[Federal Register: October 10, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 196)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission,
Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedures for
Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
October 3, 2001.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Minor License.
b. Project No.: 2935-015.
c. Date Filed: September 24, 2001.
d. Applicant: Enterprise Mill, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Enterprise Mill Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Augusta Canal about 6 miles downstream of the
Augusta Canal diversion dam, adjacent to the Savannah River, Richmond
County, Augusta, GA. The project is one of three hydropower projects
located in the Augusta Canal. The project does not affect Federal
lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791 (a)-
825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Beth E. Harris, Project Engineer, CHI Energy,
Inc., P.O. Box 8597, Greenville, SC 29604, (864) 281-9630.
i. FERC Contact: Monte TerHaar, (202) 219-2768 or
monte.terhaar@ferc.fed.us.
j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: November 26,
2001.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. Comments, protests and
interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of
paper. See, 18 CFR
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385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site
under the ``e-Filing'' link.
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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time. We are not requesting intervenors to this project at this time.
l. The existing Enterprise Mill Hydroelectric Project consists of:
(1) There is no dam or impoundment, as approximately 580 cfs of water
is withdrawn from the Augusta Canal when operating at full capacity;
(2) two steel sliding, vertical lift intake gates; (3) primary and
secondary steel trash racks; (4) two 300-foot-long, 8-foot diameter
penstocks; (5) two vertical shaft turbine/generator units with an
installed capacity of 1.2 megawatts: (6) an 850-foot-long tailrace
returning flow to the Augusta Canal, and (7) appurtenant facilities.
The applicant estimates that the annual generation would be between
5,000 and 8,000 megawatthours. Generated power is utilized within the
applicant's Enterprise Mill which houses residential and commercial
tenants, and excess power will be sold to Georgia Power Company. No new
facilities are proposed.
m. A copy of the application is available for inspection and
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 888
First Street, NE, Room 2-A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202)
208-1371. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and are
available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the
web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link, selected
``Docket#'' and follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222 for
assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction
at the address in item h above.
n. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the
Georgia State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by
Sec. 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of
the advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
o. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following milestones, some of which may
be combined to expedite processing:
Notice of application has been accepted for filing
Notice or NEPA Scoping
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis
Notice soliciting final terms and conditions
Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document (draft EA)
Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document (final EA)
Order issuing the Commission's decision on the application
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.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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