83 FR 42885 - 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; Georgia Power Company
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 165 (August 24, 2018)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 165 (August 24, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-18324 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 165 (Friday, August 24, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 42885-42886] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-18324] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2336-094] 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; Georgia Power Company a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application for a New License and Commencing Pre-filing Process. b. Project No.: 2336-094. c. Dated Filed: July 3, 2018. d. Submitted By: Georgia Power Company (Georgia Power). e. Name of Project: Lloyd Shoals Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The project is located on the Ocmulgee River in Butts, Henry, Jasper, and Newton Counties, Georgia. No federal lands have been identified within the project boundary. g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's Regulations. h. Potential Applicant Contact: Courtenay R. O'Mara, P.E., Hydro Licensing and Compliance Supervisor, Southern Company Generation, 241 Ralph McGill Boulevard NE, BIN 10193, Atlanta, GA 30308-3374; (404) 506-7219, or [email protected]. i. FERC Contact: Navreet Deo at (202) 502-6304, 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 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 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 of the PAD is also available for inspection and reproduction at https://www.georgiapower.com/company/energy-industry/generating-plants/lloyd-shoals-dam-project.html, or 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's staff 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 42886]] Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-2336-094. 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 November 5, 2018. p. We intend to prepare an environmental assessment (EA). Nevertheless, the meetings listed below will satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or an Environmental Impact Statement 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: Daytime Scoping Meeting--Jackson, Georgia Date & Time: Thursday, September 13, 2018, at 9 a.m. Location: Pepper Sprout Barn, 562 Old Bethel Road, Jackson, Georgia 30233, (678) 752-1550. Evening Scoping Meeting--Jackson, Georgia Date & Time: Thursday, September 13, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. Location: Pepper Sprout Barn, 562 Old Bethel Road, Jackson, Georgia 30233, (678) 752-1550. 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 Friday, September 14, 2018, consisting of facility tours from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and boat tours from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. All participants should meet at the Jackson Land Management Office located at 180 Dam Road, Jackson, Georgia 30233. Participants must notify Courtenay O'Mara at [email protected], or (404) 506-7219, on or before August 29, 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 20, 2018. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-18324 Filed 8-23-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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part 34, of future issuances of securities DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY l. With this notice, we are designating
and assumptions of liability. Georgia Power as the Commission’s
Federal Energy Regulatory non-federal representative for carrying
Any person desiring to intervene or to
Commission out informal consultation, pursuant to
protest should file with the Federal
[Project No. 2336–094] section 7 of the Endangered Species Act
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
and section 106 of the National Historic
First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,
Notice of Intent To File License Preservation Act.
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 m. Georgia Power filed with the
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice Application, Filing of Pre-Application
Document (PAD), Commencement of Commission a Pre-Application
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and Document (PAD; including a proposed
Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping;
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to process plan and schedule), pursuant to
Request for Comments on the PAD
intervene or protest must serve a copy 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s
and Scoping Document, and
of that document on the Applicant. Identification of Issues and Associated regulations.
Notice is hereby given that the Study Requests; Georgia Power n. A copy of the PAD is available for
deadline for filing protests with regard Company review at the Commission in the Public
to the applicant’s request for blanket Reference Room or may be viewed on
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to the Commission’s website (http://
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
File License Application for a New www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’
future issuances of securities and
License and Commencing Pre-filing link. Enter the docket number,
assumptions of liability, is September excluding the last three digits in the
Process.
