Alcoa Power Generating, Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 28679-28681 [E6-7490]
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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 ‘‘eFiling’’ link.
k. This application has been accepted
for filing, but is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The Fort Dodge Mill Dam Project
would consist of: (1) The existing 342foot-long by 18-foot-high concrete dam
with a 230-foot-long spillway and 5
Tainter gates; (2) a 90-acre reservoir
with a normal full pond elevation of 990
feet above mean sea level; (3) an existing
40-foot-wide concrete intake structure
with trash rack and stop log guides; (4)
an existing powerhouse to contain two
proposed turbine generating units with
a total installed capacity of 1,400 kW;
(5) a proposed 2,400-foot-long, 13.8-kV
transmission line; and (6) appurtenant
facilities. The applicant estimates that
the total average annual generation
would be about 7,506 MWh.
m. A copy of the application is
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be
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https://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
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the specified deadline date for the
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telephone number of the prospective
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submit, if such an application may be
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public notice.
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.
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requesting comments,
recommendations, terms and
conditions, or prescriptions.
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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
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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. The application will be processed
according to the following Hydro
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Scoping Document: June 2006.
Notice of application is ready for
environmental analysis: August 2006.
Notice of the availability of the EA:
February 2007.
Ready for Commission’s decision on
the application: April 2007.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2197–073]
Alcoa Power Generating, Inc.; Notice
of Application Tendered for Filing With
the Commission, Soliciting Additional
Study Requests, and Establishing
Procedural Schedule for Licensing and
Deadline for Submission of Final
Amendments
May 10, 2006.
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.: 2197–073.
c. Date Filed: April 25, 2006.
d. Applicant: Alcoa Power
Generating, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Yadkin
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is
located on the Yadkin River in Stanly,
Davidson, Davie, Montgomery, and
Rowan Counties, North Carolina. The
project does not affect Federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r)
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Gene Ellis,
Licensing and Property Manager, Alcoa
Power Generating, Inc., Yadkin
Division, P.O. Box 576, NC Highway
740, Badin, NC 28009–0576.
i. FERC Contact: Stephen Bowler,
(202) 502–6861; or
stephen.bowler@ferc.gov or Lee Emery,
(202) 502–8379; or lee.emery@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 cooperating status
should follow the instructions for filing
such requests described in item l below.
Cooperating agencies should note the
Commission’s policy that agencies that
cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document cannot also
intervene. See, 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
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
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the date of filing of the application, and
serve a copy of the request on the
applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study
requests and requests for cooperating
agency status: June 25, 2006.
m. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The Project Description: The
existing Yadkin River Hydroelectric
Project consists of four developments:
High Rock, Tuckertown, Narrows, and
Falls. The four developments are
located on a 38-mile reach of the Yadkin
River 60 miles northeast of Charlotte in
central North Carolina. The High Rock
development is the most upstream, with
the Tuckertown, Narrows, and Falls
Developments 8.7, 16.5, and 19.0 miles
below High Rock respectively. The four
Yadkin Developments have a combined
installed capacity of 210 megawatts
(MW). The project produces an average
annual generation of 844,306 megawatthours.
The High Rock Development includes
the following constructed facilities: (1)
A 101-foot-high, 936-foot-long, concrete
gravity dam, with a 550-foot-long, gatecontrolled spillway; (2) ten, 45-footwide (Stoney) floodgates; (3) a 14,400acre reservoir, with a normal pool
elevation of 623.9 feet USGS (U.S.
Geological Survey Datum) and a usable
storage capacity of 217,400 acre-feet; (4)
a powerhouse, integral to the dam,
containing three vertical Francis turbine
units directly connected to generators
with a total installed capacity of 32,190
kW; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
The Tuckertown Development
includes the following constructed
facilities: (1) A 76-foot-high, 1,370-footlong, concrete gravity dam with sections
of rock fill and earth fill embankment;
(2) a 480-foot-long spillway with eleven
Tainter gates 35-feet-wide and 38-feethigh; (3) a 2,560-acre reservoir, with a
normal pool elevation of 564.7 feet
USGS and a usable storage capacity of
6,700 acre-feet; (4) a 204-foot-long
powerhouse, integral to the dam,
containing three Kaplan turbine units
directly connected to generators with a
total installed capacity of 38,040 kW;
and (5) appurtenant facilities.
