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achieved via a weir on the spillway 

crest. The project operates under an 

estimated average head of 26 feet, 

including the 16-inch spillway 

flashboards. The impoundment water 

surface elevation is maintained at 774 

feet. River flows between 159 cfs and 

535 cfs are used for power generation, 

while flows in excess of 535 cfs are 

passed over the flashboards and 

spillway. The total installed capacity of 

the project is 1,000 kW from the single 

generating unit. The project generates 

approximately 5,369 megawatt-hours 

annually, which are sold to a local 

utility. 

Aquenergy proposes to continue to 

operate and maintain the Piedmont 

Project as is required in the existing 

license, and to develop canoe portage 

facilities. No changes to project 

operations are proposed. Other than the 

development of canoe portage facilities, 

no new construction or major project 

modifications are proposed. 

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. 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 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. Anyone may submit a protest or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, 

and .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 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 or MOTION 

TO INTERVENE; (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 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 

385.2001 through 385.2005. 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. 

Dated: September 21, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20787 Filed 9–27–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 10254–026] 

Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC, 

Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting Motions To 

Intervene and Protests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New License. 

b. Project No.: 10254–026. 

c. Date filed: November 30, 2015. 

d. Applicant: Pelzer Hydro Company, 

LLC (Pelzer Hydro), Consolidated Hydro 

Southeast, LLC (Consolidated Hydro). 

e. Name of Project: Upper Pelzer 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on the Saluda River in the Town 

of Pelzer, in Anderson and Greenville 

Counties, South Carolina. The project 

does not affect federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Beth E. Harris, 

P.E., Regional Operations Manager, Enel 

Green Power North America, Inc., 11 

Anderson Street, Piedmont, SC 29673; 

Telephone—(864) 846–0042; Email— 

beth.harris@enel.com OR Kevin Webb, 

Hydro Licensing Manager, Enel Green 

Power North America, Inc., One Tech 

Drive, Suite 220, Andover, MA 01810; 

Telephone—(978) 681–1900; Email— 

kevin.webb@enel.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Navreet Deo, (202) 

502–6304, or navreet.deo@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests and requests for 

cooperating agency status: 60 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests and requests for 

cooperating agency status using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or 

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of 

electronic filing, please send a paper 

copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first 

page of any filing should include docket 

number P–10254–026. 

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. 

k. This application has been accepted, 

but is not ready for environmental 

analysis at this time. 

l. The Upper Pelzer Project consists 

of: (1) A 505-foot-long by 29.7-foot-high 

granite masonry dam, consisting of (i) a 

150-foot-long non-overflow section, (ii) 

a 280-foot-long ungated overflow 

spillway topped with 4-foot wooden 

flashboards, and (iii) a 75-foot-long 

gated intake section containing six 

gates; (2) a 25-acre impoundment at a 

normal pool elevation of 718.7 feet 

mean sea level, as measured at the top 

of the flashboards; (3) a 260-foot-long by 

52-foot-wide forebay canal channeling 

flow from 6 canal gates to the project’s 

2 powerhouses; (4) an upstream 

concrete powerhouse, protected by a 65- 

foot-long trashrack structure with 5.5- 

inch clear bar spacing for 38 feet of 

length, and 2-inch clear bar spacing for 

27 feet of length, containing two vertical 

Francis turbine generating units that 

total 1,500 kW (kW); (5) a downstream 

powerhouse, protected by a trashrack 

structure with 2-inch clear bar spacing, 

containing one vertical Francis turbine 

generating unit that totals 450 kW; (6) a 

95-foot-long by 74-foot-wide tailrace 

extending from the upstream 

powerhouse, and a 132-foot-long by 24- 

foot-wide tailrace extending from the 

downstream powerhouse; (7) a 65-footlong, 3,300-volt transmission line, 

connecting the upper and lower 

powerhouses with the grid via a 7.2/ 

12.47 kilovolt transformer; and (8) 

appurtenant facilities. 

