82 FR 45283 - Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC, Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 187 (September 28, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45283-45284]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20789]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 10254-026]


Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC, Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC; 
Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To 
Intervene and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New License.
    b. Project No.: 10254-026.
    c. Date filed: November 30, 2015.
    d. Applicant: Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC (Pelzer Hydro), 
Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC (Consolidated Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Upper Pelzer Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Saluda River in 
the Town of Pelzer, in Anderson and Greenville Counties, South 
Carolina. The project does not affect federal land.
    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 Street, 
Piedmont, SC 29673; Telephone--(864) 846-0042; Email_
[email protected] OR Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager, Enel Green 
Power North America, Inc., One Tech Drive, Suite 220, Andover, MA 
01810; Telephone--(978) 681-1900; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Navreet Deo, (202) 502-6304, or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests and 
requests for cooperating agency status: 60 days from the issuance date 
of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests 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-10254-026.
    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 has been accepted, but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The Upper Pelzer Project consists of: (1) A 505-foot-long by 
29.7-foot-high granite masonry dam, consisting of (i) a 150-foot-long 
non-overflow section, (ii) a 280-foot-long ungated overflow spillway 
topped with 4-foot wooden flashboards, and (iii) a 75-foot-long gated 
intake section containing six gates; (2) a 25-acre impoundment at a 
normal pool elevation of 718.7 feet mean sea level, as measured at the 
top of the flashboards; (3) a 260-foot-long by 52-foot-wide forebay 
canal channeling flow from 6 canal gates to the project's 2 
powerhouses; (4) an upstream concrete powerhouse, protected by a 65-
foot-long trashrack structure with 5.5-inch clear bar spacing for 38 
feet of length, and 2-inch clear bar spacing for 27 feet of length, 
containing two vertical Francis turbine generating units that total 
1,500 kW (kW); (5) a downstream powerhouse, protected by a trashrack 
structure with 2-inch clear bar spacing, containing one vertical 
Francis turbine generating unit that totals 450 kW; (6) a 95-foot-long 
by 74-foot-wide tailrace extending from the upstream powerhouse, and a 
132-foot-long by 24-foot-wide tailrace extending from the downstream 
powerhouse; (7) a 65-foot-long, 3,300-volt transmission line, 
connecting the upper and lower powerhouses with the grid via a 7.2/
12.47 kilovolt transformer; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
    Pelzer Hydro and Consolidated Hydro (co-licensees) operate the 
project in a run-of-river mode, with no useable storage or flood 
control capacity. There are no minimum flow requirements downstream of 
the dam. The project operates under an estimated average head of 25 
feet, including the 4-foot spillway flashboards. The impoundment

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water surface elevation is maintained at 718.7 feet. River flows 
between 159 cubic feet per second (cfs) and 1,200 cfs are used for 
power generation, while flows in excess of 1,200 cfs are passed over 
the spillway. A single manually operated, low level outlet gate located 
in the unregulated spillway portion of the dam is used to drain the 
impoundment during maintenance activities. The total installed capacity 
of the project is 1,950 kW between the three generating units. The 
project generates approximately 6,223 megawatt-hours annually, which 
are sold to a local utility.
    The co-licensees propose to continue to operate and maintain the 
Upper Pelzer Project as is required in the existing license, and to 
develop canoe portage facilities. The co-licensees also propose to 
release a continuous minimum flow of 15 cfs or inflow, whichever is 
less, from the project dam in order to maintain aquatic habitat and 
water quality conditions in the 115-foot-long reach between the dam and 
the upstream powerhouse tailrace.
    Other than the development of canoe portage facilities, no new 
construction or major project modifications are proposed.
    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 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.
    n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action to 
take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments 
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with 
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any 
protests or motions to intervene must be received on or before the 
specified comment date for the particular application.
    All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title protest 
or motion to intervene; (2) set forth in the heading the name of the 
applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing 
responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the 
person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain 
copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of any 
protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative 
of the applicant specified in the particular application.

    Dated: September 21, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-20789 Filed 9-27-17; 8:45 am]
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