[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 59 (Thursday, March 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17054-17055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06328]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2880-015]


Cherokee Falls Hydroelectric Project, 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 Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2880-015.
    c. Date filed: July 31, 2019.
    d. Applicant: Cherokee Falls Hydroelectric Project, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Cherokee Falls Hydroelectric Project (Cherokee 
Falls Project).
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Broad River, in 
Cherokee County, 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, Southwest Regional Engineer, 
Enel Green Power North America, Inc., 11 Anderson Street, Piedmont, SC 
29673; Telephone (864) 846-0042 ext. 100; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer at (202) 502-6093, or at 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: Sixty (60) days from the issuance date 
of this notice; reply comments are due one hundred five (105) days from 
the issuance date of this notice.
    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). 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. Each filing 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.
    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-2880-015.
    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.

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    l. Project Description: Cherokee Falls Project consists of: (1) A 
1,819-foot-long granite masonry dam with a 1,701-foot-long spillway and 
4-foot-high flashboards; (2) ten low level outlet pipes along the 
middle portion of dam, four of which are at least partially open and 
used to provide a continuous minimum flow to the bypassed reach; (3) a 
reservoir with a surface area of 83 acres and a storage capacity of 140 
acre-feet; (4) a trash rack intake with 3.5 inch spacing between the 
bars; (5) a 130-foot-long, 40-foot-wide powerhouse containing one 
generating unit with a capacity of 4,140 kilowatts and an annual 
generation of 9,354.9 megawatt-hours; (6) a 150-foot-long tailrace; (7) 
93-foot-long generator lines leading to three 500 kilovolt transformers 
and (8) a 200-foot-long transmission line to a point of interconnection 
with the grid.
    The project is operated in a run-of-river mode with a continuous, 
minimum flow of 97 to 270 cubic feet per second (cfs) supplied to the 
bypassed reach. The current license requires a minimum flow of 65 cfs. 
Project operation starts when inflows exceed the sum of the minimum 
hydraulic capacity of the turbine (600 cfs) and the minimum flow 
supplied to the bypassed reach. All flows greater than the sum of the 
maximum hydraulic capacity of the turbine (3,100 cfs) and the bypassed 
reach minimum flow, are passed over the spillway.
    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 website 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 at [email protected] or toll-free at 1-866-208-
3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. 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. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as 
appropriate.

 
                 Milestone                           Target date
 
Filing of recommendations, terms and        April 2020.
 conditions, and prescriptions.
Commission issues Environmental Assessment  December 2020.
 (EA).
Comments on EA............................  January 2021.
 

    o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than thirty (30) days from the issuance date of 
this notice.

    Dated: March 20, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-06328 Filed 3-25-20; 8:45 am]
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