[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2387-2388]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-927]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Intent to File an Application for a New License

January 7, 2000.
    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File An Application for a 
New License.
    b. Project No.: 2177.
    c. Date Filed: December 21, 1999.
    d. Submitted By: Georgia Power Company--current licensee.
    e. Name of Project: Middle Chattahoochee Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Chattahoochee River, near the cities of 
Columbus, Phenix City and Smith's, in Harris and Muscogee Counties, 
Georgia, and Chambers, Lee, and Russell Counties, Alabama.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the Federal Power Act.
    h. Licensee Contact: George Martin, Georgia Power Company, 241 
Ralph McGill Boulevard NE, Atlanta, GA 30308 (404) 506-1357.
    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, [email protected], (202) 219-2778, 
or Ron McKitrick, [email protected], (770) 452-3778 
regarding the alternative licensing procedures.
    j. Effective date of current license: January 1, 1955.
    k. Expiration date of current license: December 31, 2004.
    l. Description of the Project: The project consists of the 
following three developments:
    The Goat Rock Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A

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75-foot-high concrete dam comprised of an overflow spillway section 
surmounted with 4-foot-high flashboards; (2) the 6-mile-long, 1,050-
acre Goat Rock reservoir at a normal pool elevation of 404 feet msl; 
(3) a powerhouse, integral with the dam, containing six generating 
units with a total installed capacity of 26,000 kW, and (4) other 
appurtenances.
    The Oliver Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 70-foot-high concrete dam comprised of a gated 
spillway section; (2) the 8.5-mile-long, 2,150-acre Lake Oliver 
reservoir at a normal pool elevation of 337 feet msl; (3) a powerhouse, 
integral with the dam, containing four generating units with a total 
installed capacity of 60,000 kW, and (4) other appurtenances.
    The North Highlands Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) a 40-foot-high concrete masonry dam comprised of an 
overflow spillway section surmounted with 3.5-foot-high flashboards; 
(2) the 131-acre North Highlands reservoir at a normal pool elevation 
of 269 feet msl; (3) a powerhouse, integral with the dam, containing 
four generating units with a total installed capacity of 29,600 kW, and 
(4) other appurtenances.
    m. Each application for a new license and any competing license 
applications must be filed with the Commission at least 24 months prior 
to the expiration of the existing license. All applications for license 
for this project must be filed by December 31, 2002.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-927 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am]
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