[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45284-45285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-20788]


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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 Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To 
Intervene and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New License.
    b. Project No.: 10253-032.
    c. Date filed: November 30, 2015.
    d. Applicant: Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC (Pelzer Hydro), 
Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC (Consolidated Hydro).
    e. Name of Project: Lower Pelzer Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Saluda River 
near the Towns of Pelzer and Williamston, in Anderson and Greenville 
Counties, South Carolina. The project does not affect federal land.
    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 Street 
Piedmont, SC 29673; Telephone--(864) 846-0042; Email_
[email protected] OR Kevin Webb, Hydro Licensing Manager, Enel Green 
Power North America, Inc., One Tech Drive, Suite 220, Andover, MA 
01810; Telephone--(978) 681-1900; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Navreet Deo, (202) 502-6304, or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests and 
requests for cooperating agency status: 60 days from the issuance date 
of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests 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.
    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, but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The Lower Pelzer Project consists of: (1) A 696-foot-long by 40-
foot-high granite masonry dam, consisting of (i) a 310-foot-long 
spillway section topped with 4-foot wooden flashboards, (ii) a 40-foot-
long non-overflow section with two 10-foot-wide by 6-foot-high gates, 
and (iii) a 236-foot-long non-overflow section; (2) an 80-acre 
impoundment at a normal pool elevation of 693 feet mean sea level; (3) 
a 110-foot-long by 14-foot-wide intake, protected by a trashrack 
structure with 2-inch clear bar spacing, controlling flow to the 
powerhouse through five, 10.5-foot-wide square gates; (4) a 110-foot-
long by 68-foot-wide brick powerhouse integral with the dam, containing 
5 horizontal Francis turbine generating units that total 3,300 
kilowatts (kW); (5) a 600-foot-long by 110-foot-wide tailrace; (6) a 3-
mile-long, 3,300-volt transmission line connecting the powerhouse to 
the grid via a 7.2/12.47 kilovolt transformer; and (7) appurtenant 
facilities.
    Pelzer Hydro and Consolidated Hydro (co-licensees) operate the 
project in a run-of-river mode, with no storage or flood control 
capacity. A continuous minimum flow of 140 cubic feet per second (cfs) 
or inflow, whichever is less, is released into the bypassed reach. The 
minimum flow is achieved via a sluice gate in the dam. The project 
operates under an estimated average head of 40 feet, including the 4-
foot spillway flashboards. The impoundment water surface elevation is 
maintained at 693

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feet. River flows between 159 and 1,408 cfs are used for power 
generation, while flows in excess of 1,408 cfs are passed over the 
flashboards and spillway. Flow to the generating units is controlled by 
five manually operated square slide gates. The total installed capacity 
of the project is 3,300 kW between the five generating units. The 
project generates approximately 8,784 megawatt-hours annually, which 
are sold to a local utility.
    The co-licensees propose to continue to operate and maintain the 
Lower Pelzer Project as is required in the existing license, and to 
develop canoe portage facilities. The co-licensees also propose to 
remove the existing three-mile-long, 3,300-volt overhead transmission 
line, which is no longer in use, from the project boundary under a new 
license. Instead, the project would use a 165-foot-long, 3,300-volt 
transmission line that interconnects with the grid at an applicant-
owned transformer.
    No changes to project operations are proposed. Other than the 
development of canoe portage facilities, no new construction or major 
project modifications are proposed.
    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.
    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.
    n. Anyone may submit 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 
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 
or MOTION TO INTERVENE; (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. 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.

    Dated: September 21, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-20788 Filed 9-27-17; 8:45 am]
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