Document ID: FERC-2007-0484-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hydroelectric applications
Posted Date: 2007-03-19T04:00Z

[Federal Register: March 19, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 52)]
[Notices]               
[Page 12793-12794]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: P-2237-017]

 
Georgia Power Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing 
and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

March 13, 2007.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.

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    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-2237-017.
    c. Date Filed: February 27, 2007.
    d. Applicant: Georgia Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Morgan Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located in the metropolitan 
city of Atlanta area on the Chattahoochee River, at river mile 312.6, 
and about 36 miles downstream from the U.S. Corps of Engineers' Buford 
dam (Lake Sidney Lanier) in Cobb and Fulton Counties, Georgia. The 
project occupies about 14.4 acres of federal lands within the 
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area managed by the National 
Park Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Douglas E. Jones, Senior Vice-President, 
Southern Company Generation, 241 Ralph McGill Boulevard NE., Bin 10240, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-3374; Telephone (404) 506-7328; or George A. 
Martin, Project Manager, at (404) 506-1357 or e-mail at 
gamartin@southernco.com. Additional information on this project is 

available on the applicant's Web site: http://www.southerncompany.com/gapower/hydro/
.

    i. FERC Contact: Janet Hutzel, Telephone (202) 502-8675, or e-mail 
janet.hutzel@ferc.gov. Additional information on Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) hydroelectric projects is available on 
FERC's Web site: http://www.ferc.gov/industries/hydropower.asp.

    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The existing project consists of the 
following: (1) A 1,031-foot-long, 56-foot-maximum height concrete 
gravity dam consisting of a 46-foot-long non-overflow westerly 
abutment; a 680-foot-long gated spillway with sixteen 40-foot-wide by 
8-foot-tall Tainter gates; a 21-foot-long trash gate section containing 
one 8-foot-wide by 4-foot-tall trash gate; a 195-foot-long, 73-foot-
high combined powerhouse and intake section integral with the dam 
containing seven horizontal double runner Francis turbines coupled to 
seven generating units with a total generating capacity of 16.8 
megawatt; and an 89-foot-long non-overflow easterly abutment; (2) a 
684-acre reservoir (Bull Sluice Lake) at normal full pool elevation of 
866.0 feet using plant datum,\1\ with 2,239 acre-feet of usable 
storage; and (3) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation 
at the project is about 15,221 megawatt-hours. The applicant has no 
plans to modify the existing project facilities or the current modified 
run-of-river mode of operation.
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    \1\ Plant datum = mean sea level (MSL) + 12.39 ft.
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    l. Locations of the Application: 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 
or toll-free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is 
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item 
(h) above.
    m. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm
 to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 

issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    n. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following Hydro 
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as 
appropriate.
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    \2\ This schedule assumes Georgia Power Company's license 
application conforms to the Commission's regulations and has no 
deficiencies under Sec.  5.20.

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              Milestone                           Target Date
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Notice of Acceptance/ Notice of Ready  May 13, 2007. \2\
 for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of interventions,               July 12, 2007.
 recommendations, preliminary terms
 and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Reply comments due...................  August 26, 2007.
FERC issues single EA (without a       November 9, 2007.
 draft).
Comments on EA due...................  December 9, 2007.
Filing of modified terms and           February 8, 2008.
 conditions.
Ready for Commission decision........  May 8, 2008.
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    o. 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.
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    \2\ This schedule assumes Georgia Power Company's license 
application conforms to the Commission's regulations and has no 
deficiencies under Sec.  5.20.

Philis J. Posey,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-4993 Filed 3-16-07; 8:45 am]

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