[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81304-81305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-32697]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 10253-032]


Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC; Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC; 
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and 
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: Minor New License.

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    b. Project No.: P-10253-032.
    c. Date filed: November 30, 2015.
    d. Applicant: Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC and Consolidated Hydro 
Southeast, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Lower Pelzer Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Saluda River, in Anderson and Greenville 
Counties, South Carolina. The project does not occupy lands of the 
United States.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Beth E. Harris, P.E., Regional Operations 
Manager, Enel Green Power North America, Inc., 11 Anderson St., 
Piedmont, SC 29674; (864) 846-0042; [email protected]
    i. FERC Contact: Sean Murphy, (202) 502-6145 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: January 29, 2016
    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. 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-10253-032.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Lower Pelzer Hydroelectric Project consists of: (a) a 
granite masonry dam with 310-foot-long overflow spillway section 
surmounted with four-foot-high flashboards, a 40-foot-long non-overflow 
section incorporating two gates and openings, a 110-foot-long 
powerhouse, and a 236-foot-long non-overflow section; (b) a reservoir 
with a surface area of 80 acres and a storage capacity of 400 acre-feet 
at an elevation of 693 feet m.s.l.; (c) a 600 foot-long tailrace; (d) 
four 750-kVA synchronous generators and a 300-kVA synchronous generator 
for a total generating capacity of 3,300 kW; (e) 3.3-kVA generator 
leads; (f) a 3-mile-long 3.3-kVA overhead transmission line; and (g) 
appurtenant facilities.
    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.

Issue Notice of Acceptance............  August 2016.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.  October 2016.
Comments on Scoping Document 1due.....  December 2016.
Issue Scoping Document 2..............  February 2017.
Issue notice of ready for               March 2017.
 environmental analysis.
Commission issues EA..................  October 2017.
Comments on EA due....................  November 2017.
Commission issues final EA............  January 2018.
 

    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: December 22, 2015.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-32697 Filed 12-28-15; 8:45 am]
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