[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16094-16095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-8981]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission

April 5, 1996.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: 11437-001.
    c. Date filed: March 15, 1996.
    d. Applicant: Hydro Matrix Partnership, Ltd.
    e. Name of Project: Jordan Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: At the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dam on the Haw 
River near Moncure in Chatham County, North Carolina.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: James B. Price, Ph.D., W.V. Hydro, Inc., 120 
Calumet Ct., Aiken, SC 29803, (803) 642-2749.
    i. FERC Contact: Julie Bernt (202) 219-2814.
    j. Comment Date: 60 days from the filing date in paragraph C.
    k. Description of Project: The proposed project would be located at 
the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers B. Everett Jordan Dam and 
would consist of: (1) 80 turbine generator units each rated at 100 kW 
installed in two modules places in slots on the existing intake tower 
for a total installed capacity of 8,000 kW; (2) a channel installed on 
the upstream face of the intake tower; (3) a 23 kV transmission line; 
and, (4) appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that the total 
average annual generation would be 28 GWh. The cost of constructing the 
project would be $5,950,000.
    l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the NORTH 
CAROLINA STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by 
Sec. 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR, at 800.4.
    m. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for complete analysis of the application 
on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a 
request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the 
filing date and serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-8981 Filed 4-10-96; 8:45 am]
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