[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 61 (Thursday, March 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17171-17172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7717]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application and Applicant Prepared Environmental 
Assessment Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and 
Protests, and Soliciting Comments, Final Terms and Conditions, 
Recommendations, and Prescriptions

March 23, 2001.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application and 
applicant prepared environmental assessment (APEA) has been filed with 
the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-271-062.
    c. Date Filed: December 18, 2000.
    d. Applicant: Entergy Arkansas, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Carpenter-Remmel Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Ouachita River in Garland and Hot Springs 
Counties, Arkansas, immediately downstream from the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers Blakely Mountain Dam. The Carpenter-Remmel Hydroelectric 
Project includes the Carpenter development at river mile 461 and the 
Remmel development at river mile 450. There are 34.3 acres of federally 
owned lands within the project boundary around Lake Hamilton which are 
under the supervision of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. W. Henry Jones, Relicensing Project 
Manager, Entergy Fossil Operations, P.O. Box 218, Jones Mills, AR 
72105, (501) 844-2148 or email: [email protected]; Mr. Hugh T. 
McDonald, President, Entergy Arkansas, Inc., 425 West Capitol Avenue, 
Little Rock, AR 72201, (501) 377-4372.
    i. FERC Contact: Ed Lee, (202) 219-2809 or E-Mail 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments, 
and final recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions: 60 
days from the issuance 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, protests and 
interventions 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.

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    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person that is 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. The license application and the APEA have been accepted for 
filing and are now ready for environmental analysis. No additional 
information or studies are needed to prepare the Commission's 
environmental assessment. Comments, as indicated above, are now being 
requested from interested parties. The applicant will have 45 days 
following the end of this comment period to respond to any comments 
filed within the comment period.
    l. Description of Project: The Carpenter and Remmel developments 
are comprised of the following physical facilities.
    (A) The Carpenter development, located furthest upstream, consists 
of the following principal features: (i) a concrete gravity structure 
approximately 108 feet high (measured from the top of the Taintor gates 
to the original riverbed) and approximately 1,165 feet long, including 
a 453-foot-long spillway section, 354 feet of which is gated by 10 
Taintor gates, 28 feet high by 34 feet wide and two abutment sections; 
(ii) a reservoir, Lake Hamilton, approximately 18.25 miles long with 
approximately 198 miles of shoreline, approximately 6,897 acres of 
surface area, at elevation (El.) 399.9 mean sea level (msl), and 
approximately 6,800 acre-feet of usable storage capacity; (iii) an 
integral intake and powerhouse structure approximately 278 feet long by 
135 feet high, with two generating units whose nameplate ratings total 
approximately 56,000 kW; (iv) two vertical Francis type turbines, each 
with a rated output of 39,500 Hp at a discharge capacity of 4,800 cubic 
feet per second (cfs) at 89 feet of head; (v) 13.8-kilovolt (kV) 
generator leads; (vi) two 115-kV transmission lines from the Carpenter 
powerhouse transformer bank to the 115-kV switchyard; and (vii) 
appurtenant facilities to connect to the 115-kV switchyard.
    (B) The Remmel development, located approximately 11.78 miles 
downstream of the Carpenter development, consists of the following 
principal features: (i) a modified Ambursen-type slab and buttress dam 
approximately 60 feet high (measured from the top of the Taintor gates 
to the original riverbed) and approximately 900 feet long, including a 
360-foot-long spillway section, 330 feet of which is gated by 12 
Taintor gates, 15 feet high by 27.5 feet wide, and two abutment 
sections; (ii) a reservoir, Lake Catherine, approximately 11.78 miles 
long with approximately 56 miles of shoreline, approximately 1,642 
acres of surface area, at El. 304 msl, and approximately 2,400 acre-
feet of usable storage capacity; (iii) an integral intake and 
powerhouse structure approximately 105 feet long by 48.4 feet high, 
with three generating units whose nameplate ratings total approximately 
9,300 kW; (iv) three vertical Francis type turbines each with nameplate 
ratings of 4,500 Hp at a discharge capacity of 1,100 cfs at a head of 
42 feet; (v) 4.16-kV generator leads; (vi) two banks of 4/34.5-kV 
transformers that raise the generator voltage for transmission over a 
distance of approximately 565 feet to a substation and then to the 
electrical grid; and (vii) a single span of 115-kV transmission line 
extends northeasterly from the substation for approximately 72 feet to 
a dead-end structure where it connects into a portion of the 115-kV 
transmission system.
    The project has a total nameplate installed capacity of 65.3 MW and 
a average annual generation of approximately 188 GWh.
    m. 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 2-A, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371. The application may be viewed on 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 comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene 
in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 
18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the appropriate action to 
take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments 
filed, but only those persons may become parties to the proceeding who 
file motions to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules. 
Comments, protests, and motions to intervene must be received at the 
Commission on or before the close of the comment date.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application and APEA be filed with the 
Commission within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All 
reply comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 days from 
the date of this notice.
    These deadlines may be extended by the Commission, but only upon a 
showing of good cause or extraordinary circumstances in accordance with 
18 CFR 385.2008.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' 
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' 
(2) set forth in the heading the name of the applicant, ``Entergy 
Arkansas, Inc.'' and the project number of the application, ``Project 
No. 271,'' to which the filing pertains; (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. All comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or 
prescriptions must set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain 
copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of any 
protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative 
of the applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all 
other filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by 
proof of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by 
the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) 
and 385.2010.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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