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via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission’s Web
site at https://www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5–2010 Filed 4–27–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 199–205]
South Carolina Public Service
Authority; Notice of Scoping Meetings
and Site Visit and Technical Meeting
and Soliciting Scoping Comments
April 20, 2005.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric applications have been
filed with the Commission and are
available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 199–205
c. Date filed: March 15, 2004.
d. Applicant: South Carolina Public
Service Authority.
e. Name of Project: Santee Cooper.
f. Location: On the Santee and Cooper
Rivers, in Berkeley, Calhoun,
Clarendon, Orangeburg, and Sumter
Counties, South Carolina.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: John Dulude,
South Carolina Public Service
Authority, One Riverwood Plaza, P.O.
Box 2946101, Moncks Corner, SC
29461–2901, (843) 761.4046.
i. FERC Contact: Ronald McKitrick,
ronald.mckitrick@ferc.gov, (770)
452.3778.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: June 20, 2005.
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
and Procedure require all interveners
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 intervener
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.
Scoping comments may be filed
electronically via the Internet in lieu of
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paper. The Commission strongly
encourages electronic filings. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission’s Web
site (https://www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link.
k. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The existing project structures
consist of the Santee Dam (also known
as the Wilson Dam) on the Santee River,
the Pinopolis Dam on the Cooper River,
the Diversion Canal, the Santee
Spillway Hydroelectric Station, and the
Jefferies (formerly known as Pinopolis)
Hydroelectric Station. The project
includes an estimated 179,990 acres of
land and water resources. The project
has two major impoundments—Lake
Marion and Lake Moultrie—that are
connected by the Diversion Canal. Lake
Marion is up to 40 miles long and has
a normal pool elevation of 75.0 feet.
Lake Moultrie is about 10 miles long
and has a normal pool elevation
typically from 0.2 to 1.0 foot lower than
Lake Marion. The two impoundments
have a combined area of approximately
160,000 acres. The combined usable
storage capacity of the two
impoundments is approximately
529,000 acre-feet. The total installed
capacity is 134.52 MW. The SCPSA
operates the Santee Spillway and
Jefferies Stations and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) St. Stephen
Station, which is not a part of the
Commission-licensed Santee Cooper
Project.
m. 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
https://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. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree 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.
You may also register online at
https://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. Scoping Process
The Commission intends to prepare
an Environmental assessment (EA) on
the project in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act. The
EA will consider both site-specific and
cumulative environmental impacts and
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reasonable alternatives to the proposed
action.
Scoping Meetings
FERC staff will conduct one agency
scoping meeting and two public
meetings. The agency scoping meeting
will focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization (NGO)
concerns, while the public scoping
meeting is primarily for public input.
All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited
to attend one or both of the meetings,
and to assist the staff in identifying the
scope of the environmental issues that
should be analyzed in the EA. The times
and locations of these meetings are as
follows:
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Thursday May 19, 2005.
Time: 10 a.m.
Place: Holiday Inn Express.
Address: 505 R.C. Dennis Blvd.,
Moncks Corner, South Carolina.
Public Scoping Meetings
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2005.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Holiday Inn Express.
Address: 505 R.C. Dennis Blvd.,
Moncks Corner, South Carolina.
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2005.
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Clarendon County Hospital
Center, Cypress Center for Health and
Wellness.
Address: 40 Hospital Street, Manning,
South Carolina.
Copies of the Scoping Document
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be
addressed in the EIS were distributed to
the parties on the Commission’s mailing
list. Copies of the SD1 will be available
at the scoping meeting or may be
viewed on the Web at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link
(see item m above).
Site Visit
The Applicant and FERC staff will
conduct a project site visit beginning at
9 a.m. on May 17 and 18, 2005. All
interested individuals, organizations,
and agencies are invited to attend. All
participants should meet at the Jefferies
Hydroelectric Station at 9 a.m. on May
17, 2005 and at Wilson Landing near the
Santee Dam spillway at 9 a.m. on May
18, 2005. All participants are
responsible for their own transportation
to the site. Anyone with questions about
the site visit should contact Mr. John
Dulude of SCPSA at (843) 761–4046.
Technical Conference
Commission staff will hold a
technical conference to discuss the issue
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of fish passage, entrainment, and
outmigration survival related to
operation of the Santee Cooper Project.
