82_FR_45470 82 FR 45283 - Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC, Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

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)

Page Range45283-45284
FR Document2017-20789

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 187 (Thursday, 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]
 BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 187 / Thursday, September 28, 2017 / Notices 45283 achieved via a weir on the spillway may obtain copies of the application Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ crest. The project operates under an directly from the applicant. A copy of ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or estimated average head of 26 feet, any protest or motion to intervene must (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of including the 16-inch spillway be served upon each representative of electronic filing, please send a paper flashboards. The impoundment water the applicant specified in the particular copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy surface elevation is maintained at 774 application. Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street feet. River flows between 159 cfs and Dated: September 21, 2017. NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first 535 cfs are used for power generation, page of any filing should include docket Kimberly D. Bose, while flows in excess of 535 cfs are number P–10254–026. Secretary. The Commission’s Rules of Practice passed over the flashboards and spillway. The total installed capacity of [FR Doc. 2017–20787 Filed 9–27–17; 8:45 am] require all intervenors filing documents the project is 1,000 kW from the single BILLING CODE 6717–01–P with the Commission to serve a copy of generating unit. The project generates that document on each person on the approximately 5,369 megawatt-hours official service list for the project. annually, which are sold to a local DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Further, if an intervenor files comments utility. or documents with the Commission Aquenergy proposes to continue to Federal Energy Regulatory relating to the merits of an issue that operate and maintain the Piedmont Commission may affect the responsibilities of a Project as is required in the existing [Project No. 10254–026] particular resource agency, they must license, and to develop canoe portage also serve a copy of the document on facilities. No changes to project Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC, that resource agency. operations are proposed. Other than the Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC; k. This application has been accepted, development of canoe portage facilities, Notice of Application Accepted for but is not ready for environmental no new construction or major project Filing and Soliciting Motions To analysis at this time. modifications are proposed. Intervene and Protests l. The Upper Pelzer Project consists m. A copy of the application is of: (1) A 505-foot-long by 29.7-foot-high available for review at the Commission Take notice that the following granite masonry dam, consisting of (i) a in the Public Reference Room, or may be hydroelectric application has been filed 150-foot-long non-overflow section, (ii) viewed on the Commission’s Web site at with the Commission and is available a 280-foot-long ungated overflow http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary for public inspection. spillway topped with 4-foot wooden link. Enter the docket number excluding a. Type of Application: New License. flashboards, and (iii) a 75-foot-long the last three digits in the docket b. Project No.: 10254–026. gated intake section containing six number field to access the document. c. Date filed: November 30, 2015. gates; (2) a 25-acre impoundment at a For assistance, contact FERC Online d. Applicant: Pelzer Hydro Company, normal pool elevation of 718.7 feet Support. A copy is also available for LLC (Pelzer Hydro), Consolidated