Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 47 / Monday, March 12, 2007 / Notices 11023 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No.: P–2165–022] 

Alabama Power Company; Notice of 

Application and Applicant-Prepared EA 

Accepted or Filing, Soliciting Motions 

To Intervene and Protests, and 

Soliciting Comments, and Final 

Recommendations, Terms and 

Conditions, and Prescriptions 

March 5, 2007. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application and applicantprepared environmental assessment has 

been filed with the Commission and is 

available for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: P–2165–022. 

c. Date filed: July 28, 2005. 

d. Applicant: Alabama Power 

Company. 

e. Name of Project: Warrior River 

Hydroelectric Project, which includes 

the Lewis Smith and Bankhead 

Developments. 

f. Location: The Lewis Smith 

development is located in northwestern 

Alabama in the headwaters of the Black 

Warrior River on the Sipsey Fork in 

Cullman, Walker, and Winston 

Counties. The Bankhead development is 

located in central Alabama downstream 

of the Lewis Smith development, on the 

Black Warrior River in Tuscaloosa 

County. The Lewis Smith development 

occupies 2,691.44 acres of federal lands 

administered by the U.S. Forest Service, 

and the Bankhead development 

occupies 18.7 acres of federal lands 

administered by the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jerry L. 

Stewart, Senior Vice President and 

Senior Production Officer, Alabama 

Power Company, 600 North 18th Street, 

P.O. Box 2641, Birmingham, AL 35291–

8180. 

i. FERC Contact: Monte TerHaar, 

Telephone (202) 502–6035, and e-mail 

monte.terhaar@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, and 

final recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions 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: 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, protests, 

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) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing. 

l. The proposed Warrior River Project 

would consist of two existing 

developments. The Lewis Smith and 

Bulkhead developments would operate 

in peaking mode. The total capacity for 

all developments is 211.05 MW, 

generating about 463,094 MWh of 

energy annually. The project works 

would include the following: 

Lewis Smith Development. The Lewis 

Smith development, located on the 

Sipsey Fork of the Black Warrior River, 

consists of: (1) A total of 2,200 feet of 

water retaining structures which 

includes a 300-foot-high earth and rock 

fill dam, an uncontrolled spillway with 

fixed crest elevation 522 feet mean seal 

level (msl), and powerhouse consisting 

of (a) a 95-foot-long uncontrolled 

spillway, (b) a 350-foot-wide channel 

which originates at the spillway and 

discharges into Mill creek about 3,000 

feet downstream of the spillway, and (c) 

a concrete intake located 120 feet 

upstream of the dam which provides 

flows to two 23-foot-diameter, 630-footlong power tunnels; (2) a 35-mile-long, 

21,200-acre reservoir at normal pool 

elevation 510 feet msl, and capacity of 

1,390,000 acre-ft at normal pool 

elevation 510 feet msl., and 1,670,600 

acre-feet at spillway crest elevation 522- 

ft msl; (3) a 193-foot-long concrete 

power house, housing two 111,500 

horse power vertical fixed-blade 

turbines and generating units, each 

rated at 78.75 MW for a total rated 

capacity of 157.5 MW and having a 

maximum hydraulic capacity of 5,700 

cfs for and total hydraulic capacity of 

11,400 cfs; (4) trashracks located at the 

turbine intakes with 6-inch bar spacing; 

(5) a substation; and (6) other 

appurtenances. 

Bankhead Development. The 

Bankhead development is located at the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) 

Lock and Dam No. 17 on the Black 

Warrior River. The dam, a 1,230-footlong gated spillway, and 78-mile-long 

reservoir are owned and operated by the 

Corps. The Bankhead development 

consists of a powerhouse and intake 

canal consisting of: (1) A 54-foot-wide 

by 100-foot-long gated intake canal; (2) 

a 135-foot-long powerhouse housing one 

71,400 horse power vertical propeller 

turbine and generating unit, rated at 

53.985 MW and having a maximum 

hydraulic capacity of 10,388 cfs; (3) 

thirty-five trashracks located at the 

turbine intakes with 6-inch bar spacing; 

(4) penstocks; (5) a substation; and (6) 

other appurtenances. 

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. 

Register online at http:// 

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. 

