[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57746-57747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23599]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Lockhart Power Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and 
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

September 14, 2010.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 13590-001.
    c. Date Filed: August 31, 2010.
    d. Applicant: Lockhart Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Riverdale Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Enoree River in Spartanburg and Laurens 
counties, South Carolina. The project does not affect federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 USC 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Bryan D. Stone, Chief Operating Officer, 
Lockhart Power Company, Inc., 420 River Street, P.O. Box 10, Lockhart, 
SC 29364, (864) 545-2211.
    i. FERC Contact: Sarah Florentino, (202) 502-6863 or via e-mail at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#03506271626b2d456f6c71666d776a6d6c43656671602d646c75"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="03506271626b2d456f6c71666d776a6d6c43656671602d646c75">[email protected]</span></a>.
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: November 1, 2010.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, 
using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the 
end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, 
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and 
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing, currently non-operational Riverdale Project 
consists of: (1) A 12-foot high, 425-foot-long concrete gravity dam 
with 2-foot flashboards; (2) a 9-acre impoundment; (3) a headrace 
leading to a 110-foot-long steel penstock; (4) a powerhouse containing 
a single 1.45-megawatt turbine-generator unit; (5) a 1400-foot-long 
tailrace channel; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project 
would operate in a run-of-river mode and generate about 5,318 megawatt 
hours annually. The power would serve Lockhart Power Company's native 
load or be sold to a wholesale customer.
    o. 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. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at  http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Deficiency Letter..................  November 2010.
Issue Acceptance letter..................  March 2011.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments....  April 2011.
Request Additional Information (if         June 2011.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)..  June 2011.
Notice of application is ready for         September 2011.
 environmental analysis.
Notice of the availability of the draft    July 2012.
 EA.
Notice of the availability of the final    January 2013.
 EA.
 

    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.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-23599 Filed 9-21-10; 8:45 am]
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