[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62357-62358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-24517]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 485-065]


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

    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.: 485-065.
    c. Date filed: December 13, 2012.
    d. Applicant: Georgia Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Bartletts Ferry Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Chattahoochee 
River, along the Georgia-Alabama border, in Harris County, Georgia, and 
Lee and Chambers counties, Alabama. The project does not affect federal 
lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: George A. Martin, Hydro Relicensing Project 
Manager, Georgia Power Company, 241 Ralph McGill Blvd. NE., BIN 10221, 
Atlanta, GA 30308; Telephone (404) 506-1357; email_
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer; Telephone (202) 502-8365; email_
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments, 
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary 
prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice (December 
10, 2013); reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of 
this notice (January 24, 2014).
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary 
terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions using the 
Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments

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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-485-065.
    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.
    k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    l. Project Description: The project consists of a 2,052-foot-long 
dam, two powerhouses, and a 5,850-acre reservoir (Bartletts Ferry 
Reservoir or Lake Harding) at a normal water surface elevation of 
520.16 feet mean sea level (msl; or 521.0 Plant Datum).
    The west side of the project, from west to east, consists of: (1) A 
1,230-foot-long, 11.25-foot-high, 22-bay auxiliary labyrinth spillway; 
(2) a 286-foot-long, 35-foot-high, earth-fill embankment dam; (3) a 92-
foot-long by 94-foot-high concrete gravity intake structure, equipped 
with four vertical lift steel intake gates, connected to the west 
powerhouse by four 15-foot diameter penstocks; (4) a powerhouse 
containing three vertical Francis turbines rated at 15 megawatts (MW) 
each and a fourth vertical Francis turbine rated at 20 MW, with a total 
installed capacity of 65 MW; and (5) a 634-foot-long concrete gravity 
spillway with nineteen 21-foot-high by 25-foot-wide radial gates, two 
9-foot-high by 11-foot-wide vertical lift trash gates, and four 
abandoned siphons in two spillway bays.
    The east side of the project, from west to east, consists of: (1) A 
915-foot-long, 125-foot-high, earth-fill embankment dam; (2) a 650-
foot-long intake canal leading to a 177-foot-long concrete gravity 
intake structure; (3) two penstocks; and (4) a powerhouse with two 
vertical Francis turbines rated at 54 MW each, with a total installed 
capacity of 108 MW.
    The project is operated in a peaking mode, and is coordinated with 
the peaking operations at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' upstream 
West Point Dam. The project is normally operated between elevations 
518.16 and 520.16 feet msl (or 519.0 and 521.0 Plant Datum), with 
normal daily average fluctuations of about \3/4\; foot. The project has 
an average annual generation of approximately 395,577 megawatt-hours.
    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. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    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.
    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, and .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 
revised Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made 
as appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Filing of recommendations, preliminary    December 2013.
 terms and conditions, and preliminary
 fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues EA....................  April 2014.
Comments on EA..........................  May 2014.
Modified terms and conditions...........  July 2014.
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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.

    Dated: October 11, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-24517 Filed 10-18-13; 8:45 am]
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