83 FR 39740 - Alabama 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 83, Issue 155 (August 10, 2018)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 155 (August 10, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-17200 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 155 (Friday, August 10, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 39740-39741] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-17200] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2628-065] Alabama 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.: 2628-065. c. Dated Filed: June 1, 2018. d. Submitted By: Alabama Power Company (Alabama Power). e. Name of Project: R.L. Harris Hydroelectric Project (Harris Project). f. Location: The project is located on the Tallapoosa River the City of Lineville in Randolph, Clay, and Cleburne Counties, Alabama. The project also includes land within the James D. Martin-Skyline Wildlife Management Area located approximately 110 miles north of Harris Reservoir in Jackson County, Alabama. The project occupies 4.90 acres of federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's Regulations. h. Potential Applicant Contact: Angie Anderegg, Harris Relicensing Project Manager, Alabama Power Company, 600 18th Street, Birmingham, AL 35203; (205) 257-2251 or [email protected]. i. FERC Contact: Sarah Salazar at (202) 502-6863 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: (a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National Historic 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 Alabama 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. Alabama 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 website (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], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502- 8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in paragraph h. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing 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, and 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. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file all documents using the Commission's eFiling system at 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 at [email protected]. In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy [[Page 39741]] Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-2628-065. All filings with the Commission must 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 September 29, 2018. p. We intend to prepare either an environmental assessment (EA) or Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The meetings listed below 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 times and places 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: Evening Scoping Meeting--Lineville, Alabama Date & Time: Tuesday, August 28, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. Location: Wedowee Marine South, 9681 Highway 48, Lineville, Alabama 36266, (770) 843-3054. Daytime Scoping Meeting--Lineville, Alabama Date & Time: Wednesday, August 29, 2018 at 9 a.m. Location: Wedowee Marine South, 9681 Highway 48, Lineville, Alabama 36266, (770) 843-3054. Please RSVP to [email protected], or call Cecile Jones at 205-257-1701, on or before August 15, 2018, if you plan to attend one of the scoping meetings in Lineville. Directions to Wedowee Marine South are available at www.harrisrelicensing.com and in Appendix C of the Commission's Scoping Document 1, described below. Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which outlines the subject areas to be addressed in the environmental 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 (site visit) of the project on Tuesday, August 28, 2018, starting at 9:00 a.m., and ending at or about 4:30 p.m. All participants should meet at the R.L. Harris Dam located at 2761 County Road 100, Lineville, AL 36266. Directions to the R.L. Harris Dam are available at www.harrisrelicensing.com and in Appendix C of the Commission's SD1. Participants must notify Cecile Jones at (205) 257-1701 or www.harrisrelicensing.com, on or before August 15, 2018, if they plan to attend the environmental site review. Meeting Objectives At the scoping meetings, 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 activity 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 and will be placed in the public records of the project. Dated: August 6, 2018. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-17200 Filed 8-9-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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such application includes a request for DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Preservation Officer, as required by
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR section 106, National Historic
part 34, of future issuances of securities Federal Energy Regulatory Preservation Act, and the implementing
and assumptions of liability. Commission regulations of the Advisory Council on
[Project No. 2628–065] Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
Any person desiring to intervene or to l. With this notice, we are designating
protest should file with the Federal Alabama Power as the Commission’s
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 Alabama Power Company; Notice of
Intent To File License Application, non-federal representative for carrying
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, out informal consultation, pursuant to
Filing of Pre-Application Document
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
(PAD), Commencement of Pre-Filing
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and section 106 of the National Historic
Process, and Scoping; Request for
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and Preservation Act.
Comments on the PAD and Scoping
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to Document, and Identification of Issues m. Alabama Power filed with the
intervene or protest must serve a copy and Associated Study Requests Commission a Pre-Application
of that document on the Applicant. Document (PAD; including a proposed
Notice is hereby given that the a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to process plan and schedule), pursuant to
File License Application for a New 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s
deadline for filing protests with regard
License and Commencing Pre-filing regulations.
to the applicant’s request for blanket n. A copy of the PAD is available for
Process.
