[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 247 (Monday, December 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77245-77246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3817]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2165-015]


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-2165-015.
    c. Applicant: Alabama Power Company.
    d. Name of Project: Warrior River Hydroelectric Project, which 
includes the Lewis Smith and Bankhead Developments.
    e. Location: The Lewis Smith development is located in northwestern 
Alabama in the headwaters of the Black Warrior River on the Sipsey Fork 
in Cullman, Walker, and Winston counties. The Bankhead development is 
located in central Alabama downstream of the Lewis Smith development, 
on the Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa County.
    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 distributed a copy of the Warrior 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 Warrior PDEA and 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.

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    All comments on the Warrior 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 (Warrior River 
Hydroelectric Project) 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 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 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (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. E4-3817 Filed 12-23-04; 8:45 am]
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