Hydro mean sea level, as measured at the top inspection and reproduction at the Southeast, LLC (Consolidated Hydro). of the flashboards; (3) a 260-foot-long by address in item h above. e. Name of Project: Upper Pelzer 52-foot-wide forebay canal channeling You may also register online at http:// Hydroelectric Project. flow from 6 canal gates to the project’s www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ f. Location: The existing project is 2 powerhouses; (4) an upstream esubscription.asp to be notified via located on the Saluda River in the Town concrete powerhouse, protected by a 65- email of new filings and issuances of Pelzer, in Anderson and Greenville foot-long trashrack structure with 5.5- related to this or other pending projects. Counties, South Carolina. The project inch clear bar spacing for 38 feet of For assistance, contact FERC Online does not affect federal land. length, and 2-inch clear bar spacing for Support. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 27 feet of length, containing two vertical n. Anyone may submit a protest or a Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). Francis turbine generating units that motion to intervene in accordance with h. Applicant Contact: Beth E. Harris, total 1,500 kW (kW); (5) a downstream the requirements of Rules of Practice P.E., Regional Operations Manager, Enel powerhouse, protected by a trashrack and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, Green Power North America, Inc., 11 structure with 2-inch clear bar spacing, and .214. In determining the appropriate Anderson Street, Piedmont, SC 29673; containing one vertical Francis turbine action to take, the Commission will Telephone—(864) 846–0042; Email— generating unit that totals 450 kW; (6) a consider all protests or other comments beth.harris@enel.com OR Kevin Webb, 95-foot-long by 74-foot-wide tailrace filed, but only those who file a motion Hydro Licensing Manager, Enel Green extending from the upstream to intervene in accordance with the Power North America, Inc., One Tech powerhouse, and a 132-foot-long by 24- Commission’s Rules may become a Drive, Suite 220, Andover, MA 01810; foot-wide tailrace extending from the party to the proceeding. Any protests, or Telephone—(978) 681–1900; Email— downstream powerhouse; (7) a 65-foot- motions to intervene must be received kevin.webb@enel.com. long, 3,300-volt transmission line, on or before the specified comment date i. FERC Contact: Navreet Deo, (202) connecting the upper and lower for the particular application. 502–6304, or navreet.deo@ferc.gov. powerhouses with the grid via a 7.2/ All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital j. Deadline for filing motions to 12.47 kilovolt transformer; and (8) letters the title PROTEST or MOTION intervene and protests and requests for appurtenant facilities. TO INTERVENE; (2) set forth in the cooperating agency status: 60 days from Pelzer Hydro and Consolidated Hydro heading the name of the applicant and the issuance date of this notice. (co-licensees) operate the project in a the project number of the application to The Commission strongly encourages run-of-river mode, with no useable which the filing responds; (3) furnish electronic filing. Please file motions to storage or flood control capacity. There the name, address, and telephone intervene and protests and requests for are no minimum flow requirements number of the person protesting or cooperating agency status using the downstream of the dam. The project intervening; and (4) otherwise comply Commission’s eFiling system at http:// operates under an estimated average with the requirements of 18 CFR www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For head of 25 feet, including the 4-foot 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies assistance, please contact FERC Online spillway flashboards. The impoundment VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:44 Sep 27, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28SEN1.SGM 28SEN1