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of b. Project No.: 2628–065. review at the Commission in the Public
future issuances of securities and c. Dated Filed: June 1, 2018. Reference Room or may be viewed on
assumptions of liability, is August 27, d. Submitted By: Alabama Power the Commission’s website (http://
2018. Company (Alabama Power). www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’
The Commission encourages e. Name of Project: R.L. Harris link. Enter the docket number,
electronic submission of protests and Hydroelectric Project (Harris Project). excluding the last three digits in the
interventions in lieu of paper, using the f. Location: The project is located on docket number field to access the
FERC Online links at http:// the Tallapoosa River the City of document. For assistance, contact FERC
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic Lineville in Randolph, Clay, and Online Support at
service, persons with internet access Cleburne Counties, Alabama. The FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
project also includes land within the 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
who will eFile a document and/or be
James D. Martin-Skyline Wildlife (TTY). A copy is also available for
listed as a contact for an intervenor
Management Area located inspection and reproduction at the
must create and validate an approximately 110 miles north of Harris address in paragraph h.
eRegistration account using the Reservoir in Jackson County, Alabama. Register online at http://
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling The project occupies 4.90 acres of www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
link to log on and submit the federal land administered by the Bureau esubscription.asp to be notified via
intervention or protests. of Land Management. email of new filing and issuances
Persons unable to file electronically g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of related to this or other pending projects.
should submit an original and 5 copies the Commission’s Regulations. For assistance, contact FERC Online
of the intervention or protest to the h. Potential Applicant Contact: Angie Support.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Anderegg, Harris Relicensing Project o. With this notice, we are soliciting
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC Manager, Alabama Power Company, 600 comments on the PAD and Commission
20426. 18th Street, Birmingham, AL 35203; staff’s Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as
(205) 257–2251 or ARSEGARS@ well as study requests. All comments on
The filings in the above-referenced southernco.com. the PAD and SD1, and study requests
proceeding are accessible in the i. FERC Contact: Sarah Salazar at should be sent to the address above in
Commission’s eLibrary system by (202) 502–6863 or email at paragraph h. In addition, all comments
clicking on the appropriate link in the sarah.salazar@ferc.gov. on the PAD and SD1, study requests,
above list. They are also available for j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, requests for cooperating agency status,
electronic review in the Commission’s local, and tribal agencies with and all communications to and from
Public Reference Room in Washington, jurisdiction and/or special expertise Commission staff related to the merits of
DC. There is an eSubscription link on with respect to environmental issues the potential application must be filed
the website that enables subscribers to that wish to cooperate in the with the Commission.
receive email notification when a preparation of the environmental The Commission strongly encourages
document is added to a subscribed document should follow the electronic filing. Please file all
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC instructions for filing such requests documents using the Commission’s
Online service, please email described in item o below. Cooperating eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call agencies should note the Commission’s docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call policy that agencies that cooperate in submit brief comments up to 6,000
(202) 502–8659. the preparation of the environmental characters, without prior registration,
document cannot also intervene. See 94 using the eComment system at http://
Dated: August 6, 2018. FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
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Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., k. With this notice, we are initiating ecomment.asp. You must include your
Deputy Secretary. informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. name and contact information at the end
[FR Doc. 2018–17197 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am] Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA of your comments. For assistance,
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Fisheries under section 7 of the please contact FERC Online Support at
Endangered Species Act and the joint FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. In lieu of
agency regulations thereunder at 50 electronic filing, please send a paper
CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
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Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which Dated: August 6, 2018.
NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first outlines the subject areas to be Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
page of any filing should include docket addressed in the environmental Deputy Secretary.