Pelzer Hydro and Consolidated Hydro 

(co-licensees) operate the project in a 

run-of-river mode, with no useable 

storage or flood control capacity. There 

are no minimum flow requirements 

downstream of the dam. The project 

operates under an estimated average 

head of 25 feet, including the 4-foot 

spillway flashboards. The impoundment 

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water surface elevation is maintained at 

718.7 feet. River flows between 159 

cubic feet per second (cfs) and 1,200 cfs 

are used for power generation, while 

flows in excess of 1,200 cfs are passed 

over the spillway. A single manually 

operated, low level outlet gate located in 

the unregulated spillway portion of the 

dam is used to drain the impoundment 

during maintenance activities. The total 

installed capacity of the project is 1,950 

kW between the three generating units. 

The project generates approximately 

6,223 megawatt-hours annually, which 

are sold to a local utility. 

The co-licensees propose to continue 

to operate and maintain the Upper 

Pelzer Project as is required in the 

existing license, and to develop canoe 

portage facilities. The co-licensees also 

propose to release a continuous 

minimum flow of 15 cfs or inflow, 

whichever is less, from the project dam 

in order to maintain aquatic habitat and 

water quality conditions in the 115-footlong reach between the dam and the 

upstream powerhouse tailrace. 

Other than the development of canoe 

portage facilities, no new construction 

or major project modifications are 

proposed. 

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. 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 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. Anyone may submit a protest or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, 

and .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 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 or motion to 

intervene; (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 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 

385.2001 through 385.2005. 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. 

Dated: September 21, 2017. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20789 Filed 9–27–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 10253–032] 

Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC, 

Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting Motions To 

Intervene and Protests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New License. 

b. Project No.: 10253–032. 

c. Date filed: November 30, 2015. 

d. Applicant: Pelzer Hydro Company, 

LLC (Pelzer Hydro), Consolidated Hydro 

Southeast, LLC (Consolidated Hydro). 

e. Name of Project: Lower Pelzer 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on the Saluda River near the 

Towns of Pelzer and Williamston, in 

Anderson and Greenville Counties, 

South Carolina. The project does not 

affect federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Beth E. Harris, 

P.E., Regional Operations Manager, Enel 

Green Power North America, Inc., 11 

Anderson Street Piedmont, SC 29673; 

Telephone—(864) 846–0042; Email— 

beth.harris@enel.com OR Kevin Webb, 

Hydro Licensing Manager, Enel Green 

Power North America, Inc., One Tech 

Drive, Suite 220, Andover, MA 01810; 

Telephone—(978) 681–1900; Email— 

kevin.webb@enel.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Navreet Deo, (202) 

502–6304, or navreet.deo@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests and requests for 

cooperating agency status: 60 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests and requests for 

cooperating agency status using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or 

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of 

electronic filing, please send a paper 

copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The 

first page of any filing should include 

docket number P–10253–032. 

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. 

k. This application has been accepted, 

but is not ready for environmental 

analysis at this time. 

l. The Lower Pelzer Project consists 

of: (1) A 696-foot-long by 40-foot-high 

granite masonry dam, consisting of (i) a 

310-foot-long spillway section topped 

with 4-foot wooden flashboards, (ii) a 

40-foot-long non-overflow section with 

two 10-foot-wide by 6-foot-high gates, 

and (iii) a 236-foot-long non-overflow 

section; (2) an 80-acre impoundment at 

a normal pool elevation of 693 feet 

mean sea level; (3) a 110-foot-long by 

14-foot-wide intake, protected by a 

trashrack structure with 2-inch clear bar 

spacing, controlling flow to the 

powerhouse through five, 10.5-footwide square gates; (4) a 110-foot-long by 

68-foot-wide brick powerhouse integral 

with the dam, containing 5 horizontal 

Francis turbine generating units that 

total 3,300 kilowatts (kW); (5) a 600- 

foot-long by 110-foot-wide tailrace; (6) a 

3-mile-long, 3,300-volt transmission line 

connecting the powerhouse to the grid 

via a 7.2/12.47 kilovolt transformer; and 

(7) appurtenant facilities. 

Pelzer Hydro and Consolidated Hydro 

(co-licensees) operate the project in a 

run-of-river mode, with no storage or 

flood control capacity. A continuous 

minimum flow of 140 cubic feet per 

second (cfs) or inflow, whichever is less, 

is released into the bypassed reach. The 

minimum flow is achieved via a sluice 

gate in the dam. The project operates 

under an estimated average head of 40 

feet, including the 4-foot spillway 

flashboards. The impoundment water 

surface elevation is maintained at 693