[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 26, 2001)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Intent To File an Application for a New License

December 18, 2001.
    a. Type of filing: Notice of Intent to File An Application for a 
New License.
    b. Project No.: 2165.
    c. Date filed: November 19, 2001.
    d. Submitted by: Alabama Power Company--current licensee.
    e. Name of project: Warrior River Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Black Warrior River and on the Sipsey Fork of 
the Black Warrior River in Cullman, Walker, Winston, and Tuscaloosa 
Counties, Alabama. The project occupies federal lands administered by 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and located within the William B. 
Bankhead National Forest.
    g. Filed pursuant to: Section 15 of the Federal Power Act.
    h. Licensee contact: Jim Crew, JFCREW@southernco,com, (205) 257-
4265, or Barry Lovett, [email protected], (205) 257-1268.
    i. FERC contact: Ron McKitrick, [email protected], (770) 
452-3778.
    j. Effective date of current license: September 1, 1957.
    k. Expiration date of current license: August 31, 2007.
    l. Description of the project: The project consists of the 
following two developments:
    The Smith Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) The 300-foot-high, 2,200-foot-long Smith Dam; (2) a 
956-foot-long concrete spillway section; (3) the 21,200-acre Smith Lake 
with a normal water surface elevation of 510 feet msl; (4) two 630-
foot-long, 22-foot-diameter tunnels leading to; (5) a powerhouse 
containing two generating units with a total installed capacity of 
157.5 MW, (6) a 700-foot-long tailrace; (7) two 115-kV transmission 
lines and one 161-kV transmission line; and (8) other appurtenances.
    The Bankhead Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) The 1,400-foot-long John Hollis Bankhead Dam consisting 
of: (a) a 1,230-foot-long concrete spillway section equipped with 22 
vertical lift gates; (b) a 78-foot-wide intake section; (2) the 9,200-
acre Bankhead Lake with a normal water surface elevation of 255feet 
msl; (3) a powerhouse containing one generating unit with an installed 
capacity of 52.5 MW; (4) a 115-kV transmission line; and (5) 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 August 31, 2005.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-31593 Filed 12-21-01; 8:45 am]
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