39684 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 151 / Friday, August 7, 2009 / Notices 

1The 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. 

available on the FERC’s eLibrary (http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp) by 

searching Docket No. IC09–731–000, and 

through the FERC Public Reference Room. 

[FR Doc. E9–18914 Filed 8–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. P–516–459] 

South Carolina Electric & Gas 

Company; Notice of Application Ready 

for Environmental Analysis and 

Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Terms and 

Conditions, and Prescriptions 

July 31, 2009. 

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.: P–516–459. 

c. Date filed: August 28, 2008. 

d. Applicant: South Carolina Electric 

& Gas Company. 

e. Name of Project: Saluda 

Hydroelectric 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: Mr. James M. 

Landreth, Vice President, Fossil/Hydro 

Operations South Carolina Electric & 

Gas Company, 111 Research Drive, 

Columbia, South Carolina 29203; or Mr. 

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 (202) 

502–8379, or e-mail at 

lee.emery@ferc.gov. 

j. The deadline for filing comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days 

from the issuance of this notice and 

reply comments are due 105 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

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 

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. 

Comments, recommendations, terms 

and conditions, and prescriptions 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 (http://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 has been accepted 

and is ready for environmental analysis 

at this time. 

l. Project description: The existing 

207.3-megawatt (MW) Saluda Project 

consists of a single development with 

the following features: (1) A 7,800-footlong, 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 Tainter 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 

(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. 

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 

http://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. 

All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘REPLY 

COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or 

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS’’; (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 

number of the person submitting the 

filing; and (4) otherwise comply with 

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 

through 385.2005. All comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, or prescriptions must set 

forth their evidentiary basis and 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain 

copies of the application directly from 

the applicant. Each filing must be 

accompanied by proof of service on all 

persons listed on the service list 

prepared by the Commission in this 

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 

4.34(b), and 385.2010. 

You may also register online at 

http://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. A license applicant must file no 

later than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the 

water quality certification; (2) a copy of 

the request for certification, including 

proof of the date on which the certifying 

agency received the request; or (3) 

evidence of waiver of water quality 

certification. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–18916 Filed 8–6–09; 8:45 am] 

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