[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 19 (Monday, January 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4842-4843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-336]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[P-2698-033]


Duke Power; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental 
Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and 
Conditions, and Prescriptions

January 21, 2005.
    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.: 2698-033.
    c. Date filed: February 20, 2004.
    d. Applicant: Duke Power.
    e. Name of Project: East Fork Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the East Fork of the Tuckasegee River, in Jackson 
County, North Carolina. There are 23.15 acres of United States Forest 
Service land (Nantahala National Forest) within the boundary of the 
project.
    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 comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 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.
    Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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 and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    l. The existing East Fork Project operates in a peaking mode and is 
comprised of three developments: Cedar Cliff, Bear Creek and Tennessee 
Creek. The Cedar Cliff development consists of the following features: 
(1) A 590-foot-long, 173-foot-tall earth core and rockfill dam (Cedar 
Cliff Dam); (2) a service spillway excavated in rock at the right 
abutment; (3) a 221-foot-long emergency spillway located at the left 
abutment; (4) a 121-acre reservoir, with a normal reservoir elevation 
of 2,330 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum and a storage capacity 
of 6,200-acre-feet; (5) a concrete powerhouse containing one generating 
unit having an installed capacity of 6.1 megawatts (MW); and (6) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The Bear Creek development consists of the following features: (1) 
A 760-foot-long, 215-foot-tall earth core and rockfill dam (Bear Creek 
Dam); (2) a spillway on the right abutment; (3) a 473-acre reservoir, 
with a normal reservoir elevation of 2,560 feet National Geodetic 
Vertical Datum and a storage capacity of 34,650-acre-feet; (4) a 
concrete powerhouse containing one generating unit having an installed 
capacity of 8.2 MW; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
    The Tennessee development consists of the following features: (1) A 
385-foot-long, 140-foot-tall earth core and rockfill dam (Tanasee Creek 
Dam) with a 225-foot-long, 15-foot-tall earth and rockfill saddle dam 
located 600 feet south of the Tanasee Creek Dam left abutment; (2) a 
spillway located in a channel excavated in the right abutment; (3) a 
810-foot-long, 175-foot-tall earth core and rockfill dam (Wolf Creek 
Dam); (4) a spillway

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located in a channel excavated in the right abutment; (5) a 40-acre 
reservoir (Tanasee Creek Lake), with a normal reservoir elevation of 
3,080 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum and a storage capacity of 
1,340-acre-feet; (6) a 176-acre reservoir (Wolf Creek Lake), with a 
normal reservoir elevation of 3,080 feet National Geodetic Vertical 
Datum and a storage capacity of 10,040-acre-feet; (7) a concrete 
powerhouse containing one generating unit having an installed capacity 
of 8.75 MW.
    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 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 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. Public notice of the filing of the initial development 
application, which has already been given, established the due date for 
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the 
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be 
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the 
initial development application. No competing applications or notices 
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (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 submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.

 Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E5-336 Filed 1-28-05; 8:45 am]
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