This conference will be held at the
Holiday Inn Express in Moncks Corner,
South Carolina at 2 p.m. on May 19,
2005. All interested parties are invited
to attend. The meeting will not be
recorded by a stenographer, but the
Commission staff will prepare notes on
the meeting for inclusion in the public
record.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will:
(1) Summarize the environmental issues
tentatively identified for analysis in the
EA; (2) solicit from the meeting
participants all available information,
especially quantifiable data, on the
resources at issue; (3) encourage
statements from experts and the public
on issues that should be analyzed in the
EA, including viewpoints in opposition
to, or in support of, the staff’s
preliminary views; (4) determine the
resource issues to be addressed in the
EA; and (5) identify those issues that
require a detailed analysis, as well as
those issues that do not require a
detailed analysis.
Procedures
The meetings are recorded by a
stenographer and become part of the
formal record of the Commission
proceeding on the project.
Individuals, organizations, and
agencies with environmental expertise
and concerns are encouraged to attend
the meeting and to assist the staff in
defining and clarifying the issues to be
addressed in the EA.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2204–024]
City and County of Denver, CO; Notice
of Application and Applicant-Prepared
Ea Accepted for Filing, Soliciting
Motions To Intervene and Protests,
and Soliciting Comments, and Terms
and Conditions
April 20, 2005.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application and applicantprepared environmental assessment
have been filed with the Commission
and are available for public inspection.
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a. Type of Application: Small
hydroelectric power project exemption
from licensing.
b. Project No.: 2204–024.
c. Date filed: December 30, 2004.
d. Applicant: City and County of
Denver, Colorado, acting by and through
its Board of Water Commissioners.
e. Name of Project: Williams Fork
Reservoir Project.
f. Location: On the Williams Fork
River near its confluence with the
Colorado River at Parshall, in Grand
County, Colorado. No Federal lands
would be affected.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16
U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
h. Applicant Contact: Kevin Urie,
Environmental Planner, Denver Water,
1600 W. 12th Ave., Denver, CO 80204,
(303) 628–5987.
i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman,
(202) 502–6077 or
dianne.rodman@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to
intervene and protests, comments, and
terms and conditions is 60 days from
the issuance of this notice; reply
comments are due 105 days from the
issuance 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.
Motions to intervene and protests,
comments, and terms and conditions
may be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper. The
Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission’s Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.
k. This application has been accepted
for filing.
l. The existing project consists of: (1)
The 209-foot-high, 670-foot-long
concrete thin arch dam with a crest
elevation of 7,814 feet above mean sea
level (msl); (2) the Williams Fork
reservoir with a surface area of 1,628
acres and storage of 96,822 acre-feet at
elevation 7,811 feet msl; (3) a reinforced
concrete penstock intake on the face of
the dam, with a 7-foot by 5-foot fixed
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wheel penstock gate controlling flows
into a 66-inch-diameter steel penstock
running through the dam; (4) river
outlet works on the face of the dam,
leading to a 54-inch-diameter steel
embedded pipe that conveys water to
the outlet works valves; (5) a 66-footlong, 30-foot-wide, 60-foot-high
concrete powerhouse at the toe of the
dam, containing one vertical-axis
turbine/generator with a capacity of
3,150 kilowatts (kW); (6) a tailrace
excavated in the streambed rock,
carrying the combined powerhouse and
river outlet discharges; (7) a 60-foot by
40-foot switchyard; (8) and appurtenant
equipment.
The applicant would increase the
project’s generating capacity to 3,650
kW by installing a second, 500-kW
vertical turbine/generator. The new unit
would be located adjacent to the
existing powerhouse inside the river
outlet works structure and would
discharge into the same tailrace as the
existing turbine via a weir box. The new
unit would use water being released
from the reservoir for other purposes,
and operation of the dam would not be
changed to increase power production.
m. 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
https://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. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree 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.
n. Anyone may submit comments, a
protest, or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of
Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR
385.210, .211, .214. In determining the
appropriate action to take, the
Commission will consider all protests or
other comments 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 comments, protests, or
motions to intervene must be received
on or before the specified comment date
for the particular application.
