[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 77245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3816]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 2146-090, 82-019, 618-104]


Alabama Power Company; Notice of Draft License Application and 
Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (PDEA) and Request for 
Preliminary Terms and Conditions

December 17, 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.: P-2146; P-82; P-618.
    c. Applicant: Alabama Power Company.
    d. Name of Project: Coosa River Hydroelectric Project (P-2146) 
which includes the Weiss, H. Neely Henry, Logan Martin, Lay and Bouldin 
developments; Mitchell Hydroelectric Project (P-82); Jordan 
Hydroelectric Project (P-618).
    e. Location: On the Coosa River, in the states of Alabama and 
Georgia.
    f. Applicant Contact: Mr. R.M. Akridge, Hydro General Manager, 
Alabama Power Company, 600 North 18th Street, P.O. Box 2641, 
Birmingham, AL 35291-8180.
    g. FERC Contact: Ronald McKitrick, (770) 452-2272, E-mail: 
[email protected].
    h. Alabama Power Company intends to combine all three Projects 
listed above into one Project number. Alabama Power Company distributed 
a copy of the Coosa PDEA and Draft License Application to interested 
parties at a public meeting on December 8, 2004 and mailed copies on 
December 10, 2004 to those not attending the December 8th meeting. The 
Commission received a copy of the PDEA and Coosa Draft License 
Application on December 10, 2004.
    i. Status of Project: With this notice the Commission is soliciting 
(1) preliminary terms, conditions, and recommendations on the PDEA, and 
(2) comments on the PDEA and the Draft Application.
    j. Deadline for Filing: March 10, 2005.
    All comments on the Coosa PDEA and Draft Application should be sent 
to the addresses noted above in Item (f), with one copy filed with FERC 
at the following address: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. All 
comments must include the project name (Coosa River Hydroelectric 
Projects) and number and bear the heading ``Preliminary Comments, 
Preliminary Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, or 
Preliminary Prescriptions.''
    Comments and preliminary recommendations, terms and conditions, and 
prescriptions 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 (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    k. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is 
available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the 
Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link--select ``Docket 
'' and follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance).
    Alabama Power Company has mailed a copy of the Coosa Preliminary 
DEA and Draft Application to interested entities and parties. Copies of 
these documents are available by contacting Alabama Power Company's 
relicensing Web site at http://www.southernco.com/alpower/hydro or by 
calling (205) 257-4265 or by e-mailing [email protected] or (205) 
257-1268 or by e-mailing [email protected].
    l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Alabama and Georgia STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICERS (SHPO), as 
required by section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the 
regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 
800.4.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-3816 Filed 12-23-04; 8:45 am]
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