Document ID: FERC-2016-1474-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hydroelectric Applications: Tuscaloosa, AL
Posted Date: 2016-10-31T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 210 (Monday, October 31, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 75397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-26189]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14790-000]

City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments and Motions To 
Intervene

    On June 29, 2016, the City of Tuscaloosa, Alabama filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Lake 
Tuscaloosa Dam Hydroelectric Project (Lake Tuscaloosa Project or 
project) to be located on the North River, near the City of Tuscaloosa 
in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. The sole purpose of a preliminary 
permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a 
license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does 
not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing 
activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others 
without the owners' express permission.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) The City 
of Tuscaloosa's existing 1,280-foot-long, 36-foot-wide earth filled 
embankment dam; (2) a reservoir with a surface area of 5,885 acres and 
a storage capacity of 122,755-acre-feet; (3) a 20-foot-long, 96-foot-
wide intake channel; (4) a 200-foot-long, 66-inch-diameter penstock 
with a 66-inch-diameter butterfly valve at the junction of the existing 
outlet; (5) a powerhouse containing one generating unit with a total 
capacity of 3.0 megawatts; (6) a 540-foot-long, 20-foot-wide tailrace; 
and (7) a 3.9-mile-long, 15 kV transmission line. The proposed project 
would have an estimated average annual generation of 18,207 megawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Scott B. Holmes, City of Tuscaloosa., 2201 
University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401; Phone (205) 248-5140; 
Email: sholmes@tuscaloosa.com
    FERC Contact: Christiane Casey, christiane.casey@ferc.gov, (202) 
502-8577.
    Competing Application: This application competes with Project No. 
14750-000 filed December 22, 2015. Competing applications had to be 
filed on or before June 30, 2016.
    Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 60 days from 
the issuance of this notice. Comments and motions to intervene 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 at 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic 
filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 
original and five copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14790) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: October 25, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-26189 Filed 10-28-16; 8:45 am]
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