Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments; Georgia Power Company, 28221-28222 [2018-12948]
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the project number of the application to
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. All
comments, motions to intervene, or
protests must set forth their evidentiary
basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). All
comments, motions to intervene, or
protests should relate to project works
which are the subject of the amendment
application. Agencies may obtain copies
of the application 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. 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. A copy of all
other filings in reference to this
application must be accompanied by
proof of service on all persons listed in
the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in
accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
Dated: June 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2413–124]
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Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments;
Georgia Power Company
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.: 2413–124.
c. Date Filed: May 31, 2018.
d. Applicant: Georgia Power Company
(Georgia Power).
e. Name of Project: Wallace Dam
Pumped Storage Project (Wallace Dam
Project).
f. Location: The existing project is
located on the Oconee River, in
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Hancock, Putnam, Green, and Morgan
Counties, Georgia. The project occupies
about 493.7 acres of federal land
administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Courtenay R.
O’Mara, P.E., Wallace Dam Hydro
Relicensing Manager, Southern
Company Generation, BIN 10193, 241
Ralph McGill Blvd. NE, Atlanta, GA
30308–3374; (404) 506–7219; cromara@
southernco.com.
i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer at
(202) 502–8365, or at allan.creamer@
ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis (EA) at this
time.
k. Project Description: The Wallace
Dam Project consists of: (1) A 2,395foot-long, 120-foot-high dam, consisting
of (i) a 347-foot-long west earth
embankment, (ii) a 300-foot-long west
concrete non-overflow section, (iii) a
266-foot-long concrete spillway with
five Tainter gates, each 48 feet high by
42 feet wide with a discharge capacity
of 35,000 cubic feet per second (cfs), (iv)
a 531.4-foot-long powerhouse intake
section, protected by trashracks having
a clear bar spacing of 9.5 to 10.5 inches
and leading to six penstocks with a
maximum diameter of 25.5 feet, (v) a
226-foot-long east concrete nonoverflow section, (vi) a 725-foot-long
east earth embankment, and (vii) two
saddle dikes, located east of the dam,
totaling about 900 feet in length; (2) an
18,188-acre reservoir (Lake Oconee) at
an elevation of 435.0 feet Plant Datum
(where Plant Datum equals mean sea
level (NAVD88) minus 0.20 feet); (3) a
powerhouse integral with the dam that
contains six turbine/generator units
(two conventional generating units and
four reversible pump units, with a total
installed capacity of 321.3 megawatts;
(4) a 20,000-foot-long tailrace that flows
into Lake Sinclair, which serves as the
lower reservoir for the Wallace Dam
Project; (5) transmission facilities that
consist of (i) 13.8-kilovolt (kV) generator
leads, (ii) two 13.8/230-kV step-up
transformers, (iii) a 230-kV substation,
and (iv) a 15.67-mile-long transmission
line that extends from Wallace Dam
west to a switching station near
Eatonton, Georgia; and (6) appurtenant
facilities.
The Wallace Dam Project is a pumped
storage project, generating 390,083
megawatt-hours of electricity annually.
Water for generation at Wallace Dam
comes from inflow, plus storage in Lake
Oconee. The project generates during
peak power demand hours to meet the
electrical system demand. Water that is
not used for generation at the
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downstream Sinclair Project (FERC No.
1951), remains in Lake Sinclair for a few
hours before being pumped back into
Lake Oconee. Pumpback operation
occurs at night, when electrical system
demand is low (off-peak hours). For
normal day-to-day operation, Lake
Oconee fluctuates between elevations
435.0 and 433.5 feet Plant Datum,
resulting in an average daily fluctuation
of 1.5 feet. The Wallace Dam Project
discharges directly into Lake Sinclair,
with no intervening riverine or
bypassed reach. Generation typically is
the highest during the summer months,
where Wallace Dam generates for about
7 to 8 hours during the afternoon peak
demand period. During the fall and
winter months, generation typically last
5 to 6 hours.
