[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 112 (Thursday, June 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32538-32539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1314]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2686-032]


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

June 4, 2004.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New major license.
    b. Project No.: 2686-032.
    c. Date filed: January 26, 2004.
    d. Applicant: Duke Power (Nantahala Area).
    e. Name of Project: West Fork Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the West Fork of the Tuckasegee River, in Jackson 
County, North Carolina. The project does not affect Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: John C. Wishon, Nantahala Area Relicensing 
Project Manager, Duke Power, 301 NP&L Loop, Franklin, NC 28734, (828) 
369-4604, energy.com">jcwishon@duke-energy.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Carolyn Holsopple at (202) 502-6407 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    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.
    Motions to intervene and protests may be filed electronically via 
the Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filings. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 
on the Commission's Web site http://www.ferc.gov under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    k. This application has been accepted for filing, but is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The existing West Fork Project operates in a peaking mode and is 
comprised of two developments: Thorpe and Tuckasegee. The Thorpe 
development consists of the following features: (1) A 900-foot-long, 
150-foot-tall rockfill dam (Glenville Dam), with a 410-foot-long, 122-
foot-tall earth and rockfill saddle dam located approximately 500 feet 
from the main dam left abutment; (2) a spillway for Glenville Dam 
located at the right abutment; (3) a 1,462 acre reservoir, with a 
normal reservoir elevation of 3,491.8 feet National Geodetic Vertical 
Datum and a storage capacity of 72,000 acre-feet; (4) a concrete and 
brick powerhouse containing one generating unit having an installed 
capacity of 15.5 megawatts (MW); and (5) appurtenant facilities.
    The Tuckasegee development consists of the following features: (1) 
A 254-foot-long, 61-foot-high concrete arch dam (Tuckasegee Dam), with 
24 steel flashboards; (2) a 233.5-foot-long spillway; (3) a 7.9 acre 
reservoir, with a normal reservoir elevation of 2,778.75 feet National 
Geodetic Vertical Datum and a storage capacity of 35 acre-feet; (4) a 
concrete powerhouse containing one generating unit having an installed 
capacity of 2.6 MW; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
    m. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free at (866) 
208-3676, or for TTY, (202)

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502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice 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.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    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 each representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.

Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-1314 Filed 6-9-04; 8:45 am]
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