[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48495-48496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19969]


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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

August 2, 2000.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 2585-004.
    c. Date Filed: July 24, 2000.
    d. Applicant: JLH Hydro, Incorporated.
    e. Name of Project: Idols Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Yadkin River near the town of Clemmons in Davie 
and Forsyth counties, North Carolina. The project would not utilize 
federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: James L. Horton, President, JLH Hydro, Inc. 
at 1800 Statesville Blvd., Salisbury, NC 28144. Telephone 704-638-0506.
    i. FERC Contact: Jim Haimes, [email protected], Telephone 
202-219-2780.
    j. Deadline for Filing Additional Study Requests: September 22, 
2000.
    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 that resource agency.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of the Project: The proposed project would consist 
of the following existing facilities: (1) A 10-foot-high, 660-foot-
long, rubble masonry dam having an ungated 410-foot-long spillway; (2) 
a 1-mile-long, reservoir with a surface area of 35 acres, and no 
appreciable storage at normal pool elevation, 672.3 feet mean sea 
level; (3) a 900-foot-long, 100 to 150-foot-wide tailrace, separated 
from the main river channel by a 200-foot-long, concrete retaining wall 
and a mid-channel island; and (4) a 60-foot-long by 39-foot-wide brick 
utility building, which would contain the project's transformers.
    The site's 146-foot-long by 36-foot-wide powerhouse, located at the 
northeast end of the dam, was a stone masonry and wood structure, which 
contained 6 vertical Francis-type turbines directly connected to 6 
generators having a total installed capacity of 1,411 kilowatts. On 
February 8, 1998, a major fire destroyed the powerhouse's generators 
and electrical equipment as well as its wooden roof, walls, and floor.
    The applicant proposes: (1) To use the project's existing dam, 
water intake structures, wicket gates, and turbines; (2) to reconstruct 
the powerhouse with a steel roof and red concrete block walls; (30 to 
install 6 generators having a combined capacity of 1,440 kilowatts in 
the restored powerhouse structure; (4) to install 3 dry-type 
transformers in the utility building; (5) to improve the existing canoe 
take-out, portage trail, and put-in area around the dam's west side; 
and (6) to operate the project in a run-of-river mode to produce an 
average of 5,866,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.
    m. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, Room 2A, located at 888 First Street, NE, Washington, 
D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed 
on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

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(202) 208-2222 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 800.4.
    o. Under Section 4.32(b)(7) of the commission's regulations (18 CFR 
4.32(b)(7)), if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that the applicant should conduct an additional scientific study to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merits, they must file a request for the study with 
the Commission, not later than 60 days after the date the application 
is filed, and must serve a copy of the request on the applicant.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-19969 Filed 8-7-00; 8:45 am]
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