[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 9500]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4789]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing with the Commission and 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests

February 22, 1999.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2009-018.
    c. Date filed: January 28, 1999.
    d. Applicant: Virginia Electric and Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Roanoke Rapids and Gaston Hydropower Project.
    f. Location: On the Roanoke River, near the town of Roanoke Rapids, 
North Carolina, Northampton and Warren Counties North Carolina.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).

    h. Applicant Contact
    Mr. Ken Baker, Virginia Power Company, 5000 Dominion Boulevard, 
Glenn Allen, VA 23060, (804) 273-3257.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Monte TerHaar, E-mail address monte.terhaarferc.fed.us, or telephone 
202-219-2768.
    j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: 60 days from the 
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 
intervenors 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 intervenor 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 that resource agency.
    k. Status of environmental analysis: This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time. Also, the Commission is not 
requesting motions to intervene at this time. The Commission will 
publish a separate notice requesting motions to intervene after it is 
determined all relevant studies are completed.
    l. Description of the Project: The Project consists of the Gaston 
Development and Roanoke Rapids Development located on the Roanoke 
River, immediately downstream from the John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir 
operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    The Gaston Development is located 34 miles downstream of Kerr Dam 
at river mile 145.5, and consists of: (1) a 3,600-foot-long and 105-
foot-high concrete and earth dam; (2) a 550-foot-long concrete ogee 
spillway with 11 steel radial gates 40 feet wide by 38 feet high; (3) a 
20,300-acre reservoir, 34 miles long which maintains a water surface 
elevation between 200 and 203 feet msl, a total volume of 450,000 acre-
feet, and flood storage capacity of 63,000 acre-feet; (4) a concrete 
and masonry powerhouse, service bay, and unloading bay, about 425 foot 
long; (5) 4 turbines (3 vertical shaft fixed blade and 1 vertical shaft 
Kaplan turbine) with a total installed capacity of 225 megawatts, and a 
maximum hydraulic capacity of 44,000 cfs, producing an average of 
336,362 megawatt hours annually, and a maximum dependable capacity of 
225 MWH; and (6) four 14.4-kV generators connected to two 230-kilovolt 
transformers; and other appurtenances.
    The Roanoke Rapids Development is located 42 miles downstream of 
Kerr Dam at river mile 138, and consists of: (1) a 3,050-foot-long and 
72-foot-high concrete gravity dam; (2) a 1,133-foot-long concrete ogee 
spillway with 24 spillway bays each 44 feet wide with steel gates 38 
feet wide, and one skimmer bay 25 feet wide; (3) a 4,600-acre 
reservoir, 8 miles long which has a maximum drawdown of 5 feet for 
generation storage, a total volume of 77,140 acre-feet, and storage 
capacity of 20,640 acre-feet; (4) a concrete and masonry powerhouse and 
service bay about 406 feet long; (5) 4 Kapland turbines with a total 
installed capacity of 104 megawatts, and a maximum hydraulic capacity 
of 20,000 cfs, producing an average of 336,408 megawatt hours annually, 
and a maximum dependable capacity of 99 MWH; and (6) four 14.4-kV 
generators connected to two 110-kilovolt transformers; and other 
appurtenances.
    m. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington, 
DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may also be 
viewed on the Internet at http:/www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 
202-208-222 for assistance). A copy is also available for inspection 
and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    n. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State 
Historic Preservation Officer as required by Sec. 106, National 
Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council 
on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR at Sec. 800.4.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-4789 Filed 2-25-98; 8:45 am]
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