All filings must (1) Bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION
TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘COMMENTS,’’
‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’ or ‘‘TERMS
AND CONDITIONS;’’ (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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 199-205]
South Carolina Public Service Authority; Notice of Scoping
Meetings and Site Visit and Technical Meeting and Soliciting Scoping
Comments
April 20, 2005.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 199-205
c. Date filed: March 15, 2004.
d. Applicant: South Carolina Public Service Authority.
e. Name of Project: Santee Cooper.
f. Location: On the Santee and Cooper Rivers, in Berkeley, Calhoun,
Clarendon, Orangeburg, and Sumter Counties, South Carolina.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: John Dulude, South Carolina Public Service
Authority, One Riverwood Plaza, P.O. Box 2946101, Moncks Corner, SC
29461-2901, (843) 761.4046.
i. FERC Contact: Ronald McKitrick, ronald.mckitrick@ferc.gov, (770)
452.3778.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: June 20, 2005.
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 and Procedure require all
interveners 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 intervener 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.
Scoping comments may be filed electronically via the Internet in
lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings.
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's
Web site (https://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. The existing project structures consist of the Santee Dam (also
known as the Wilson Dam) on the Santee River, the Pinopolis Dam on the
Cooper River, the Diversion Canal, the Santee Spillway Hydroelectric
Station, and the Jefferies (formerly known as Pinopolis) Hydroelectric
Station. The project includes an estimated 179,990 acres of land and
water resources. The project has two major impoundments--Lake Marion
and Lake Moultrie--that are connected by the Diversion Canal. Lake
Marion is up to 40 miles long and has a normal pool elevation of 75.0
feet. Lake Moultrie is about 10 miles long and has a normal pool
elevation typically from 0.2 to 1.0 foot lower than Lake Marion. The
two impoundments have a combined area of approximately 160,000 acres.
The combined usable storage capacity of the two impoundments is
approximately 529,000 acre-feet. The total installed capacity is 134.52
MW. The SCPSA operates the Santee Spillway and Jefferies Stations and
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) St. Stephen Station, which is
not a part of the Commission-licensed Santee Cooper Project.
m. 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 https://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. For assistance, contact
FERC Online 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.
You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
n. Scoping Process
The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental assessment (EA)
on the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy
Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative
environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed
action.
Scoping Meetings
FERC staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and two public
meetings. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and
non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the public scoping
meeting is primarily for public input. All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or both of the
meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope of the
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times and
locations of these meetings are as follows:
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Thursday May 19, 2005.
Time: 10 a.m.
Place: Holiday Inn Express.
Address: 505 R.C. Dennis Blvd., Moncks Corner, South Carolina.
Public Scoping Meetings
Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2005.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Place: Holiday Inn Express.
Address: 505 R.C. Dennis Blvd., Moncks Corner, South Carolina.
Date: Wednesday, May 18, 2005.
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Clarendon County Hospital Center, Cypress Center for Health
and Wellness.
Address: 40 Hospital Street, Manning, South Carolina.
Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to
be addressed in the EIS were distributed to the parties on the
Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at the
scoping meeting or may be viewed on the Web at https://www.ferc.gov
using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above).
Site Visit
The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project site visit
beginning at 9 a.m. on May 17 and 18, 2005. All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All participants
should meet at the Jefferies Hydroelectric Station at 9 a.m. on May 17,
2005 and at Wilson Landing near the Santee Dam spillway at 9 a.m. on
May 18, 2005. All participants are responsible for their own
transportation to the site. Anyone with questions about the site visit
should contact Mr. John Dulude of SCPSA at (843) 761-4046.
Technical Conference
Commission staff will hold a technical conference to discuss the
issue
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of fish passage, entrainment, and outmigration survival related to
operation of the Santee Cooper Project. This conference will be held at
the Holiday Inn Express in Moncks Corner, South Carolina at 2 p.m. on
May 19, 2005. All interested parties are invited to attend. The meeting
will not be recorded by a stenographer, but the Commission staff will
prepare notes on the meeting for inclusion in the public record.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2)
solicit from the meeting participants all available information,
especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be
analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource
issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that
require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not
require a detailed analysis.
Procedures
The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the
formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed
in the EA.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-2011 Filed 4-27-05; 8:45 am]
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