During drought periods, the Wallace
Dam Project supports the minimum
flow requirements of the downstream
Sinclair Project. When the Sinclair
Project’s calculated inflow drops below
its minimum flow requirement of 250
cfs, water is released from Lake Oconee
to maintain Lake Sinclair at the
minimum level necessary for safe
pumpback operation at Wallace Dam,
which is 338.2 feet Plant Datum.
l. 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 website 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 (866) 208–3676, or for TTY at
(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at
https://www.georgiapower.com/
company/energy-industry/generatingplants/wallace-dam-project.html, or the
address in paragraph h.
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.
m. Procedural Schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Milestone
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of
Ready for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and
fishway prescriptions.
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August 2018.
October 2018.
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Milestone
Target date
Commission issues EA ...................
Comments on EA ...........................
Modified Terms and Conditions .....
February 2019.
March 2019.
May 2019.
n. 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.
Dated: June 11, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP18–494–000]
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Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization; Southern Natural Gas
Company, L.L.C.
Take notice that on June 1, 2018,
Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C.
(Southern), 569 Brookwood Village,
Suite 749, Birmingham, Alabama 35209,
filed in Docket No. CP18–494–000 a
prior notice request pursuant to sections
157.205 and 157.216(b) of the
Commission’s regulations under the
Natural Gas Act (NGA), requesting
authorization to abandon in place 6.5
miles of both its 4-inch West Point Line
and 8-inch West Point Loop Line from
Milepost 16.43 to Milepost 22.79
located in Lowndes and Clay Counties,
Mississippi. In addition, Southern
proposes to abandon by removal its
delivery meter at Milepost 16.43, a
regulator at Milepost 19.35, and all
associated above-ground appurtenances.
Southern estimates the cost of the
proposed project to be approximately
$20,700,000, all as more fully set forth
in the application which is on file with
the Commission and open to public
inspection. The filing may also be
viewed on the web 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, please contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or
TTY, contact (202) 502–8659.
Any questions concerning this
application may be directed to Pamela
R. Donaldson, Sr. Regulatory Analyst II
at Southern Natural Gas Company,
L.L.C., Colonial Brookwood Center, 569
Brookwood Village, Suite 749,
Birmingham, Alabama 35209, by
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telephone at (204) 325–3739, or by
email at pamela_donaldson@
kindermorgan.com.
Any person or the Commission’s staff
may, within 60 days after issuance of
the instant notice by the Commission,
file pursuant to Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR
385.214) a motion to intervene or notice
of intervention and pursuant to section
157.205 of the regulations under the
NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the
request. If no protest is filed within the
time allowed therefore, the proposed
activity shall be deemed to be
authorized effective the day after the
time allowed for filing a protest. If a
protest is filed and not withdrawn
within 30 days after the allowed time
for filing a protest, the instant request
shall be treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: Complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the EA
for this proposal. The filing of the EA
in the Commission’s public record for
this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s EA.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project should submit an original and
two copies of their comments to the
Secretary of the Commission.
Environmental commenter’s will be
placed on the Commissions’
environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents,
and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission’s
environmental review process.
Environmental commenters’ will not be
required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties.
However, the non-party commentary,
will not receive copies of all documents
filed by other parties or issued by the
Commission (except for the mailing of
environmental documents issued by the
Commission) and will not have the right
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to seek court review of the
Commission’s final order.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, 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 5 copies
of the protest or intervention to the
Federal Energy regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
20426.
Dated: June 11, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Notice of Filing
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Docket Numbers: RP18–892–000.
Applicants: Pioneer Natural
Resources USA, Inc., Evergreen Natural
Resources LLC.
Description: Joint Petition of Pioneer
Natural Resources USA, Inc., et al. for
Limited Waiver, et al.
Filed Date: 6/11/18.
Accession Number: 20180611–5155.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/19/18.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the links or querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: June 12, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2413-124]
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments; Georgia Power Company
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.: 2413-124.
c. Date Filed: May 31, 2018.
d. Applicant: Georgia Power Company (Georgia Power).
e. Name of Project: Wallace Dam Pumped Storage Project (Wallace Dam
Project).
