[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48812-48813]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21054]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2336-094]


Georgia Power Company; Notice of Modification of Procedural 
Schedule and Waiver of the Commission's Regulatory Deadline for Scoping 
and Environmental Site Review

    Take notice that the Commission's regulatory deadline for scoping 
and environmental site review for the following hydroelectric 
application is waived, and the schedule for processing the 
hydroelectric application has been modified.
    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application for 
a New License and Commencing Pre-filing Process.
    b. Project No.: 2336-094.
    c. Dated Filed: July 3, 2018.
    d. Submitted By: Georgia Power Company (Georgia Power).
    e. Name of Project: Lloyd Shoals Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Ocmulgee River in Butts, 
Henry, Jasper, and Newton Counties, Georgia. No federal lands have been 
identified within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's 
Regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Courtenay R. O'Mara, P.E., Hydro 
Licensing and Compliance Supervisor, Southern Company Generation, 241 
Ralph McGill Boulevard NE, BIN 10193, Atlanta, GA 30308-3374; (404) 
506-7219; or [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Navreet Deo at (202) 502-6304, or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Scoping Meetings: The Commission's August 20, 2018, Notice of 
Commencement of Proceedings, and Commission staff's Scoping Document 1, 
established September 13, 2018, as the date for the public scoping 
meetings, and September 14, 2018, as the date for the environmental 
site review. The Commission's September 12, 2018, Notice of 
Cancellation of Scoping and Site Review canceled the meetings until 
further notice due to Hurricane Florence. With this notice, the 
Commission waives the regulatory deadline of scoping and site review 
within 30 days of the Notice of Commencement of Proceedings and Scoping 
Document 1, and establishes the following revised dates and locations 
for the scoping meetings and site review:

Daytime Scoping Meeting--Jackson, Georgia
    Date & Time: Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at 1 p.m.
    Location: Pepper Sprout Barn, 562 Old Bethel Road, Jackson, Georgia 
30233, (678) 752-1550

Evening Scoping Meeting--Jackson, Georgia
    Date & Time: Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at 6:30 p.m.
    Location: Pepper Sprout Barn, 562 Old Bethel Road, Jackson, Georgia 
30233, (678) 752-1550

Environmental Site Review

    The potential applicant and Commission staff will conduct an 
environmental site review of the project on Wednesday, October 10, 
2018, consisting of facility tours from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and 
boat tours from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. All participants should meet at 
the Jackson Land Management Office located at 180 Dam Road, Jackson, 
Georgia 30233.

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Participants must notify Courtenay O'Mara at 
[email protected], or (404) 506-7219, on or before October 3, 
2018, if they plan to attend the environmental site review.
    k. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as 
appropriate. If a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the due date will 
be the following business day.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Public Scoping Meetings and Environmental   October 9, 2018 & October
 Site Review.                                10, 2018.
File Comments on PAD, SD1, and Study        November 5, 2018.
 Requests.
Commission Issues SD2, if necessary.......  December 20, 2018.
File Proposed Study Plan..................  December 20, 2018.
Study Plan Meetings.......................  January 22, 2019.
File Comments on Proposed Study Plan......  March 20, 2019.
File Revised Proposed Study Plan..........  April 19, 2019.
File Comments on Revised Proposed Study     May 6, 2019.
 Plan.
Commission Issues Study Plan Determination  May 20, 2019.
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    Dated: September 20, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-21054 Filed 9-26-18; 8:45 am]
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