[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 14 (Friday, January 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3505-3506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1406]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application and Applicant Prepared Environmental 
Assessment Accepted for Filing; Requesting Interventions and Protests; 
Establishing Procedural Schedule and Final Amendment Deadline; 
Requesting Comments, Final Terms and Conditions, Recommendations and 
Prescriptions; Requesting Reply Comments

January 15, 1999.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application and 
Applicant Prepared Environmental Assessment (APEA) has been filed with 
the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-1218-014.
    c. Date filed: November 25, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Georgia Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Flint River Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Flint River near the 
City of Albany, in Lee and Dougherty Counties, Georgia. The project 
would not utilize any federal lands or facilities.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Mike Phillips, Georgia Power Company, Bin 
10151, 241 Ralph McGill Boulevard, NE, Atlanta, GA 30308-3374, Tel. 
(404) 506-2392.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Allan E. Creamer, E-mail address [email protected], or 
telephone (202) 219-0365.
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene, protests, comments, 
final terms and conditions, recommendations, and prescriptions: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    Deadline for applicant to file any final amendments to the 
application: 45 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners filing documents with the commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person whose name appears on the official service 
list for the project. Further, if an intervener 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 the that resource agency.
    k. Status of environmental analysis: On March 6, 1996, the 
Director, Office of Hydropower Licensing, waived or amended certain of 
the Commission's regulations to allow for coordinated preparation of 
the license application and an APEA. Since then, the Commission has 
been working cooperatively in advising the applicant and its 
Consultation Team on studies or other information foreseeable required 
by the Commission.
    Commission staff have reviewed the license application and APEA and 
have determined that the application is acceptable and no additional 
information or studies are needed to prepare the Commission's 
environmental assessment (EA). Comments, as indicated above, are now 
being requested from interested parties. The applicant will have 45 
days following the end of this period to respond to those comments, or 
may elect to seek a waiver of this deadline. Because the issues in this 
relicensing have been resolved prior to the final license application 
being filed, Commission staff do not anticipate issuing a draft EA. 
Rather, comments, terms and conditions, recommendations, prescriptions, 
and reply comments, if any, will be addressed in a final EA issued in 
the Spring of 1999.
    l. Description of Project: The project consists of the following 
facilities: (1) the Muckafoonee Creek diversion dam, having (a) a 67-
foot non-overflow section, (b) a 22-foot sluice section with two 6- by 
8-foot sluices, and (c) a 133-foot gated spillway section with six 21- 
by 6-foot vertical lift gates; (2) a 500-foot-long reinforced concrete, 
free-crested auxiliary spillway and a 2,600-foot-long earthen dike; (3) 
the Flint River dam, having (a) a concrete intake structure, (b) a 
powerhouse (integral with the dam) containing three 1.8-megawatt (MW) 
generating units, for a total installed capacity of 5.4 MW, (c) a 464-
foot-long spillway with 16 Taintor gates, and (d) a 1,700-foot-long 
earthen dike; (4) a 1,250-acre impoundment, impounding 10 miles of the 
mainstream Flint River and the lower reaches of the Kinchafoonee and 
Muckalee Creeks, at a water surface elevation of 181.8 feet plant 
datum, with a total storage capacity of 7,800 acre-feet; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is about 34.428 
Gigawatt-hours.
    m. Locations of the application and APEA: Copies of the application 
and APEA are available for inspection and reproduction at the 
Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 888 first Street, NE, 
Room 2A, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The 
application and APEA may be viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us. Call 
(202) 208-2222 for assistance. Copies are also available for inspection 
and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    n. Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest or 
a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Rules 
of Practice and Procedures, 18 C.F.R. sections 385.210, .211, .214. In 
determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will 
consider all protests 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 deadline date for the particular 
application and APEA.
    o. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The Commission is 
requesting comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, 
prescriptions, and reply comments.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to 18 CFR section 4.34(b) of the 
regulations, that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, 
and prescriptions concerning the application and APEA be filed with the 
Commission within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All 
reply comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 days from 
the date of this notice.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the 
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary 
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
    p. All filings must: (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``COMMENTS,'' 
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' ``PRESCRIPTIONS,''or 
``REPLY COMMENTS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the name of the 
applicant and the project number of the application and APEA to which 
the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
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forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application and APEA directly from the applicant. Any of these 
documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of 
copies required by the Commission's regulations to: Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 first Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 
20426. An additional copy must be sent to: Director, Division of 
Licensing and Compliance, Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, at the above address. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 3.34(b) and 385.2010.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-1406 Filed 1-21-99; 8:45 am]
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