[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 185 (Monday, September 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 49405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23664]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 1951-037, GA]


Georgia Power Co.; Notice of Application and DEA Accepted for 
Filing; Notice Requesting Interventions and Protests; and Notice (REA) 
Requesting Comments, Final Terms and Conditions, Recommendations and 
Prescriptions

September 19, 1995.
    The Sinclair Project is located on the Oconee River near the city 
of Milledgeville, in Baldwin County, Georgia. The proposed project 
would utilize the following existing project facilities owned by the 
Georgia Power Company: (1) A 104-foot-high, 2,988-foot-long dam; (2) a 
powerhouse containing two 22.5-megawatt (MW) turbine/generator units 
with a total installed generating capacity of 45 MW; (3) a 15,330-acre 
reservoir; (4) an excavated tailrace; (5) a 90-foot-long, 115-kilovolt, 
3 phase transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The average 
annual generation is about 118 gigawatthours.
    The purpose of this notice is to: (1) Inform all interested parties 
that the Sinclair draft environmental assessment (DEA) and final 
license application filed with the Commission on August 30, 1995, are 
hereby accepted; (2) invite interventions and protests; (3) solicit 
comments, final recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions 
on Georgia Power Company's DEA and final license application.
    The Georgia Power Company, U.S. Forest Service (FS), Georgia 
Department of Natural Resources-Wildlife Resources Division (Georgia 
DNR-WRD), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and National Marine 
Fisheries Service (NMFS), as well as other federal, state, and local 
agencies, have been working cooperatively to prepare the DEA since 
1993.
    The Georgia Power Company and the Georgia DNR-WRD, FWS, and the 
NMFS have reached agreement as to the preferred alternative for 
relicensing the Sinclair Project. This preferred alternative is 
reflected in the DEA.

Interventions and Protests

    All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title 
``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.
    In addition, commenters may submit a copy of their comments, 
interventions on a 3\1/2\-inch diskette formatted for MS-DOS based 
computers. In light of our ability to translate MS-DOS based materials, 
the text need only be submitted in the format and version that it was 
generated (i.e., MS Word, WordPerfect 5.1/5.2, ASCII, etc.). It is not 
necessary to reformat word processor generated text to ASCII. For 
Macintosh users, it would be helpful to save the documents in Macintosh 
word processor format and then write them to files on a diskette 
formatted for MS-DOS machines. Any of these documents must be filed by 
providing the original and 8 copies required by the Commission's 
Regulations to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 
North Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    An additional copy must be sent to: Director, Division of Project 
Review, Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Room 1027, at the above address. A copy of any motion to 
intervene or protest must be served upon each representative of the 
applicant specified in the final application.
    All filings must be received 60 days from the date of this notice.

Comments, Final Terms and Conditions, Recommendations and Prescriptions

    Interested parties have 60 days from the date of this notice to 
file with the Commission, any final comments, final recommendations, 
terms and conditions and prescriptions for the Sinclair Project. The 
applicant will have 45 days to respond to the agencies' final 
recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions. In view of 
the high level of early involvement of the FS, Georgia DNR-WRD, FWS, 
NMFS, other federal, state and local agencies, as well as the public, 
we expect the majority of comments to reflect the agreement and 
preferred alternative in the DEA.

Copy of the Application

    A copy of the DEA and final license application can be inspected 
and reproduced at Georgia Power Company's corporate office, 333 
Piedmont Avenue, 18th floor, Atlanta, Georgia, and at local area 
government offices in the vicinity of the project.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-23664 Filed 9-22-95; 8:45 am]
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