45284 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 187 / Thursday, September 28, 2017 / Notices water surface elevation is maintained at which the filing responds; (3) furnish The Commission strongly encourages 718.7 feet. River flows between 159 the name, address, and telephone electronic filing. Please file motions to cubic feet per second (cfs) and 1,200 cfs number of the person protesting or intervene and protests and requests for are used for power generation, while intervening; and (4) otherwise comply cooperating agency status using the flows in excess of 1,200 cfs are passed with the requirements of 18 CFR Commission’s eFiling system at http:// over the spillway. A single manually 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For operated, low level outlet gate located in may obtain copies of the application assistance, please contact FERC Online the unregulated spillway portion of the directly from the applicant. A copy of Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ dam is used to drain the impoundment any protest or motion to intervene must ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or during maintenance activities. The total be served upon each representative of (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of installed capacity of the project is 1,950 the applicant specified in the particular electronic filing, please send a paper kW between the three generating units. application. copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy The project generates approximately Dated: September 21, 2017. Regulatory Commission, 888 First 6,223 megawatt-hours annually, which Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The Kimberly D. Bose, are sold to a local utility. first page of any filing should include The co-licensees propose to continue Secretary. docket number P–10253–032. to operate and maintain the Upper [FR Doc. 2017–20789 Filed 9–27–17; 8:45 am] The Commission’s Rules of Practice Pelzer Project as is required in the BILLING CODE 6717–01–P require all intervenors filing documents existing license, and to develop canoe with the Commission to serve a copy of portage facilities. The co-licensees also that document on each person on the propose to release a continuous DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY official service list for the project. minimum flow of 15 cfs or inflow, Further, if an intervenor files comments whichever is less, from the project dam Federal Energy Regulatory or documents with the Commission in order to maintain aquatic habitat and Commission relating to the merits of an issue that water quality conditions in the 115-foot- [Project No. 10253–032] may affect the responsibilities of a long reach between the dam and the particular resource agency, they must upstream powerhouse tailrace. Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC, also serve a copy of the document on Other than the development of canoe Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC; that resource agency. portage facilities, no new construction Notice of Application Accepted for k. This application has been accepted, or major project modifications are Filing and Soliciting Motions To but is not ready for environmental proposed. Intervene and Protests analysis at this time. m. A copy of the application is l. The Lower Pelzer Project consists available for review at the Commission Take notice that the following of: (1) A 696-foot-long by 40-foot-high in the Public Reference Room, or may be hydroelectric application has been filed granite masonry dam, consisting of (i) a viewed on the Commission’s Web site at with the Commission and is available 310-foot-long spillway section topped http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary for public inspection. with 4-foot wooden flashboards, (ii) a link. Enter the docket number excluding a. Type of Application: New License. 40-foot-long non-overflow section with the last three digits in the docket b. Project No.: 10253–032. two 10-foot-wide by 6-foot-high gates, number field to access the document. c. Date filed: November 30, 2015. and (iii) a 236-foot-long non-overflow For assistance, contact FERC Online d. Applicant: Pelzer Hydro Company, section; (2) an 80-acre impoundment at Support. A copy is also available for LLC (Pelzer Hydro), Consolidated Hydro a normal pool elevation of 693 feet inspection and reproduction at the Southeast, LLC (Consolidated Hydro). mean sea level; (3) a 110-foot-long by address in item h above. e. Name of Project: Lower Pelzer 14-foot-wide intake, protected by a You may also register online at http:// Hydroelectric Project. trashrack structure with 2-inch clear bar www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ f. Location: The existing project is spacing, controlling flow to the esubscription.asp to be notified via located on the Saluda River near the powerhouse through five, 10.5-foot- email of new filings and issuances Towns of Pelzer and Williamston, in wide square gates; (4) a 110-foot-long by related to this or other pending projects. Anderson and Greenville Counties, 68-foot-wide brick powerhouse integral For assistance, contact FERC Online South Carolina. The project does not with the dam, containing 5 horizontal Support. affect federal land. Francis turbine generating units that n. Anyone may submit a protest or a g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power total 3,300 kilowatts (kW); (5) a 600- motion to intervene in accordance with Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). foot-long by 110-foot-wide tailrace; (6) a the requirements of Rules of Practice h. Applicant Contact: Beth E. Harris, 3-mile-long, 3,300-volt transmission line and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, P.E., Regional Operations Manager, Enel connecting the powerhouse to the grid and .214. In determining the appropriate Green Power North America, Inc., 11 via a 7.2/12.47 kilovolt transformer; and action to take, the Commission will Anderson Street Piedmont, SC 29673; (7) appurtenant facilities. consider all protests or other comments Telephone—(864) 846–0042; Email— Pelzer Hydro and Consolidated Hydro filed, but only those who file a motion beth.harris@enel.com OR Kevin Webb, (co-licensees) operate the project in a to intervene in accordance with the Hydro Licensing Manager, Enel Green run-of-river mode, with no storage or Commission’s Rules may become a Power North America, Inc., One Tech flood control capacity. A continuous party to the proceeding. Any protests or Drive, Suite 220, Andover, MA 01810; minimum flow of 140 cubic feet per motions to intervene must be received Telephone—(978) 681–1900; Email— second (cfs) or inflow, whichever is less, on or before the specified comment date kevin.webb@enel.com. is released into the bypassed reach. The for the particular application. i. FERC Contact: Navreet Deo, (202) minimum flow is achieved via a sluice All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital 502–6304, or navreet.deo@ferc.gov. gate in the dam. The project operates letters the title protest or motion to j. Deadline for filing motions to under an estimated average head of 40 intervene; (2) set forth in the heading intervene and protests and requests for feet, including the 4-foot spillway the name of the applicant and the cooperating agency status: 60 days from flashboards. The impoundment water project number of the application to the issuance date of this notice. surface elevation is maintained at 693 VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:44 Sep 27, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\28SEN1.SGM 28SEN1


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