10, 2018. b. Project No.: 2336–094. docket number field to access the
The Commission encourages c. Dated Filed: July 3, 2018. document. For assistance, contact FERC
electronic submission of protests and d. Submitted By: Georgia Power Online Support at
interventions in lieu of paper, using the Company (Georgia Power). FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
FERC Online links at http:// e. Name of Project: Lloyd Shoals 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic Hydroelectric Project. (TTY). A copy of the PAD is also
service, persons with internet access f. Location: The project is located on available for inspection and
who will eFile a document and/or be the Ocmulgee River in Butts, Henry, reproduction at https://
listed as a contact for an intervenor Jasper, and Newton Counties, Georgia. www.georgiapower.com/company/
No federal lands have been identified energy-industry/generating-plants/lloyd-
must create and validate an
within the project boundary. shoals-dam-project.html, or the address
eRegistration account using the g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling in paragraph h.
the Commission’s Regulations. Register online at http://
link to log on and submit the h. Potential Applicant Contact: www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
intervention or protests. Courtenay R. O’Mara, P.E., Hydro esubscription.asp to be notified via
Persons unable to file electronically Licensing and Compliance Supervisor, email of new filing and issuances
should submit an original and 5 copies Southern Company Generation, 241 related to this or other pending projects.
of the intervention or protest to the Ralph McGill Boulevard NE, BIN 10193, For assistance, contact FERC Online
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Atlanta, GA 30308–3374; (404) 506– Support.
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 7219, or g2jacksonrel@southernco.com. o. With this notice, we are soliciting
20426. i. FERC Contact: Navreet Deo at (202) comments on the PAD and
502–6304, or email at navreet.deo@ Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1
The filings in the above-referenced ferc.gov. (SD1), as well as study requests. All
proceeding are accessible in the j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, comments on the PAD and SD1, and
Commission’s eLibrary system by local, and tribal agencies with study requests should be sent to the
clicking on the appropriate link in the jurisdiction and/or special expertise address above in paragraph h. In
above list. They are also available for with respect to environmental issues addition, all comments on the PAD and
electronic review in the Commission’s that wish to cooperate in the SD1, study requests, requests for
Public Reference Room in Washington, preparation of the environmental cooperating agency status, and all
DC. There is an eSubscription link on document should follow the communications to and from
the website that enables subscribers to instructions for filing such requests Commission staff related to the merits of
receive email notification when a described in item o below. Cooperating the potential application must be filed
document is added to a subscribed agencies should note the Commission’s with the Commission.
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC policy that agencies that cooperate in The Commission strongly encourages
Online service, please email the preparation of the environmental electronic filing. Please file all
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call document cannot also intervene. See 94 documents using the Commission’s
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/
(202) 502–8659. k. With this notice, we are initiating docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can
informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. submit brief comments up to 6,000
Dated: August 20, 2018. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA characters, without prior registration,
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Fisheries under section 7 of the using the eComment system at http://
Deputy Secretary. Endangered Species Act and the joint www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
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[FR Doc. 2018–18320 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am] agency regulations thereunder at 50 ecomment.asp. You must include your
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
CFR, part 402 and (b) the State Historic name and contact information at the end
Preservation Officer, as required by of your comments. For assistance,
section 106, National Historic please contact FERC Online Support at
Preservation Act, and the implementing FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. In lieu of
regulations of the Advisory Council on electronic filing, please send a paper
Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
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Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street for accessing information in paragraph DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first n. Based on all oral and written
page of any filing should include docket comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) Federal Energy Regulatory
number P–2336–094. may be issued. SD2 may include a Commission
All filings with the Commission must revised process plan and schedule, as [Docket No. OR18–35–000]
bear the appropriate heading: well as a list of issues, identified
‘‘Comments on Pre-Application through the scoping process. Notice of Petition for Declaratory
Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’ Order; White Cliffs Pipeline, LLC
‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’ Environmental Site Review
‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency Take notice that on August 16, 2018,
Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and The potential applicant and pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the Federal
from Commission Staff.’’ Any Commission staff will conduct an Energy Regulatory Commission’s
individual or entity interested in Environmental Site Review (site visit) of (Commission) Rules of Practice and
submitting study requests, commenting the project on Friday, September 14, Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) (2017),
on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 2018, consisting of facility tours from White Cliffs Pipeline, L.L.C. (White
requesting cooperating status must do so 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and boat tours Cliff), filed a declaratory order petition
by November 5, 2018. from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. All seeking approval of certain terms and
p. We intend to prepare an participants should meet at the Jackson conditions of service for White Cliffs’
environmental assessment (EA). Land Management Office located at 180 portion of a joint project to provide
Nevertheless, the meetings listed below Dam Road, Jackson, Georgia 30233. pipeline transportation of natural gas
will satisfy the NEPA scoping liquids (NGL) from receipt points in
Participants must notify Courtenay
requirements, irrespective of whether an Weld County, Colorado to the NGL
O’Mara at g2jacksonrel@
EA or an Environmental Impact marketing hub of Mont Belvieu, Texas.
