[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 111 (Friday, June 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29086-29087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14392]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project Nos. 2232-312, et al.]


Hydroelectric Applications [Duke Power Company, et al.]; Notice 
of Applications

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection:
    1 a. Type of Application: Application to Grant an Easement to SIHO 
Properties, Inc. to Construct a Private Marina.
    b. Project Name and No: Catawba-Wateree Project, FERC Project No. 
2232-312.
    c. Date Filed: February 23, 1996.
    d. Applicant: Duke Power Company.
    e. Location: Catawba County, North Carolina, Bay Pointe 
Subdivision, Lake Norman.
    f. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)- 
825(r).
    g. Applicant Contact: Mr. E. M. Oakley, Duke Power Company, P.O. 
Box 1006, Charlotte, North Carolina 28201, (704) 382-5778.
    h. FERC Contact: Brian Romanek, (202) 219-3076.
    i. Comment Date: July 8, 1996.
    j. Description of the filing: Application to grant an easement of 
.54 of an acre to SIHO Properties, Inc. to construct a private marina 
consisting of 30 floating boat slips. The proposed marina would provide 
access to the reservoir for owners of off-water lots in the Bay Pointe 
Subdivision. The proposed marina would be constructed by using 
prefabricated floating slips, each 10-feet-wide by 20-feet-long. The 
slips would be anchored by using telescoping, self-driving pilings.
    k. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, D2.
    2 a. Type of Application: Application to Grant an Increase in Water 
Withdrawal to Lugoff Water District of Kershaw County, South Carolina.
    b. Project Name and No: Catawba-Wateree Project, FERC Project No. 
2232-321.
    c. Date Filed: May 8, 1996.
    d. Applicant: Duke Power Company.
    e. Location: Lugoff, South Carolina, Kershaw County, Lake Wateree.
    f. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-825 
(r).
    g. Applicant Contact: Mr. E. M. Oakley, Duke Power Company, P.O. 
Box 1006, Charlotte, North Carolina 28201, (704) 382-5778.
    h. FERC Contact: Brian Romanek, (202) 219-3076.
    i. Comment Date: July 8, 1996.
    j. Description of the filing: Application of Duke Power to grant an 
increase of water withdrawal capacity to Lugoff-Elgin Water Authority 
(Water Authority). Specifically, Duke Power requests permission to 
allow the Water Authority to: (1) Increase its water withdrawal from 
Lake Wateree from 3.0 million gallons per day (MGD) to up to 10.0 MGD; 
(2) to replace an existing pump with two 60 horsepower pumps and; (3) 
to construct a new 12 inch

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water line within the project boundary. These modifications would 
provide the residents of Kershaw County with a source of drinking water 
that meets Environmental Protection Agency and State drinking water 
standards.
    k. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, D2.
    3 a. Type of Application: Application to Grant an Easement to the 
City of Camden, South Carolina for Raw Water Withdrawal from Lake 
Wateree.
    b. Project Name and No: Catawba-Wateree Project, FERC Project No. 
2232-322.
    c. Date Filed: May 8, 1996.
    d. Applicant: Duke Power Company.
    e. Location: City of Camden, South Carolina, Eagles Nest 
Subdivision, Kershaw County, Lake Wateree.
    f. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-
825(r).
    g. Applicant Contact: Mr. E. M. Oakley, Duke Power Company, P.O. 
Box 1006, Charlotte, North Carolina 28201, (704) 382-5778.
    h. FERC Contact: Brian Romanek, (202) 219-3076.
    i. Comment Date: July 8, 1996.
    j. Description of the filing: Application of Duke Power Company to 
grant an easement for raw water withdrawal and installation of a water 
withdrawal system to the City of Camden, South Carolina. Specifically, 
Duke Power requests permission to grant an easement of 1.47 acres of 
project property to the City of Camden, withdraw of up to 6 million 
gallons per day (MGD) of raw water and to install a submerged intake 
pipe and screen system within the project boundary to provide treated 
drinking water to the residents of the City of Camden. The location of 
the intake facility would be at the Eagles Nest subdivision on the 
southeast shore of Lake Wateree.
    k. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, D2.
    4 a. Type of Application: Application to Grant an Easement to Allow 
Increased Water Withdrawal by the Town of Valdese.
    b. Project Name and No: Catawba-Wateree Project, FERC Project No. 
2232-323.
    c. Date Filed: February 20, 1996.
    d. Applicant: Duke Power Company.
    e. Location: Town of Valdese, North Carolina, Burke County, Lake 
Rodhiss.
    f. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-
825(r).
    g. Applicant Contact: Mr. E. M. Oakley, Duke Power Company, P.O. 
Box 1006, Charlotte, North Carolina 28201, (704) 382-5778.
    h. FERC Contact: Brian Romanek, (202) 219-3076.
    i. Comment Date: July 8, 1996.
    j. Description of the filing: Application of Duke Power to grant an 
easement of 0.04 of an acre of project property to the Town of Valdese 
to increase its raw water withdrawal capacity from 8 million gallons 
per day (MGD) to 12 MGD. Specifically, Duke Power requests permission 
to grant the easement and to allow the Town to replace the existing 12 
MGD pumps, replace the existing intake structure, and to install a new 
24-inch-diameter intake pipe and screen.
    k. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, D2.
    5 a. Type of Application: Surrender of License.
    b. Project No: 2696-004.
    c. Date Filed: May 17, 1996.
    d. Applicant: Niagara Mohawk Power Corp.
    e. Name of Project: Stuyvesant Falls Project.
    f. Location: Kinderhook Creek, Columbia County, New York.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C., Section 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Samuel Hirschey, Niagara Mohawk Power 
Corp., 300 Erie Boulevard West, Syracuse, NY 13202, (315) 428-5561.
    i. FERC Contact: Hillary Berlin, (202) 219-0038.
    j. Comment Date: July 8, 1996.
    k. Description of Application The licensee states that the project 
is not operational due to pipeline leakage problems, and that the 
problems cannot be remedied economically.
    l. The notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, and D2.

Standard Paragraphs

    B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene--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.
    C1. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS 
FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS'', ``PROTEST'', OR ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', as 
applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to 
which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed 
by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the 
Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. A copy of 
any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of 
the Applicant specified in the particular application.
    D2. Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited 
to file comments on the described application. A copy of the 
application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If 
an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing 
comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an 
agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.

    Dated: May 31, 1996.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-14392 Filed 6-6-96; 8:45 am]
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