[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40174-40175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19137]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12783-003]


Inglis Hydropower, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

August 4, 2009.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-12783-003.
    c. Date filed: July 22, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Inglis Hydropower, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Inglis Hydropower Project.
    f. Location: The proposed project would be located at the existing 
Inglis Bypass Channel and Spillway on the Withlacoochee River, west of 
Lake Rousseau and the Inglis Dam, within the town of Inglis, Levy 
County, Florida. No federal lands would be occupied by the proposed 
project.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Dean Edwards, P.O. Box 1565, Dover, FL 
33527, (813) 659-3014, (813) 966-4300, [email protected]; Mr. 
Kevin Edwards, P.O. Box 143, Mayodan, NC 27027, (336) 589-6138, 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Jennifer Adams at (202) 502-8087, or via e-mail at 
[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 Sec.  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 20, 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 ``e-filing'' 
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 2.0-megawatt (MW) Inglis Project would operate in a 
run-of-river mode by using flows released to maintain the surface 
elevation of Lake Rousseau at 27.5 feet mean sea level (msl). Flow 
releases are determined by the Southwest Florida Water Management 
District (WMD). The proposed powerhouse would be 60-foot-long by 80-
foot-wide by 30-foot-high, and contain three vertical shaft turbines. 
The penstock would be 130 feet in length. The project would generate 
about 12.3 gigawatt hours (GWH) annually, which would be fed into the 
interconnected transmission system via an existing 3.4-mile-long, 
12,470-kV transmission line.
    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

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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 
Florida 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 Sec.  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 Letter: September 2009.
Issue Acceptance Notice and Letter: December 2009.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments: January 2010.
Request Additional Information: March 2010.
Issue Scoping Document 2: March 2010.
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis: March 2010.
Notice of the availability of the EA: July 2010.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-19137 Filed 8-10-09; 8:45 am]
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