[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13833-13834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3863]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[P-199-205]


South Carolina Public Service Authority; Notice of Application 
Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, 
Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

March 9, 2006.
    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-199-205.
    c. Date filed: March 15, 2004.
    d. Applicant: South Carolina Public Service Authority (SCPSA).
    e. Name of Project: Santee Cooper Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Santee and Cooper Rivers in Berkeley, Calhoun, 
Clarendon, Orangeburg, and Sumter Counties in South Carolina, about 50 
miles north of Charleston and 60 miles southeast of Columbia, South 
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: Mr. John Dulude, P.E., South Carolina Public 
Service Authority, One Riverwood Plaza, P Box 2946101, Moncks Corner, 
SC 29461-2901, (843) 761-4046.
    i. FERC Contact: Monte TerHaar, [email protected], (202) 502-
6035.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance date 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

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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. Project Description: The existing 118-megawatt (MW) Santee 
Cooper Project consists of: (1) The 2.2 mile-long Santee Dam on the 
Santee River; (2) the 1.2 mile-long Pinopolis Dam on the Cooper River; 
(3) the 5-mile-long Diversion Canal which connects Lake Marion and Lake 
Moultrie; (4) the Santee Spillway Hydroelectric Station with one 2.0-MW 
turbine generating 13,823 megawatt-hours (MWh) annually; (5) the 
Pinopolis Hydroelectric Station with one 8.0-MW turbine and four 27.0-
MW turbines for a total installed capacity of 116 MW generating 210,204 
MWh annually; (6) the 43-mile-long Lake Marion Reservoir, located on 
the Santee River; (7) the 12-mile-long Lake Moultrie Reservoir, located 
on the Cooper River.
    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.
    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.
    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.
    n. Procedural schedule and final amendments: At this time we 
anticipate preparing one environmental assessment (EA). Recipients will 
have 30 days to provide the Commission with any written comments on the 
EA. A final EA may be prepared based on the comments received. The 
application will be processed according to the following schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
    Comments, terms and conditions due: May 2006.
    Reply comments due: June 2006.
     Notice of the Availability of the EA: September 2006.
    End of public comment period on EA: October 2006.
    Final decision on license: December 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-3863 Filed 3-16-06; 8:45 am]
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