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,’’

‘‘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 protesting or 

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply 


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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. A copy of any protest or 

motion to intervene must be served 

upon each representative of the 

applicant specified in the particular 

application. 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. 

o. Procedural Schedule: 

At this time we do not anticipate the 

need for preparing a draft 

environmental assessment. Recipients 

will have 60 days to provide the 

Commission with any written comments 

on the environmental assessment (EA). 

All comments filed with the 

Commission will be considered in the 

Order taking final action on the license 

applications. However, should 

substantive comments requiring reanalysis be received on the EA, we will 

consider preparing a subsequent EA. 

The application will be processed 

according to the following revised 

Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule may be made as 

appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Filing of recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions.(May 2007). 

Notice of Availability of 

the EA (single EA).

(September 2007). 

p. Final amendments to the 

application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

q. A license applicant must file no 

later than 60 days following the 

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. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–4342 Filed 3–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2301–022] 

PPL Montana; Notice of Application 

Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions 

To Intervene and Protests, Ready for 

Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting 

Comments, Recommendations, 

Preliminary Terms and Conditons, and 

Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions 

March 5, 2007. 

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–2301–022. 

c. Date filed: December 15, 2006. 

d. Applicant: PPL Montana. 

e. Name of Project: Mystic Lake 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on West Rosebud Creek in 

Stillwater and Carbon Counties, 

Montana. The project occupies about 

674 acres of federal lands in the Custard 

National Forest managed by the U.S. 

Forest Service. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Jon 

Jourdonnais, PPL Montana, 45 Basin 

Creek Road, Butte, MT 59701; 

Telephone (406) 533–3443; e-mail 

jhjourdonnais@pplweb.com. Additional 

information on this project is available 

on the applicant’s Web site: http:// 

www.mysticlakeproject.com 

i. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking, 

Telephone (202) 502–8753; e-mail 

steve.hocking@ferc.gov. Additional 

information on Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

hydroelectric projects is available on 

FERC’s Web site: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

industries/hydropower.asp 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

fishway prescriptions is 60 days from 

the issuance date 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: 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, protests, 

comments, recommendations, 

preliminary terms and conditions, and 

preliminary fishway 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 under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing and is ready for environmental 

analysis. 

l. Project Description: The existing 

project consists of the following: (1) A 

368-foot-long, 45-foot-high, concrete 

arch dam/spillway; (2) 42-inch high 

timber flashboards on top of the arch 

spillway; (3) a 145-foot-long, 15-foothigh concrete core and earthfill dike 

with 1-foot-high flashboards; (4) Mystic 

Lake with a storage capacity of 47,000 

acre-feet and a surface area of 446.7 

acres at its normal maximum surface 

elevation of 7,673.5 feet above msl; (5) 

a 33-foot-long, 7-foot-high, by 9-footwide concrete intake structure at the left 

abutment of the dike; (6) a conduit from 

the intake structure to the powerhouse 

consisting of a 1,005-foot-long rock 

tunnel, a 9,012-foot-long, 57-inch steel 

pipeline with an inverted siphon near 

the mid-point of the pipeline, a surge 

tank, and a 2,566-foot-long by 42 to 48- 

inch diameter steel penstock; (7) a 60- 

foot-wide by 85-foot-long concrete 

powerhouse with two turbine-generator 

units with a total installed capacity of 

11.25 megawatts; (8) two concrete 

tunnels that extend from the 

powerhouse into West Rosebud Creek; 

(9) a re-regulation dam about one mile 

downstream from the Mystic Lake 

powerhouse consisting of a 19-foot-high, 

420-foot-long earthfill dike with a 

concrete spillway and flashboards; (10) 

West Rosebud Lake with a storage 

capacity of 470 acre-feet and a surface 

area of 49 acres at its normal maximum 

surface elevation of 6,397.4 feet above 

msl; (11) two 5.3-mile-long, 50-kilovolt 

transmission lines; (12) a 9,363-footlong distribution line from the 

powerhouse to the arch dam and a 

2,068-foot-long distribution line from 

the powerhouse to the surge tank; (13) 

an operator village adjacent to the 

powerhouse with four homes and three 

maintenance buildings; and (14) 

appurtenant facilities. 


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