South Carolina Electric & Gas Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment and Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site Visit and Soliciting Scoping Comments, 12351-12352 [E9-6287]

Download as PDF mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 55 / Tuesday, March 24, 2009 / Notices Docket Numbers: ER09–853–000. Applicants: PJM Interconnection L.L.C. Description: PJM Interconnection, LLC submits an executed interconnection service agreement entered into among PJM, BP Wind Energy North America etc. Filed Date: 03/16/2009. Accession Number: 20090317–0262. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 06, 2009. Docket Numbers: ER09–854–000. Applicants: Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc. Description: Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc submits amendment to Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc Open Access Transmission Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No 3. Filed Date: 03/16/2009. Accession Number: 20090317–0263. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 06, 2009. Docket Numbers: ER09–855–000. Applicants: Midwest Independent Transmission System. 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To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–6417 Filed 3–23–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [P–516–459] South Carolina Electric & Gas Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment and Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site Visit and Soliciting Scoping Comments March 17, 2009. Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection: a. Type of Application: New Major License. b. Project No.: 516–459. c. Date Filed: August 28, 2008. d. Applicant: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company. PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 12351 e. Name of Project: Saluda Project. f. Location: On the Saluda River in Richland, Lexington, Saluda, and Newberry counties, South Carolina. The project does not occupy any Federal lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: William R. Argentieri, Manager—Civil Engineering, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, 111 Research Drive, Columbia, South Carolina 29203, (803) 217–9162. i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery, at lee.emery@ferc.gov, or (202) 502–8379. j. Deadline for Filing Scoping Comments: May 8, 2009. All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: Kimberly D. Bose, 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/docs-filing/ ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’ k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. The existing 207.3-megawatt Saluda Project consists of a single development with the following features: (1) A 7,800foot-long, 213-foot-high earth-fill dam (Saluda dam), with South Carolina State Highway 6 (Highway 6) running along the top of the dam; (2) a dike that extends 2,550 feet from the north end of the dam, running parallel with Highway 6; (3) a 2,900-foot-long emergency spillway, with six steel Taintor gates, that is located 500 feet from the south end of Saluda dam, and a spillway channel that reconnects with the Saluda River about 0.75 miles downstream from the Saluda powerhouse; (4) a 2,300-footlong, 213-foot-high roller compacted concrete backup dam located along the downstream toe of the Saluda dam, with (i) a crest elevation of 372.0 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988 E:\FR\FM\24MRN1.SGM 24MRN1 12352 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 55 / Tuesday, March 24, 2009 / Notices (NAVD88),1 and (ii) rock fill embankment sections on the north and south ends of the backup dam, having a combined length of 5,700 feet; (5) a 41mile-long, 50,900-acre reservoir (Lake Murray) at a full pool elevation of 358.5 feet NAVD88, with a total usable storage of approximately 635,000 acre-feet; (6) five 223-foot-high intake towers and associated penstocks; (7) a concrete and brick powerhouse containing four vertical Francis turbine generating units (three at 32.5 MW and one at 42.3 MW), and a fifth vertical Francis turbine generating unit (67.5 MW), which is enclosed in a weather-tight housing located on a concrete deck attached to the south end of the main powerhouse; (8) a 150-foot-long tailrace; and (9) appurtenant facilities. There is no transmission line or bypassed reach associated with the 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 reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Scoping Meetings FERC staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one public meeting. 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 1 The license application contains documents that provide elevations based on NAVD88 datum or based on Plant Datum. To convert from Plant Datum to NAVD88 datum, subtract 1.5 feet. VerDate Nov<24>2008 01:06 Mar 24, 2009 Jkt 217001 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: Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Time: 9 a.m. (EST) Place: Saluda Shoals Park Auditorium. Address: 5605 Bush River Road, Columbia, SC. Public Scoping Meeting 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. Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009. Time: 6:30 p.m. (EST) Place: Saluda Shoals Park Auditorium. Address: 5065 Bush River Road, Columbia, SC. Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA 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). Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–6287 Filed 3–23–09; 8:45 am] Site Visit Take notice that on March 4, 2009, FirstEnergy Solutions Corp. filed a Petition for Declaratory Order, pursuant to Rule 207 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207 (2008). Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project site visit beginning at 9 a.m. (EST) on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All participants should meet at the Saluda Project powerhouse, 6428 Bush River Road, Columbia, SC 29212. Those individuals wishing to participate in the site visit should notify William Argentieri of their intent and provide their name, address, and social security number no later than Tuesday, March 31, 2009. All participants are responsible for their own transportation to the site and lunch. Anyone with questions about the site visit (or needing directions) should contact William Argentieri at (803) 217–9162 or by email at bargentieri@scana.com. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 BILLING CODE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL09–39–000] FirstEnergy Solutions Corp.; Notice of Filing March 17, 2009. E:\FR\FM\24MRN1.SGM 24MRN1

