[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57807-57808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23209]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Temporary License Amendment and Soliciting Comments, 
Motions To Intervene, and Protests

September 6, 2002.
    Take notice that the following application has been filed with the 
Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Application Type: Request for temporary license amendment to 
deviate from: (1) The High Rock reservoir and Badin Lake drawdown 
schedule; and (2) the obligation beginning March 6, 2003 to refill High 
Rock Reservoir to within five feet of full pool by May 15, 2003.
    b. Project No.: 2197-056.
    c. Date Filed: August 29, 2002.
    d. Applicant: Alcoa Power Generating Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Yadkin River.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Yadkin/Pee Dee River, in 
Montgomery, Stanley, Davidson, Rowan, and Davie Counties, North 
Carolina.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r) 
and sections 799 and 801.
    h. Applicant Contact: Julian Polk, Alcoa Power Generating Inc., 293 
NC 740 Highway, PO Box 576, Badin, NC 28009-0576, (704) 422-5617.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Mr. T.J. LoVullo at (202) 502-8900, or e-mail address: 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments and or motions: October 7, 2002.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: Ms. 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Please include the project 
number (P-2197) on any comments or motions filed.
    k. Description of Request: As the result of collaborative efforts 
between Alcoa Power Generating Inc. (APGI), Carolina Power and Light 
(CP&L), the North Carolina Department of the Environment and Natural 
Resources, the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, and the 
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, the 
licensee filed a request for an emergency temporary amendment to its 
license requirements. The purpose of this emergency amendment request 
is to adopt special management practices for the Yadkin Project to 
respond to the public health and safety concerns that have arisen as a 
result of the extraordinary drought in the Yadkin/Pee Dee basin. The 
new, temporary operating protocol, developed by the above parties and 
filed by APGI with the Commission, proposes to coordinate the operation 
of the Yadkin Project with CP&L's Yadkin/Pee Dee River Project 
(collectively, the licensees) to discharge a target volume of 900 cubic 
feet per second of water for downstream water uses. APGI proposes to 
implement the protocol which calls for, in part, to coordinate 
operation with CP&L to proportionally draw down the licensees' 
reservoirs in order to minimize drought impacts and equalize the burden 
on people, fish, and wildlife dependent upon the reservoirs.
    The operating guides for the Yadkin Project require specific 
reservoir levels as well as refilling requirements in the spring. In 
order to meet the downstream water needs, APGI requested an emergency 
temporary license variance of the reservoir elevation requirements and 
the requirement to refill High Rock reservoir to within five feet of 
full by May 15, 2003 in the event that adherence to the newly developed 
protocol prevents the licensee from being able to achieve the refill.
    Based on the need to respond to the public health and safety 
concerns that have arisen as a result of the extraordinary drought in 
the Yadkin/Pee Dee basin, APGI's request for variances to its 
operational requirements, as identified in its August 29, 2002 filing, 
may be implemented while the Commission completes its review of APGI's 
request.
    l. Location of the Application: 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 2A, Washington, 
DC 20426, or by calling (202) 502-8371. This filing may also be viewed 
on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link, select 
``General Search'' and enter ``P-2197'' in the ``Docket Number'' box to 
access the document. For assistance call 202-502-8222 or for TTY, (202) 
208-1659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in item (h) above.
    m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing 
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
    n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene--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 who 
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules 
may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 
motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
comment date for the particular application.

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    o. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS 
FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS'', ``PROTEST'', OR ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', as 
applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to 
which the filing refers. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be 
served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the 
particular application.
    p. Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited 
to file comments on the described application. A copy of the 
application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If 
an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing 
comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an 
agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.
    q. 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.gov 
under the ``e-Filing'' link.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-23209 Filed 9-11-02; 8:45 am]
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