The Narrows Development includes
the following constructed facilities: (1)
A 201-foot-high, 1,144-foot-long,
concrete gravity dam with a 640-footlong main spillway; (2) twenty-two, 25foot-wide by 12-foot-high (Tainter) flood
gates and a trash gate; (3) a 128-foot-long
intake structure with four 20-foot by 20foot openings each with two vertical lift
gates; (4) four 15-foot-diameter steellined penstocks; (5) a 213-foot-long by
80-foot-wide reinforced concrete and
brick powerhouse located 280 feet
downstream of the dam; (6) a 430-footlong bypass spillway with ten Stoney
gates (35-feet-wide by 28-feet-high); (7)
a 5,355-acre reservoir, with a normal
pool elevation of 509.8 feet USGS and
a usable storage capacity of 129,100
acre-feet; (8) four vertical Francis
turbines directly connected to
generators with a total installed capacity
of 447,150 kW; and (9) appurtenant
facilities.
The Falls Development includes the
following constructed facilities: (1) A
112-foot-high, 750-foot-long, concrete
gravity dam; (2) a 526-foot-long spillway
with a 441-foot section of Stoney gates
(33-feet-wide by 34-feet-high), a 71-foot
section of Tainter gates (25-feet-wide by
19-feet- and 14-feet-high respectively),
and a 14-foot-long trash gate section; (3)
a 204-acre reservoir, with a normal pool
elevation of 332.8 feet USGS and a
usable storage capacity of 940 acre-feet;
(4) an 189-foot-long powerhouse,
integral to the dam, and containing one
S. Morgan Smith vertical Francis
turbine and two Allis Chalmers
propeller type turbines all directly
connected to generators with a total
installed capacity of 31,130 kW; and (5)
appurtenant facilities.
Alcoa operates the High Rock
Development in a store-and-release
mode, and the Tuckertown, Narrows,
and Falls Developments in a run-of-river
mode. The High Rock Development
provides storage for the downstream
developments, and the Narrows
Development provides some storage
during low flow conditions and
emergencies. The maximum annual
drawdown for High Rock is 13 feet, with
drawdowns of five feet or less typical
during the summer months. At the other
developments, the maximum annual
drawdown is 3 to 4 feet, with an average
daily drawdown of up to 1 to 2 feet.
Progress Energy releases a weekly
average minimum of 900 cfs into the
Yadkin River from the Yadkin Project at
the Falls Development.
o. Locations of the Application: 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/esubscribenow.htm to be
notified via e-mail of new filings and
issuances related to this or other
pending projects. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support.
p. With this notice, we are initiating
consultation with the North Carolina
State Historic Preservation Officer
(SHPO), as required by section 106,
National Historic Preservation Act, and
the regulations of the Advisory Council
on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR, at
§ 800.4.
q. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule
may be made as appropriate.
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Issue Acceptance Letter ..............................................................................................................................................................
Issue Scoping Document 1 for Comments .................................................................................................................................
Hold Scoping Meetings ...............................................................................................................................................................
Request Additional Information (if necessary) ............................................................................................................................
Issue Scoping Document 2 .........................................................................................................................................................
Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ..............................................................................................................................
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions ........................................................
Commission issues Draft EA or EIS ...........................................................................................................................................
Comments on Draft EA or EIS & Modified Terms and Conditions ............................................................................................
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June 25, 2006.
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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.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2206–030]
Carolina Power & Light Company;
Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission, Soliciting
Additional Study Requests, and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
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May 10, 2006.
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.: 2206–030.
c. Date Filed: April 26, 2006.
d. Applicant: Carolina Power & Light
Company (d/b/a Progress Energy
Carolinas, Inc.)
e. Name of Project: Yadkin-Pee Dee
River Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is
located on the Yadkin and Pee Dee
Rivers in Montgomery, Stanly, Anson,
and Richmond Counties, North
Carolina. The project does not affect
Federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: E. Michael
Williams, Senior Vice President Power
Operations, Progress Energy, 410 S.
Wilmington Street PEB 13, Raleigh,
North Carolina 27062; Telephone (919)
546–6640.
i. FERC Contact: Stephen Bowler,
(202) 502–6861; or
stephen.bowler@ferc.gov or Lee Emery,
(202) 502–8379; or lee.emery@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 cooperating status
should follow the instructions for filing
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such requests described in item 1 below.