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[P-516-459]


South Carolina Electric & Gas Company; Notice of Intent To 
Prepare an Environmental Assessment and Notice of Scoping Meetings and 
Site Visit and Soliciting Scoping Comments

March 17, 2009.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 516-459.
    c. Date Filed: August 28, 2008.
    d. Applicant: South Carolina Electric & Gas Company.
    e. Name of Project: Saluda Project.
    f. Location: On the Saluda River in Richland, Lexington, Saluda, 
and Newberry counties, South Carolina. The project does not occupy any 
Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: William R. Argentieri, Manager--Civil 
Engineering, South Carolina Electric & Gas Company, 111 Research Drive, 
Columbia, South Carolina 29203, (803) 217-9162.
    i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery, at lee.emery@ferc.gov, or (202) 502-
8379.
    j. Deadline for Filing Scoping Comments: May 8, 2009.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, 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/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the 
``e-filing'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only 
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.''
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing 207.3-megawatt Saluda Project consists of a single 
development with the following features: (1) A 7,800-foot-long, 213-
foot-high earth-fill dam (Saluda dam), with South Carolina State 
Highway 6 (Highway 6) running along the top of the dam; (2) a dike that 
extends 2,550 feet from the north end of the dam, running parallel with 
Highway 6; (3) a 2,900-foot-long emergency spillway, with six steel 
Taintor gates, that is located 500 feet from the south end of Saluda 
dam, and a spillway channel that reconnects with the Saluda River about 
0.75 miles downstream from the Saluda powerhouse; (4) a 2,300-foot-
long, 213-foot-high roller compacted concrete backup dam located along 
the downstream toe of the Saluda dam, with (i) a crest elevation of 
372.0 feet North American Vertical Datum of 1988

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(NAVD88),\1\ and (ii) rock fill embankment sections on the north and 
south ends of the backup dam, having a combined length of 5,700 feet; 
(5) a 41-mile-long, 50,900-acre reservoir (Lake Murray) at a full pool 
elevation of 358.5 feet NAVD88, with a total usable storage of 
approximately 635,000 acre-feet; (6) five 223-foot-high intake towers 
and associated penstocks; (7) a concrete and brick powerhouse 
containing four vertical Francis turbine generating units (three at 
32.5 MW and one at 42.3 MW), and a fifth vertical Francis turbine 
generating unit (67.5 MW), which is enclosed in a weather-tight housing 
located on a concrete deck attached to the south end of the main 
powerhouse; (8) a 150-foot-long tailrace; and (9) appurtenant 
facilities. There is no transmission line or bypassed reach associated 
with the project.
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    \1\ The license application contains documents that provide 
elevations based on NAVD88 datum or based on Plant Datum. To convert 
from Plant Datum to NAVD88 datum, subtract 1.5 feet.
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    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 one public 
meeting. 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: Wednesday, April 8, 2009.
    Time: 9 a.m. (EST)
    Place: Saluda Shoals Park Auditorium.
    Address: 5605 Bush River Road, Columbia, SC.

Public Scoping Meeting

    Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2009.
    Time: 6:30 p.m. (EST)
    Place: Saluda Shoals Park Auditorium.
    Address: 5065 Bush River Road, Columbia, SC.
    Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to 
be addressed in the EA 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. (EST) on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. All interested 
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All 
participants should meet at the Saluda Project powerhouse, 6428 Bush 
River Road, Columbia, SC 29212. Those individuals wishing to 
participate in the site visit should notify William Argentieri of their 
intent and provide their name, address, and social security number no 
later than Tuesday, March 31, 2009. All participants are responsible 
for their own transportation to the site and lunch. Anyone with 
questions about the site visit (or needing directions) should contact 
William Argentieri at (803) 217-9162 or by e-mail at 
bargentieri@scana.com.

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.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-6287 Filed 3-23-09; 8:45 am]
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