[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23514-23515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08462]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2628-066]


Alabama Power Company; 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 Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2628-066.
    c. Date filed: November 23, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Alabama Power Company (Alabama Power).
    e. Name of Project: R.L. Harris Hydroelectric Project (Harris 
Project).
    f. Location: The Harris Project is located on the Tallapoosa River 
near the City of Lineville in Randolph, Clay, and Cleburne Counties, 
Alabama. The Harris Project also includes land within the James D. 
Martin-Skyline Wildlife Management Area located approximately 110 miles 
north of Harris Reservoir in Jackson County, Alabama. The project 
occupies 4.90 acres of federal land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Angie Anderegg, Harris Relicensing Project 
Manager, Alabama Power Company; 600 North 18th Street, P.O. Box 2641, 
Birmingham, AL 35203-8180; (205) 257-2251, or email at 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Sarah Salazar, Telephone (202) 502-6863, and email 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests 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. The first 
page of any filing should include docket number P-2628-066.
    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 Harris Project consists of: (1) The 29-mile-long, 9,870-acre 
Harris Lake at a normal full pool elevation of 793 feet mean sea level 
(msl); (2) a 151.5-foot-high concrete dam; (3) a 310-foot-long gated 
spillway with five 40.5-feet-high by 40-feet-wide radial gates for 
passing flood flows, and one radial trash gate; (4) a variable level 
powerhouse intake, integral with the dam, which can draw water from 
lake elevations between 746 feet and 764 feet msl; (5) a 186-foot-long, 
150-foot-high concrete powerhouse, integral with the dam, housing two 
vertical Francis turbines with a maximum hydraulic capacity of 8,000 
cubic feet per second (cfs) and a rated total installed capacity of 135 
megawatts (MW); (6) two 115-kilovolt transmission lines, which extend 
1.5 miles from the dam to the Crooked Creek Transmission sub-station; 
and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    Alabama Power proposes to install, operate, and maintain a Francis-
type minimum flow unit to provide a continuous minimum flow of 
approximately 300 cfs in the Tallapoosa River downstream from Harris 
Dam. Based on preliminary design, the proposed minimum flow unit would 
have a generating capacity of about 2.5 MW.
    The Harris Project is a peaking facility that generates about 
151,878 megawatt-hours of electricity annually. Alabama Power operates 
the project to target lake surface elevations as guided by the 
project's operating curve. In addition, the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers' Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Water Control Manual 
describes flood management regulations, drought management provisions, 
and navigation requirements for the Harris Project.
    m. A copy of the application can 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. 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 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://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview 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, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate 
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests

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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 deadline 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. 
Federal and state resource agencies, Indian Tribes, and interested non-
governmental organizations and individuals affected by this project 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.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

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Review Responses to Additional           June 2022.
 Information Requests.
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental  July 2022.
 Analysis.
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    Dated: April 14, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-08462 Filed 4-19-22; 8:45 am]
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