southernco.com, or (404) 506–7219, on The joint project is being undertaken in
Statement is issued by the Commission. or before August 29, 2018, if they plan conjunction with DCP Wattenberg
Scoping Meetings to attend the environmental site review. Pipeline, LLC and DCP Southern Hills
Commission staff will hold two Meeting Objectives Pipeline, LLC (the DCP Parties), all as
scoping meetings in the vicinity of the more fully explained in the petition.
project at the times and places noted At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Any person desiring to intervene or to
below. The daytime meeting will focus Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review protest this filing must file in
on resource agency, Indian tribes, and and discuss existing conditions and accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
non-governmental organization resource management objectives; (3) the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
concerns, while the evening meeting is review and discuss existing information Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
primarily for receiving input from the and identify preliminary information Protests will be considered by the
public. We invite all interested and study needs; (4) review and discuss Commission in determining the
individuals, organizations, and agencies the process plan and schedule for pre- appropriate action to be taken, but will
to attend one or both of the meetings, filing activity that incorporates the time not serve to make protestants parties to
and to assist staff in identifying frames provided for in Part 5 of the the proceeding. Any person wishing to
particular study needs, as well as the Commission’s regulations and, to the become a party must file a notice of
scope of environmental issues to be intervention or motion to intervene, as
extent possible, maximizes coordination
addressed in the environmental appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
of federal, state, and tribal permitting
document. The times and locations of protests must be filed on or before the
and certification processes; and (5) comment date. Anyone filing a motion
these meetings are as follows: discuss the appropriateness of any to intervene or protest must serve a copy
Daytime Scoping Meeting—Jackson, federal or state agency or Indian tribe of that document on the Petitioner.
Georgia acting as a cooperating agency for The Commission encourages
Date & Time: Thursday, September development of an environmental electronic submission of protests and
13, 2018, at 9 a.m. document. interventions in lieu of paper using the
Location: Pepper Sprout Barn, 562 Meeting participants should come ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.
Old Bethel Road, Jackson, Georgia prepared to discuss their issues and/or Persons unable to file electronically
30233, (678) 752–1550. concerns. Please review the PAD in should submit an original and 5 copies
preparation for the scoping meetings. of the protest or intervention to the
Evening Scoping Meeting—Jackson, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Georgia Directions on how to obtain a copy of
the PAD and SD1 are included in item 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
Date & Time: Thursday, September n. of this document. 20426.
13, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. This filing is accessible on-line at
Location: Pepper Sprout Barn, 562 Meeting Procedures http://www.ferc.gov, using the
Old Bethel Road, Jackson, Georgia ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
30233, (678) 752–1550. The meetings will be recorded by a review in the Commission’s Public
Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which stenographer and will be placed in the Reference Room in Washington, DC.
outlines the subject areas to be public records of the project. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
addressed in the environmental Dated: August 20, 2018. website that enables subscribers to
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
document, was mailed to the Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
receive email notification when a
individuals and entities on the document is added to a subscribed
Commission’s mailing list. Copies of Deputy Secretary. docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
SD1 will be available at the scoping [FR Doc. 2018–18324 Filed 8–23–18; 8:45 am] Online service, please email
meetings, or may be viewed on the web BILLING CODE 6717–01–P FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
at http://www.ferc.gov, using the (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions (202) 502–8659.
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