[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13720-13721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5527]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions 
To Intervene and Protests

March 1, 2001.
    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.: 11855-000.
    c. Date Filed: July 24, 2000; supplemented on February 14, 2001.
    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]; (202) 219-
2780.
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protest: 60 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. Comments and protests may be 
filed electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site 
at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
persons and entities filing requests to intervene in the subject 
proceeding to serve a copy of each document they file with the 
Commission on each person on the official service list for the subject 
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. 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 and 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; (3) 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. 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 (202) 208-2222 for assistance). A 
copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address 
in item h, above.
    n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice

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and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. 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.
    o. All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (2) set forth in the heading 
the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 
upon the representative of the applicant specified in item h, above.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-5527 Filed 3-6-01; 8:45 am]
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