[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 172 (Thursday, September 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54640-54641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-21526]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2203-015]


Alabama Power Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

    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.: 2203-015.
    c. Date Filed: August 16, 2013.
    d. Applicant: Alabama Power Company (Alabama Power).
    e. Name of Project: Holt Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located at the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers' existing Holt Lock and Dam on the Black Warrior River in 
Tuscaloosa County, Alabama and occupies 36.64 acres of Corps lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jim Heilbron, Senior Vice President and 
Senior Production Officer, Alabama Power Company, 600 North 18th 
Street, P.O. Box 2641, Birmingham, AL 35203-2206, (205) 257-1000.
    i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards, (202) 502-6181 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: October 15, 2013.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at 
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your 
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-2203-015.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Portions of the existing Holt Project structures that are owned 
and operated by Alabama Power consist of: (1) An existing 130-foot-long 
concrete non-overflow dam; (2) an existing 110-foot

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long earth fill dam located between the non-overflow structure and the 
right abutment; and (3) an existing powerhouse containing 1 turbine 
with an installed capacity of 46,944-kilowatts. The applicant estimates 
that the total average annual generation would be 153,604,600 
megawatthours. All generated power is utilized within the applicant's 
electric utility system. Additionally, Alabama Power proposes correct 
the mapping of the project boundary from 46.59 acres to 50.08 acres. 
The change would affect privately owned lands, resulting in no land 
disturbing activities.
    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. 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 email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing 
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Notice of Acceptance or Deficiency  November 2013.
 Letter.
Issue Scoping Document 1................  December 2013.
Issue Scoping Document 2................  February 2014.
Issue notice of ready for environmental   March 2014.
 analysis.
Issue draft EA..........................  September 2014.
Issue Final EA..........................  December 2014.
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    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.

    Dated: August 28, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-21526 Filed 9-4-13; 8:45 am]
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