Cooperating agencies should note the
Commission’s policy that agencies that
cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document cannot also
intervene. See, 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
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.
l. Deadline for Filing Additional
Study Requests and Requests for
Cooperating Agency Status: June 26,
2006.
m. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The Project Description: The
existing Yadkin-Pee Dee Project consists
of the Tillery Development on the
Yadkin River and the Blewett Falls
Development on the Pee Dee River. The
project has a combined installed
capacity of 108.6 MW and an average
annual generation of 326 million
kilowatt-hours.
The Tillery Development includes the
following constructed facilities: (1) A
1,200-foot-long earthen embankment
and 1,550-foot-long, concrete gravity
structure including a 758-foot-long, 62foot-high spillway; (2) eighteen, 34-footwide by 24-foot-high radial spillway
gates; (3) a 14-foot-wide bottom-drop
trash sluice gate; (4) a 5,697-acre
reservoir, with a normal pool elevation
of 277.3 feet NAVD 88 (North American
Vertical Datum of 1988) and a usable
storage capacity of 84,150 acre-feet; (5)
a concrete, indoor-outdoor powerhouse,
integral to the dam, containing three
Francis turbines and one fixed-blade
propeller turbine directly connected to
generators with a total installed capacity
of 84 MW; (6) a small Francis turbine
powering a ‘‘house generator’’ with an
installed capacity of 360 kW; and (7)
appurtenant facilities.
The Blewett Falls Development
includes the following constructed
facilities: (1) A 1,700-foot-long earthen
embankment and 1,468-foot-long,
concrete gravity structure including a
spillway with abutments; (2) 4-foothigh, wooden flashboards; (3) a 2,866acre reservoir, with a normal pool
elevation of 177.2 feet NAVD 88 and a
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usable storage capacity of 30,893 acrefeet; (4) a powerhouse, integral to the
dam, containing six pairs of identical S.
Morgan Smith hydraulic turbines, each
pair with its own penstock and headgate
and directly connected to its own
generator, for a total installed capacity
of 24.6 MW; (5) a 900-foot-long tailrace
channel; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
The Tillery Development is operated
as a peaking facility. It is licensed for a
22 foot drawdown, but managed for
drawdowns of not more than four feet
under normal conditions and one foot
from April 15 to May 15 to protect
largemouth bass spawning. The Blewett
Falls Development is operated as a reregulating facility, smoothing out flows
released from the upstream
developments. Blewett Falls is licensed
for a drawdown of 17 feet, but generally
operates with drawdowns of two to four
feet. The existing license requires the
release of a continuous minimum flow
of 40 cfs from the Tillery Development
and 150 cfs from the Blewett Falls
Development. By regional agreement, a
900 cfs daily flow release from the
project is required as part of a drought
management protocol.
o. Locations of the Application: 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/esubscribenow.htm
to be notified via e-mail of new filings
and issuances related to this or other
pending projects. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support.
p. With this notice, we are initiating
consultation with the North Carolina
State Historic Preservation Officer
(SHPO), as required by section 106,
National Historic Preservation Act, and
the regulations of the Advisory Council
on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, at
§ 800.4.
q. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule
may be made as appropriate.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2197-073]
Alcoa Power Generating, Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
May 10, 2006.
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.: 2197-073.
c. Date Filed: April 25, 2006.
d. Applicant: Alcoa Power Generating, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Yadkin Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Yadkin River in
Stanly, Davidson, Davie, Montgomery, and Rowan Counties, North
Carolina. The project does not affect Federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r)
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Gene Ellis, Licensing and Property
Manager, Alcoa Power Generating, Inc., Yadkin Division, P.O. Box 576,
NC Highway 740, Badin, NC 28009-0576.
i. FERC Contact: Stephen Bowler, (202) 502-6861; or
stephen.bowler@ferc.gov or Lee Emery, (202) 502-8379; or
lee.emery@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 cooperating
status should follow the instructions for filing such requests
described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the
Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of
the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 61,076
(2001).
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
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the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of the request
on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: June 25, 2006.
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Project Description: The existing Yadkin River Hydroelectric
Project consists of four developments: High Rock, Tuckertown, Narrows,
and Falls. The four developments are located on a 38-mile reach of the
Yadkin River 60 miles northeast of Charlotte in central North Carolina.
The High Rock development is the most upstream, with the Tuckertown,
Narrows, and Falls Developments 8.7, 16.5, and 19.0 miles below High
Rock respectively. The four Yadkin Developments have a combined
installed capacity of 210 megawatts (MW). The project produces an
average annual generation of 844,306 megawatt-hours.