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Oconee River,
in Hancock, Putnam, Green, and Morgan Counties, Georgia. The project
occupies about 493.7 acres of federal land administered by the U.S.
Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Courtenay R. O'Mara, P.E., Wallace Dam Hydro
Relicensing Manager, Southern Company Generation, BIN 10193, 241 Ralph
McGill Blvd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30308-3374; (404) 506-7219;
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer at (202) 502-8365, or at
[email protected].
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis (EA) at
this time.
k. Project Description: The Wallace Dam Project consists of: (1) A
2,395-foot-long, 120-foot-high dam, consisting of (i) a 347-foot-long
west earth embankment, (ii) a 300-foot-long west concrete non-overflow
section, (iii) a 266-foot-long concrete spillway with five Tainter
gates, each 48 feet high by 42 feet wide with a discharge capacity of
35,000 cubic feet per second (cfs), (iv) a 531.4-foot-long powerhouse
intake section, protected by trashracks having a clear bar spacing of
9.5 to 10.5 inches and leading to six penstocks with a maximum diameter
of 25.5 feet, (v) a 226-foot-long east concrete non-overflow section,
(vi) a 725-foot-long east earth embankment, and (vii) two saddle dikes,
located east of the dam, totaling about 900 feet in length; (2) an
18,188-acre reservoir (Lake Oconee) at an elevation of 435.0 feet Plant
Datum (where Plant Datum equals mean sea level (NAVD88) minus 0.20
feet); (3) a powerhouse integral with the dam that contains six
turbine/generator units (two conventional generating units and four
reversible pump units, with a total installed capacity of 321.3
megawatts; (4) a 20,000-foot-long tailrace that flows into Lake
Sinclair, which serves as the lower reservoir for the Wallace Dam
Project; (5) transmission facilities that consist of (i) 13.8-kilovolt
(kV) generator leads, (ii) two 13.8/230-kV step-up transformers, (iii)
a 230-kV substation, and (iv) a 15.67-mile-long transmission line that
extends from Wallace Dam west to a switching station near Eatonton,
Georgia; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
The Wallace Dam Project is a pumped storage project, generating
390,083 megawatt-hours of electricity annually. Water for generation at
Wallace Dam comes from inflow, plus storage in Lake Oconee. The project
generates during peak power demand hours to meet the electrical system
demand. Water that is not used for generation at the downstream
Sinclair Project (FERC No. 1951), remains in Lake Sinclair for a few
hours before being pumped back into Lake Oconee. Pumpback operation
occurs at night, when electrical system demand is low (off-peak hours).
For normal day-to-day operation, Lake Oconee fluctuates between
elevations 435.0 and 433.5 feet Plant Datum, resulting in an average
daily fluctuation of 1.5 feet. The Wallace Dam Project discharges
directly into Lake Sinclair, with no intervening riverine or bypassed
reach. Generation typically is the highest during the summer months,
where Wallace Dam generates for about 7 to 8 hours during the afternoon
peak demand period. During the fall and winter months, generation
typically last 5 to 6 hours.
During drought periods, the Wallace Dam Project supports the
minimum flow requirements of the downstream Sinclair Project. When the
Sinclair Project's calculated inflow drops below its minimum flow
requirement of 250 cfs, water is released from Lake Oconee to maintain
Lake Sinclair at the minimum level necessary for safe pumpback
operation at Wallace Dam, which is 338.2 feet Plant Datum.
l. 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 website 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 [email protected], or toll free at (866)
208-3676, or for TTY at (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at https://www.georgiapower.com/company/energy-industry/generating-plants/wallace-dam-project.html, or the
address in paragraph h.
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.
m. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for August 2018.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary October 2018.
terms and conditions, and fishway
prescriptions.
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Commission issues EA..................... February 2019.
Comments on EA........................... March 2019.
Modified Terms and Conditions............ May 2019.
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n. 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.
Dated: June 11, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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