any part of the site visit is disabled or has special needs, please send an email to Oconee Relicensing at [email protected]. Meeting Objectives At the scoping meetings, Commission staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions and resource management objectives; (3) review and discuss existing information and identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and discuss the process plan and schedule for pre-filing activities that incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission's regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of federal, state, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and (5) discuss the appropriateness of any federal or state agency or Indian tribe acting as a cooperating agency for development of an environmental document. Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues and/or concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are included in item n. of this document. Meeting Procedures The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer. The transcripts will be placed in the public record for the project. Dated: April 17, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015-09747 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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Dated: April 22, 2015. thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402; and (2) of your comments. For assistance,
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., the State Historic Preservation Officer, please contact FERC Online Support.
Deputy Secretary. as required by section 106 of the Although the Commission strongly
[FR Doc. 2015–09808 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am] National Historical Preservation Act, encourages electronic filing, documents
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
and the implementing regulations of the may also be paper-filed. To paper-file,
Advisory Council on Historic mail an original and five copies to:
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY l. With this notice, we are designating Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
Georgia Power as the Commission’s First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Federal Energy Regulatory non-federal representative for carrying All filings with the Commission must
Commission out informal consultation, pursuant to include on the first page, the project
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act name and number (i.e., Wallace Dam
[Project No. 2413–117]
and section 106 of the National Historic Pumped Storage Project, P–2413–117),
Georgia Power Company; Notice of Preservation Act. and bear the appropriate heading:
m. Georgia Power filed with the ‘‘Comments on Pre-Application
Intent To File License Application,
Commission a Pre-Application Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’
Filing of Pre-Application Document
Document (PAD; including a proposed ‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’
(Pad), Commencement of Pre-Filing
process plan and schedule), pursuant to ‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency
Process, and Scoping; Request for
18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and
Comments on the Pad and Scoping
regulations. from Commission Staff.’’ Any
Document, and Identification of Issues n. A copy of the PAD is available for
and Associated Study Requests individual or entity interested in
review at the Commission in the Public submitting study requests, commenting
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to Reference Room, or may be viewed on on the PAD or SD1, and any agency
File License Application for a New the Commission’s Web site (http:// requesting cooperating status must do so
License and Commencing Pre-filing www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. by June 19, 2015.
Process. Enter the docket number, excluding the p. Although our current intent is to
b. Project No.: 2413–117. last three digits in the docket number prepare an environmental assessment
c. Dated Filed: February 18, 2015. field, to access the document. For (EA), there is the possibility that an
d. Submitted By: Georgia Power assistance, contact FERC Online Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
Company (Georgia Power). Support at FERCONlineSupport@ will be required. Nevertheless, this
e. Name of Project: Wallace Dam ferc.gov, or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping
Pumped Storage Project. or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. A copy is requirements, irrespective of whether an
f. Location: On the Oconee River, in also available for inspection and EA or EIS is issued by the Commission.
Hancock, Putnam, Green, and Morgan reproduction at http://
Counties, Georgia. The project occupies www.georgipower.com/about-energy/ Scoping Meetings
about 370 acres of federal land energy-sources/hydro-power/hydro- Commission staff will hold two
administered by the U.S. Forest Service. projects/wallace/home.cshtml, or the scoping meetings in the vicinity of the
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of address in paragraph h. project at the time and place noted
the Commission’s Regulations. Register online at http:// below. The daytime meeting will focus
h. Potential Applicant Contact: www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ on resource agency, Indian tribes, and
Courtenay R. O’Mara, P.E., Wallace Dam esubscription.asp to be notified via non-governmental organization
Hydro Relicensing Manager, Southern email of new filings and issuances concerns, while the evening meeting is
Company Generation, BIN 10193, 241 related to this or other pending projects. primarily for receiving input from the
Ralph McGill Blvd. NE., Atlanta, GA For assistance, contact FERC Online public. We invite all interested
30308–3374; (404) 506–7219; Support. individuals, organizations, and agencies
g2oconeerel@southernco.com. o. With this notice, we are soliciting to attend one or both of the meetings,
i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer at comments on the PAD and Commission and to assist staff in identifying
(202) 502–8365, or email at staff’s Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as particular study needs, as well as the
allan.creamer@ferc.gov. well as study requests. All comments on scope of environmental issues to be
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, the PAD and SD1, as well as study addressed in the environmental
local, and tribal agencies with requests should be sent to the address document. The times and locations of
jurisdiction and/or special expertise above in paragraph h. In addition, all these meetings are as follows:
with respect to environmental issues comments on the PAD and SD1, study
Daytime Scoping Meeting
that wish to cooperate in the requests, requests for cooperating
preparation of the environmental agency status, and all communications Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2015.
document should follow the to and from Commission staff related to Time: 1:00 p.m.
instructions for filing such requests the merits of the potential application Location: Rock Eagle 4–H Center,
described in item o below. Cooperating must be filed with the Commission. Sutton Hall, 350 Rock Eagle Road,
Documents may be filed electronically Eatonton, Georgia 31024.
agencies should note the Commission’s
Phone: (706) 484–2868.
policy that agencies that cooperate in via the Internet. See 18 CFR
the preparation of the environmental 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions Evening Scoping Meeting
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
document cannot also intervene. See 94 on the Commission’s Web site http:// Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2015.
FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Time: 6:30 p.m.
k. With this notice, we are initiating Commenters can submit brief comments Location: Rock Eagle 4–H Center,
informal consultation with: (1) the U.S. up to 6,000 characters, without prior Sutton Hall, 350 Rock Eagle Road,
Fish and Wildlife Service and/or the registration, using the eComment system Eatonton, Georgia 31024.
