[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51657-51658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25364]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedures for 
Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

October 3, 2001.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 2935-015.
    c. Date Filed: September 24, 2001.
    d. Applicant: Enterprise Mill, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Enterprise Mill Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Augusta Canal about 6 miles downstream of the 
Augusta Canal diversion dam, adjacent to the Savannah River, Richmond 
County, Augusta, GA. The project is one of three hydropower projects 
located in the Augusta Canal. The project does not affect Federal 
lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791 (a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Beth E. Harris, Project Engineer, CHI Energy, 
Inc., P.O. Box 8597, Greenville, SC 29604, (864) 281-9630.
    i. FERC Contact: Monte TerHaar, (202) 219-2768 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: November 26, 
2001.
    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

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385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site 
under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person 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. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time. We are not requesting intervenors to this project at this time.
    l. The existing Enterprise Mill Hydroelectric Project consists of: 
(1) There is no dam or impoundment, as approximately 580 cfs of water 
is withdrawn from the Augusta Canal when operating at full capacity; 
(2) two steel sliding, vertical lift intake gates; (3) primary and 
secondary steel trash racks; (4) two 300-foot-long, 8-foot diameter 
penstocks; (5) two vertical shaft turbine/generator units with an 
installed capacity of 1.2 megawatts: (6) an 850-foot-long tailrace 
returning flow to the Augusta Canal, and (7) appurtenant facilities. 
The applicant estimates that the annual generation would be between 
5,000 and 8,000 megawatthours. Generated power is utilized within the 
applicant's Enterprise Mill which houses residential and commercial 
tenants, and excess power will be sold to Georgia Power Company. No new 
facilities are proposed.
    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, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and are 
available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the 
web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link, selected 
``Docket#'' and follow the instructions (call 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 
Georgia State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
Sec. 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    o. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following milestones, some of which may 
be combined to expedite processing:

Notice of application has been accepted for filing
Notice or NEPA Scoping
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis
Notice soliciting final terms and conditions
Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document (draft EA)
Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document (final EA)
Order issuing the Commission's decision on the application

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-25364 Filed 10-9-01; 8:45 am]
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