[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 151 (Friday, August 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 39685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12740-003]


Jordan Hydroelectric Limited Partnership; Notice of Application 
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study 
Requests

July 31, 2009.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major Original License.
    b. Project No.: P-12740-003.
    c. Date filed: July 13, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Jordan Hydroelectric Limited Partnership.
    e. Name of Project: Flannagan Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Pound River, near the Town of Clintwood, in 
Dickenson County, Virginia. The project would occupy federal land 
managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps).
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. James B. Price, W.V. Hydro, Inc., P.O. 
Box 903, Gatlinburg, TN 37738, (865) 436-0402.
    i. FERC Contact: John Ramer, (202) 502-8969 or [email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: September 11, 2009.
    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.
    Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency 
status 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/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``efiling'' 
link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on 
``Quick Comment.''
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project would utilize the existing U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers' Flannagan dam, intake tower, outlet works, and 1,145-acre 
reservoir and would consist of the following proposed facilities: (1) 
Two new turbine generator units located within the Corps' existing 
intake tower having a total installed capacity of 3 megawatts; (2) a 
new control booth on the intake tower; (3) a new substation near the 
Corps' existing service bridge; (4) new transmission leads connecting 
the generator units to Appalachian Power Company's existing 
transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The average annual 
generation is estimated to be 9.5 gigawatt-hours.
    o. 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.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Virginia State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
Sec.  106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, at 800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency or Acceptance letter: September 2009
Issue Scoping Document: November 2009
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis: February 
2010
Notice of the availability of the EA: July 2010

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-18917 Filed 8-6-09; 8:45 am]
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