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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. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12949 Filed 6–15–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

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; 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 2,395- 

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 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 

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 

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 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 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. 

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 Target date 

Notice of Acceptance/Notice of 

Ready for Environmental Analysis.

August 2018. 

Filing of recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and 

fishway prescriptions.

October 2018. 


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Milestone Target date 

Commission issues EA ................... February 2019. 

Comments on EA ........................... March 2019. 

Modified Terms and Conditions ..... 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. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12948 Filed 6–15–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–494–000] 

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 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, 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 

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 

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 http://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. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12941 Filed 6–15–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

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: http://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. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12953 Filed 6–15–18; 8:45 am] 

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