[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55600-55601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25319]


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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 Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting 
Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 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 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 comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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-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 and is now ready for 
environmental analysis.
    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-high 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 using automatic pond level control, 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 non-overflow section of the dam. The project operates under an 
estimated average head of 40 feet, including the 4-foot-high spillway 
flashboards. The impoundment water surface elevation is maintained at 
693 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 previous 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 uses a 165-foot-long, 3,300-volt 
transmission line that interconnects with the grid at an applicant-
owned transformer.
    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.
    All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title 
COMMENTS, REPLY COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, or 
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 
submitting the filing; 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).

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Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all 
persons listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (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.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-25319 Filed 11-21-17; 8:45 am]
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