[Federal Register: March 13, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 49)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission,
Soliciting Additional Studies Requests, Establishing Procedural
Schedule for Licensing, and a Deadline for Submission of Final
Amendments
March 6, 2003.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Major License, constructed
project.
b. Project No.: 11810-004.
c. Date Filed: January 30, 2003.
d. Applicant: City of Augusta.
e. Name of Project: Augusta Canal Project.
f. Location: Adjacent to the Savannah River, in Richmond County,
Georgia, near the town of Augusta, Georgia. The project does not occupy
Federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant: Max Hicks, Director, Utilities Department, 360 Bay
Street, Suite 180, Augusta, Georgia 30901, (706) 312-4121.
i. FERC Contact: Monte TerHaar, (202) 502-6035 or
monte.terhaar@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: We are asking Federal, state, local, and
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperation
status should follow the instruction for filing comments described in
item l below.
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. Parties who would like to request
additional scientific studies should follow the instruction for filing
comments described in item l below.
l. Deadline for filing comments on the application: 60 days from
date of this notice.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
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.
Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency
status may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper.
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's
Web site ( http://www.ferc.gov ) under the ``e-Filing'' link. After
Web site ( http://www.ferc.gov ) under the ``e-Filing'' link. After
logging into the eFiling system, select ``Comment on Filing'' from the
Filing Type Selection screen and continue with the filing process. The
Commission strongly encourages electronic filings.
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The proposed project description: The City of Augusta does not
propose to construct hydroelectric generation facilities and the
project would produce no power. Augusta is proposing to license parts
of the Augusta Canal system which pass flows for use by three existing
hydroelectric projects located in the Augusta Canal. These projects are
the 1.2 megawatt (MW) Enterprise Project (No. 2935), the 2.475 MW
Sibley Mill Project (No. 5044), and the 2.05 MW King Mill Project (No.
9988). The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) the
1,666-foot-long stone-masonry Augusta Diversion Dam; (2) the 2,250-
foot-long Savannah River impoundment between Steven's Creek Dam and the
Augusta Diversion Dam; and (3) the first level of the Augusta Canal,
which extends about 7 miles between the Augusta Diversion Dam and the
Thirteenth Street gates.
o. 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 Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link.
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link.
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket
number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online
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Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 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.
p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the
Georgia State Historic Preservation Officer as required by Sec. 106,
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR, part 800.
q. Procedural schedule: At this time we do not anticipate the need
for preparing a draft EA. We intend to prepare one, multi-project
environmental document which will include the Augusta Canal Project (P-
11810), the Enterprise Project (P-2935), and the Sibley Mill Project
(P-5044). The EA will include our recommendations for operating
procedures and environmental enhancement measures that should be part
of any license issued by the Commission. Recipients will have 60 days
to provide the Commission with any written comments on the EA. All
comments filed with the Commission will be considered in the Order
taking final action on the license applications. However, should
substantive comments requiring re-analysis be received on the NEPA
document, we would consider preparing a subsequent NEPA document.
The application will be processed according to the following Hydro
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as
appropriate.
Scoping Document 1--March 2003
Comments on Scoping Document 1--May 2003
Issue acceptance letter/request additional information--May 2003
Additional Information Due--July 2003
Notice of ready for environmental analysis/Notice soliciting final
terms and conditions July--2003
Deadline for Agency Recommendations--September 2003
Notice of the availability of the EA--November 2003
Public Comments on EA--due January 2003
Ready for Commission's decision on the application--March 2004
r. 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.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-6023 Filed 3-12-03; 8:45 am]
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