[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24465-24466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07416]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2535-129]


Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc; 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 License.
    b. Project No.: 2535-129.
    c. Date Filed: October 27, 2023.
    d. Submitted By: Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Stevens Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located at the confluence of Stevens 
Creek and the Savannah River, in Edgefield and McCormick Counties, 
South Carolina, and Columbia County, Georgia. The project occupies 
approximately 104 acres of Federal land administered by the U.S. Forest 
Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Amy Bresnahan, Dominion Energy South 
Carolina, Inc., 220 Operation Way, Mail Code A221, Cayce, SC 29033-
3712; (803) 217-9965; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at (202) 502-6181; or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protest: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests and requests for cooperating 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: 
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-
Anne A. Reese, Acting 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: 
Stevens Creek Hydroelectric Project (P-2535-129).
    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.
    l. The Stevens Creek Project consists of these existing facilities: 
(1) a 2,400-acre reservoir with a storage capacity of 23,699-acre-feet 
at a full pond elevation of 187.5 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 
1929 (NGVD 29); (2) a dam consisting of, from the southern (Georgia) 
shore to the northern (South Carolina) shore (a) a 388-foot-long 
powerhouse intake, integral with the dam, protected by trashracks with 
3.75-inch clear bar spacing, (b) a 102.5-foot-long non-overflow section 
with a top elevation of 198.54 feet NGVD 29, (c) an 85-foot-wide, 
165.5-foot-long inoperable concrete gravity navigation lock, with a 
lock chamber that is 30-feet-wide, 150-feet-long, and has a 29-foot-
lift, located between the powerhouse intake and spillway section, (d) a 
1,000-foot-long, 5-foot-high flashboard section from the lock to the 
center of the spillway with a top elevation of 188.5 feet with the 
flashboards installed, (e) a 1,000 foot-long, 4-foot-high flashboard 
section from the center of the spillway to the South Carolina abutment 
with a top elevation of 187.5 feet with the flashboards installed, and 
(f) a 97-foot-long non-overflow section; (3) a 388-foot-long, 52-foot-
wide, 57-foot-high three-story brick powerhouse, integral with the dam, 
containing eight vertical Francis generating units, each rated at 3,125 
horsepower, a total generating capacity of 17.28 megawatts, and a total 
hydraulic capacity of 8,300 cubic feet per second; (4) generator leads 
from the powerhouse to a switchyard located approximately 100 feet from 
the powerhouse; and (5) ancillary equipment.
    The Stevens Creek Project operates as a re-regulating project, 
mitigating the downstream effects of the routinely wide-ranging 
discharges from the upstream U.S. Army Corps of Engineers J. Strom 
Thurmond hydroelectric project. The Stevens Creek reservoir normally 
fluctuates between an elevation of 183.0 feet NGVD and 187.5 feet NGVD, 
using available storage

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capacity to re-regulate flows released from Thurmond Dam.
    m. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the 
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an 
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document 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-
2535). For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll-free) or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY).
    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. The Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports 
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission 
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners, 
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access 
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For 
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as 
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is 
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595, or [email protected].
    o. 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 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. 
Agencies 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.
    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.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.  June 2024.
Request Additional Information (if      August 2024.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if            August 2024.
 necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for               September 2024.
 Environmental Analysis.
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    Dated: April 2, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-07416 Filed 4-5-24; 8:45 am]
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