The High Rock Development includes the following constructed
facilities: (1) A 101-foot-high, 936-foot-long, concrete gravity dam,
with a 550-foot-long, gate-controlled spillway; (2) ten, 45-foot-wide
(Stoney) floodgates; (3) a 14,400-acre reservoir, with a normal pool
elevation of 623.9 feet USGS (U.S. Geological Survey Datum) and a
usable storage capacity of 217,400 acre-feet; (4) a powerhouse,
integral to the dam, containing three vertical Francis turbine units
directly connected to generators with a total installed capacity of
32,190 kW; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
The Tuckertown Development includes the following constructed
facilities: (1) A 76-foot-high, 1,370-foot-long, concrete gravity dam
with sections of rock fill and earth fill embankment; (2) a 480-foot-
long spillway with eleven Tainter gates 35-feet-wide and 38-feet-high;
(3) a 2,560-acre reservoir, with a normal pool elevation of 564.7 feet
USGS and a usable storage capacity of 6,700 acre-feet; (4) a 204-foot-
long powerhouse, integral to the dam, containing three Kaplan turbine
units directly connected to generators with a total installed capacity
of 38,040 kW; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
The Narrows Development includes the following constructed
facilities: (1) A 201-foot-high, 1,144-foot-long, concrete gravity dam
with a 640-foot-long main spillway; (2) twenty-two, 25-foot-wide by 12-
foot-high (Tainter) flood gates and a trash gate; (3) a 128-foot-long
intake structure with four 20-foot by 20-foot openings each with two
vertical lift gates; (4) four 15-foot-diameter steel-lined penstocks;
(5) a 213-foot-long by 80-foot-wide reinforced concrete and brick
powerhouse located 280 feet downstream of the dam; (6) a 430-foot-long
bypass spillway with ten Stoney gates (35-feet-wide by 28-feet-high);
(7) a 5,355-acre reservoir, with a normal pool elevation of 509.8 feet
USGS and a usable storage capacity of 129,100 acre-feet; (8) four
vertical Francis turbines directly connected to generators with a total
installed capacity of 447,150 kW; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
The Falls Development includes the following constructed
facilities: (1) A 112-foot-high, 750-foot-long, concrete gravity dam;
(2) a 526-foot-long spillway with a 441-foot section of Stoney gates
(33-feet-wide by 34-feet-high), a 71-foot section of Tainter gates (25-
feet-wide by 19-feet- and 14-feet-high respectively), and a 14-foot-
long trash gate section; (3) a 204-acre reservoir, with a normal pool
elevation of 332.8 feet USGS and a usable storage capacity of 940 acre-
feet; (4) an 189-foot-long powerhouse, integral to the dam, and
containing one S. Morgan Smith vertical Francis turbine and two Allis
Chalmers propeller type turbines all directly connected to generators
with a total installed capacity of 31,130 kW; and (5) appurtenant
facilities.
Alcoa operates the High Rock Development in a store-and-release
mode, and the Tuckertown, Narrows, and Falls Developments in a run-of-
river mode. The High Rock Development provides storage for the
downstream developments, and the Narrows Development provides some
storage during low flow conditions and emergencies. The maximum annual
drawdown for High Rock is 13 feet, with drawdowns of five feet or less
typical during the summer months. At the other developments, the
maximum annual drawdown is 3 to 4 feet, with an average daily drawdown
of up to 1 to 2 feet. Progress Energy releases a weekly average minimum
of 900 cfs into the Yadkin River from the Yadkin Project at the Falls
Development.
o. Locations of the Application: 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/
esubscribenow.htm to be notified via e-mail of new filings and
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the North
Carolina State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by
section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR, at Sec. 800.4.
q. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule
may be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Tendering Notice..................... May 10, 2006.
Additional Study Requests & June 25, 2006.
Interventions.
Additional Information Requests (if July 2006.
necessary).
Issue Acceptance Letter.............. October 2006.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for Comments November 2006.
Hold Scoping Meetings................ January 2007.
Request Additional Information (if February 2007.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2............. March 2007.
Notice of Ready for Environmental March 2007.
Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, May 2007.
preliminary terms and conditions,
and fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft EA or EIS.... September 2007.
Comments on Draft EA or EIS & November 2007.
Modified Terms and Conditions.
Commission Issues Final EA or EIS.... March 2008.
Ready for Commission Decision on the April 2008.
Application.
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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. E6-7490 Filed 5-16-06; 8:45 am]
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