[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33260-33261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13374]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14985-001]


Lower Coosawattee Hydroelectric Project, LLC; Notice of 
Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting 
Additional Study Requests and Cooperating Agencies and Establishing 
Procedural Schedule for Licensing and 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: Major License.
    b. Project No.: 14985-001.
    c. Date Filed: June 2, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Cherokee Rivers Company, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Lower Coosawattee Hydroelectric Project (Lower 
Coosawattee Project).
    f. Location: The proposed project would be located at the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Carter's Reregulation Dam on the 
Coosawattee River, in Murray County, Georgia.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Robert Davis, Cherokee Rivers Company, LLC, 
390 Timber Laurel Lane, Lawrenceville, GA 30043; Telephone (470) 331-
8238; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Dustin Wilson at (202) 502-6528, or at 
[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: August 2, 2021.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status 
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 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, you may submit a paper copy. 
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via 
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and 
docket number on the first page: Lower Coosawattee Hydroelectric 
Project (P 14985-001).
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The proposed project would use the existing 
Corps' Carters Reregulation Dam and would consist of: (1) An intake 
structure with trash racks and gates, on the south end of the dam; (2) 
four 350-foot-long penstocks running through the non-overflow portion 
of the earthen dam, combining into (3) a double box culvert conduit; 
(4) a powerhouse containing

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two generating units, with a combined capacity of 4.5 megawatts; and 
(5) a 450-foot-long transmission line. The proposed project would have 
an estimated average annual generation of 16,500 megawatt-hours, and 
operate run-of-release using surplus water from the Carter's 
Reregulation Dam, as directed by the Corps.
    o. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well 
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via 
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (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 (P-
14985-001). At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the 
Commission's Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a 
National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) 
issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC 
at [email protected] or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or 
(202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    You may also register online at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx 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 Schedule. Revisions 
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter--August 2021
Issue Acceptance Letter--November 2021
Issue Scoping Document--December 2021
Request Additional information (if necessary)--February 2021
Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--March 2021

    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: June 15, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-13374 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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