Document ID: FERC-2015-0616-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Competing Applications: Spartanburg Water System
Posted Date: 2015-05-15T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27948-27949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11693]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14215-002]

Spartanburg Water System; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On April 3, 2015, Spartanburg Water System 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 Fingerville Project to 
be located at the existing Fingerville Dam, on the North Pacolet River, 
near the town of Fingerville, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The 
sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit 
holder priority to file a license application during the permit

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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: (1) An existing 11.3-foot-
high, 171-foot-long wooden dam, owned by Spartanburg; (2) a reservoir 
with a surface area of 11.69 acres; (3) a 130-foot-long headrace 
channel; (4) a powerhouse containing one generating unit with a total 
capacity of 150.0 kilowatts (kW); (4) a tailrace; and (5) a 450-foot-
long, 12 kilo-volt (KV) transmission line. The project would have an 
estimated average annual generation of 770.0 megawatt-hours (MWh).
    Applicant Contact: Ms. Sue Schneider, Spartanburg Water System, 200 
Commerce Street, P.O. Box 251, Spartanburg, SC 29304, (864) 580-5642.
    FERC Contact: Michael Spencer; phone: (202) 502-6093.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at 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, (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-14215-002.
    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-14215) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 8, 2015.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-11693 Filed 5-14-15; 8:45 am]
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