81 FR 2853 - Aquenergy Systems, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 11 (January 19, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 19, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 2853]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00820]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2428-007]


Aquenergy Systems, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Minor New License.
    b. Project No.: P-2428-007.
    c. Date filed: December 31, 2015.
    d. Applicant: Aquenergy Systems, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Piedmont Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Saluda River, in Anderson and Greenville 
Counties, South Carolina. The project does not occupy lands of the 
United States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Beth E. Harris, P.E., Regional Operations 
Manager, Enel Green Power North America, Inc., 11 Anderson St., 
Piedmont, SC 29674; (864) 846-0042; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Sean Murphy, (202) 502-6145 or 
[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: February 29, 2016
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support 
at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy 
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-2428-007.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Piedmont Hydroelectric Project consists of: (a) A 25-foot-
high, 600-foot-long stone masonry dam with a 200-foot-long overflow 
spillway section fitted with 16-inch-high flashboards; (b) a reservoir 
with a surface area of 22 acres at the normal water surface elevation 
of 774.0 feet mean sea level; (c) an open flume intake canal, about 144 
feet long and 81 feet wide; (d) a powerhouse containing a single 
generating unit with a rated capacity of 1,000 kW; (e) a tailrace, 
about 180 feet long and 38 feet wide; (f) a 600 volt transmission line, 
about 263 feet long; and (g) appurtenant facilities.
    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 email 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 preliminary Hydro Licensing 
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Notice of Acceptance................  August 2016.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.....  October 2016.
Comments on Scoping Document 1 due........  December 2016.
Issue Scoping Document 2..................  February 2017.
Issue notice of ready for environmental     March 2017.
 analysis.
Commission issues EA......................  October 2017.
Comments on EA due........................  November 2017.
Commission issues final EA................  January 2018.
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    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.

    Dated: January 12, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-00820 Filed 1-15-16; 8:45 am]
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