National Marine Fisheries Service under at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Phone: (706) 484–2868.
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act ecomment.asp. You must include your SD1, which outlines the subject areas
and the joint agency regulations name and contact information at the end to be addressed in the environmental
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document, was mailed to the Meeting Procedures of the protest or intervention to the
individuals and entities on the The meetings will be recorded by a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Commission’s mailing list. Copies of stenographer. The transcripts will be 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
SD1 will be available at the scoping placed in the public record for the 20426.
meetings, or may be viewed on the web project. This filing is accessible on-line at
at http://www.ferc.gov, using the http://www.ferc.gov, using the
Dated: April 17, 2015. ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions
Kimberly D. Bose, review in the Commission’s Public
for accessing information in paragraph
n. Based on all oral and written Secretary. Reference Room in Washington, DC.
comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) [FR Doc. 2015–09747 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am] There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Web site that enables subscribers to
may be issued. SD2 may include a
receive email notification when a
revised process plan and schedule, as
document is added to a subscribed
well as a list of issues, identified DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
through the scoping process.
Online service, please email
Environmental Site Review Federal Energy Regulatory FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
Commission (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
The potential applicant and [Docket No. EL15–61–000] (202) 502–8659.
Commission staff will conduct an Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Environmental Site Review of the Benjamin Riggs v. Rhode Island Public Time on May 12, 2015.
project on Tuesday, May 19, 2015, Utilities Commission Notice of Petition Dated: April 22, 2015.
starting at 9:00 a.m. All participants For Enforcement Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
should meet at Georgia Power’s Old Deputy Secretary.
Salem Park, located at 1530 Old Salem Take notice that on April 21, 2015,
Benjamin Riggs (Petitioner) filed a [FR Doc. 2015–09809 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am]
Road, Greensboro, Georgia 30642.
Petition for Enforcement, pursuant to BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Anyone with questions about the site
section 210(h)(2) of the Public Utility
visit should contact Ms. Courtenay
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978
O’Mara, Southern Company Generation, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
(PURPA), requesting the Federal Energy
at (404) 506–7219, or at g2oconeerel@
Regulatory Commission (Commission)
southernco.com, on or before May 5, to exercise its authority and initiate Federal Energy Regulatory
2015. Participants of the tour must enforcement action against the Rhode Commission
provide identification, sign a liability Island Public Utilities Commission to [Project No. 4093–035]
waiver, and wear appropriate clothing ensure that PURPA regulations are
and closed toed shoes. If any participant properly and lawfully implemented. McMahan Hydroelectric L.L.C.; Notice
attending any part of the site visit is Petitioner alleges that the Rhode Island of Application Tendered for Filing With
disabled or has special needs, please Public Utility Commission on August the Commission and Soliciting
send an email to Oconee Relicensing at 16, 2010, as directed by the Rhode Additional Study Requests and
g2oconeerel@southernco.com. Island General Assembly, approved a Establishing Procedural Schedule for
20-year Purchase Power Agreement Relicensing and a Deadline for
Meeting Objectives
between Deepwater Wind Block Island, Submission of Final Amendments
At the scoping meetings, Commission LLC and National Grid that appears to
constitute a violation of the Federal Take notice that the following
staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the
Power Act, to include 16 U.S.C. 791 et hydroelectric application has been filed
issues; (2) review and discuss existing
seq., 16 U.S.C. 824, and the Supremacy with the Commission and is available
conditions and resource management
Clause of the U.S. Constitution. for public inspection.
objectives; (3) review and discuss a. Type of Application: Subsequent
existing information and identify Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in license.
preliminary information and study b. Project No.: P–4093–035.
needs; (4) review and discuss the accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of c. Date filed: March 30, 2015.
process plan and schedule for pre-filing the Commission’s Rules of Practice and d. Applicant: McMahan Hydroelectric
activities that incorporates the time Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). L.L.C.
frames provided for in Part 5 of the Protests will be considered by the e. Name of Project: Bynum
Commission’s regulations and, to the Commission in determining the Hydroelectric Project.
extent possible, maximizes coordination appropriate action to be taken, but will f. Location: On the Haw River, in
of federal, state, and tribal permitting not serve to make protestants parties to Chatham County, North Carolina. No
and certification processes; and (5) the proceeding. Any person wishing to federal lands are occupied by the project
discuss the appropriateness of any become a party must file a notice of works or located within the project
federal or state agency or Indian tribe intervention or motion to intervene, as boundary.
acting as a cooperating agency for appropriate. Such notices, motions, or g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
development of an environmental protests must be filed on or before the Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
comment date. Anyone filing a motion h. Applicant Contact: Andrew J.
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
document.
to intervene or protest must serve a copy McMahan, President, McMahan
Meeting participants should come of that document on the Petitioner. Hydroelectric L.L.C., 105 Durham
prepared to discuss their issues and/or The Commission encourages Eubanks Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312l;
concerns. Please review the PAD in electronic submission of protests and (336) 509–2148; email—
preparation for the scoping meetings. interventions in lieu of paper using the mcmahanhydro@gmail.com.
Directions on how to obtain a copy of ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. i. FERC Contact: Sean Murphy at
the PAD and SD1 are included in item Persons unable to file electronically (202) 502–6145; or email at
n. of this document. should submit an original and 5 copies sean.murphy@ferc.gov.
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