[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 97 (Monday, May 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28487-28488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9683]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[ Project No. 2237-017]


Georgia Power Company; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, 
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for Environmental 
Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms 
and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions

May 11, 2007
    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-2237-017.
    c. Date filed: February 27, 2007.
    d. Applicant: Georgia Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Morgan Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located in the metropolitan 
city of Atlanta area on the Chattahoochee River, at river mile 312.6, 
and about 36 miles downstream from the U.S. Corps of Engineers' Buford 
dam (Lake Sidney Lanier) in Cobb and Fulton Counties, Georgia. The 
project occupies about 14.4 acres of federal lands within the 
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area managed by the National 
Park Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Douglas E. Jones, Senior Vice-President, 
Southern Company Generation, 241 Ralph McGill Boulevard NE., Bin 10240, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-3374, Telephone (404) 506-7328; or George A. 
Martin, Project Manager, at (404) 506-1357 or e-mail at 
[email protected]. Additional information on this project is 
available on the applicant's Web site: www.southerncompany.com/gapower/hydro.
    i. FERC Contact: Janet Hutzel at (202) 502-8675, or by e-mail at 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments, 
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary 
fishway 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: 
Kimberly D. Bose, 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, protests, comments, recommendations, 
preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway 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 is 
ready for environmental analysis.
    l. Project Description: The existing project consists of the 
following: (1) A 1,031-foot-long, 56-foot-maximum height concrete 
gravity dam consisting of a 46-foot-long non-overflow westerly 
abutment; a 680-foot-long gated spillway with sixteen 40-foot-wide by 
8-foot-tall Taintor gates; a 21-foot-long trash gate section containing 
one 8-foot-

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wide by 4-foot-tall trash gate; a 195-foot-long, 73-foot-high combined 
powerhouse and intake section integral with the dam containing seven 
horizontal double runner Francis turbines coupled to seven generating 
units with a total generating capacity of 16.8 megawatt; and an 89-
foot-long non-overflow easterly abutment; (2) a 684-acre reservoir 
(Bull Sluice Lake) at normal full pool elevation of 866.0 feet plant 
datum,\1\ with 2,239 acre-feet of usable storage; and (3) appurtenant 
facilities. The average annual generation at the project is about 
15,221 megawatt-hours. The applicant has no plans to modify the 
existing project facilities or the current modified run-of-river mode 
of operation.
    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.
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    Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm 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 comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene 
in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 
18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the appropriate action to 
take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments 
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 
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or 
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
    All filings must: (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' 
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or 
``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY 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 protesting or intervening; 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. A copy of any protest or 
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the 
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other 
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof 
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the 
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 
385.2010.
    o. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following Hydro 
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as 
appropriate.
    At this time we do not anticipate the need for preparing a draft 
environmental assessment (EA). We intend to prepare one environmental 
document. The EA will include our recommendations for operating 
procedures and environmental enhancement measures that should be part 
of any new license issued by the Commission. Recipients will have 30 
days to provide the Commission with any comments on that document. All 
comments on the EA, filed with the Commission, will be considered in an 
Order taking final action on the license application. However, should 
substantive comments requiring reanalysis be received on the NEPA 
document, we would consider preparing a subsequent NEPA document.

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              Milestone                           Target date
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Interventions, recommendations,       July 12, 2007.
 preliminary terms and conditions,
 and fishway prescriptions due.
Reply comments due..................  August 26, 2007.
FERC issues single EA (without a      November 9, 2007.
 draft).
Comments on EA due..................  December 9, 2007.
Filing of modified terms and          February 8, 2008.
 conditions.
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    p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    q. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of the notice of acceptance and ready for 
environmental analysis provided for in Sec.  5.22: (1) A copy of the 
water quality certification; (2) a copy of the request for 
certification, including proof of the date on which the certifying 
agency received the request; or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality 
certification.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-9683 Filed 5-18-07; 8:45 am]
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