number P–2628–065. document, was mailed to the [FR Doc. 2018–17200 Filed 8–9–18; 8:45 am]
All filings with the Commission must individuals and entities on the BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
bear the appropriate heading: Commission’s mailing list. Copies of
‘‘Comments on Pre-Application SD1 will be available at the scoping
Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’ meetings, or may be viewed on the web DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’ at http://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions Federal Energy Regulatory
Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and for accessing information in paragraph Commission
from Commission Staff.’’ Any n. Based on all oral and written [Docket No. ER18–2158–000]
individual or entity interested in comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2)
submitting study requests, commenting may be issued. SD2 may include a Stillwater Wind, LLC; Supplemental
on the PAD or SD1, and any agency revised process plan and schedule, as Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate
requesting cooperating status must do so well as a list of issues, identified Filing Includes Request for Blanket
by September 29, 2018. through the scoping process. Section 204 Authorization
p. We intend to prepare either an
Environmental Site Review This is a supplemental notice in the
environmental assessment (EA) or
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The potential applicant and above-referenced proceeding of
The meetings listed below will satisfy Commission staff will conduct an Stillwater Wind, LLC’s application for
the NEPA scoping requirements, Environmental Site Review (site visit) of market-based rate authority, with an
irrespective of whether an EA or EIS is the project on Tuesday, August 28, accompanying rate tariff, noting that
issued by the Commission. 2018, starting at 9:00 a.m., and ending such application includes a request for
at or about 4:30 p.m. All participants blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
Scoping Meetings should meet at the R.L. Harris Dam part 34, of future issuances of securities
Commission staff will hold two located at 2761 County Road 100, and assumptions of liability.
scoping meetings in the vicinity of the Lineville, AL 36266. Directions to the Any person desiring to intervene or to
project at the times and places noted R.L. Harris Dam are available at protest should file with the Federal
below. The daytime meeting will focus www.harrisrelicensing.com and in Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
on resource agency, Indian tribes, and Appendix C of the Commission’s SD1. First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
non-governmental organization Participants must notify Cecile Jones at in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
concerns, while the evening meeting is (205) 257–1701 or of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
primarily for receiving input from the www.harrisrelicensing.com, on or before and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
public. We invite all interested August 15, 2018, if they plan to attend 385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
individuals, organizations, and agencies the environmental site review. intervene or protest must serve a copy
to attend one or both of the meetings, of that document on the Applicant.
Meeting Objectives Notice is hereby given that the
and to assist staff in identifying
particular study needs, as well as the At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) deadline for filing protests with regard
scope of environmental issues to be Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review to the applicant’s request for blanket
addressed in the environmental and discuss existing conditions and authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
document. The times and locations of resource management objectives; (3) future issuances of securities and
these meetings are as follows: review and discuss existing information assumptions of liability, is August 27,
and identify preliminary information 2018.
Evening Scoping Meeting—Lineville, and study needs; (4) review and discuss The Commission encourages
Alabama the process plan and schedule for pre- electronic submission of protests and
Date & Time: Tuesday, August 28, filing activity that incorporates the time interventions in lieu of paper, using the
2018 at 6:30 p.m. frames provided for in Part 5 of the FERC Online links at http://
Location: Wedowee Marine South, Commission’s regulations and, to the www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
9681 Highway 48, Lineville, Alabama extent possible, maximizes coordination service, persons with internet access
36266, (770) 843–3054. of federal, state, and tribal permitting who will eFile a document and/or be
and certification processes; and (5) listed as a contact for an intervenor
Daytime Scoping Meeting—Lineville, must create and validate an
discuss the appropriateness of any
Alabama eRegistration account using the
federal or state agency or Indian tribe
Date & Time: Wednesday, August 29, acting as a cooperating agency for eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
2018 at 9 a.m. development of an environmental link to log on and submit the
Location: Wedowee Marine South, document. intervention or protests.
9681 Highway 48, Lineville, Alabama Meeting participants should come Persons unable to file electronically
36266, (770) 843–3054. prepared to discuss their issues and/or should submit an original and 5 copies
Please RSVP to harrisrelicensing@ concerns. Please review the PAD in of the intervention or protest to the
southernco.com, or call Cecile Jones at preparation for the scoping meetings. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
205–257–1701, on or before August 15, Directions on how to obtain a copy of 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
2018, if you plan to attend one of the the PAD and SD1 are included in item 20426.
scoping meetings in Lineville. n. of this document. The filings in the above-referenced
Directions to Wedowee Marine South proceeding are accessible in the
are available at Meeting Procedures Commission’s eLibrary system by
www.harrisrelicensing.com and in The meetings will be recorded by a clicking on the appropriate link in the
Appendix C of the Commission’s stenographer and will be placed in the above list. They are also available for
Scoping Document 1, described below. public records of the project. electronic review in the Commission’s
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