[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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