[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-543]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12715-001]


Fairlawn Hydroelectric Company, LLC; Notice of Application 
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural 
Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

January 6, 2011.
    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.: 12715-001.
    c. Date Filed: December 23, 2010.
    d. Applicant: Fairlawn Hydroelectric Company, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Jennings Randolph Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The proposed project would be at the U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers' Jennings Randolph dam located on the North Branch Potomac 
River in Garrett County, Maryland and Mineral County, West Virginia. 
The project would occupy 5.0 acres of federal land managed by the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  
791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Clifford Phillips, Fairlawn Hydroelectric 
Company LLC, 150 North Miller Road, Suite 450 C, Fairlawn, OH 44333; 
Telephone (330) 869-8451.
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer, (202) 502-6093 or 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. The Project Description: The proposed Jennings Randolph Project 
would use the existing Corps of Engineers' Jennings Randolph dam and 
reservoir and consist of the following proposed features: (1) A 10-
foot-diameter, 530-foot-long underwater multi-level intake structure 
with 24 intake ports to be built on the upstream face of the dam; (2) a 
10-foot-diameter, 1,400-foot-long lined tunnel through the dam; (3) a 
10-foot-diameter, 1,100-foot-long penstock; (4) the penstock would 
bifurcate into 96-inch-diameter and 66-inch-diameter penstocks at the 
entrance to the powerhouse; (5) a powerhouse approximately 54 feet 
long, 54 feet wide, and 40 feet high that would contain two generating 
units with a total capacity of 14.0 megawatts; (6) a 40-foot-long 
tailrace; (7) a 0.7-mile-long, 25-kilovolt partially buried 
transmission line; (8) a substation; and (9) new compacted gravel 
access roads to be constructed to the powerhouse and along the 
transmission line to the project's substation. The proposed project 
would have an estimated average annual generation of 56,000 megawatt-
hours and would bypass 150 feet of the North Branch Potomac River.
    l. Locations of the Application: 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.
    m. 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. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following 
preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be 
made as appropriate.

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            Milestone                           Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of     February 21, 2011.
 Ready for Environmental Analysis
 (when FERC approved studies are
 complete).
Filing of recommendations,         April 22, 2011.
 preliminary terms and
 conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Commission issues Non-Draft EA...  August 20, 2011.
Comments on EA...................  October 4, 2011.
Modified terms and conditions....  December 5, 2011.
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    o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-543 Filed 1-12-11; 8:45 am]
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