Document ID: FERC-2010-0857-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Soliciting Scoping Comments: Wilkesboro Hydroelectric Company, LLC
Posted Date: 2010-06-21T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 21, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 118)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12642-003]

 
Wilkesboro Hydroelectric Company, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping 
Comments

June 15, 2010
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-12642-003.
    c. Date filed: September 29, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Wilkesboro Hydroelectric Company, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: W. Kerr Scott Hydropower Project.
    f. Location: The proposed project would be located at the existing 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) W. Kerr Scott (Kerr Scott) dam on 
the Yadkin River, near Wilkesboro in Wilkes County, North Carolina. A 
total of 3.5 acres of federal lands would be occupied by the proposed 
project.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Dean Edwards, P.O. Box 1565, Dover, FL 
33527, (813) 659-3014; and Mr. Kevin Edwards, P.O. Box 143, Mayodan, NC 
27027, (336) 589-6138
    i. FERC Contact: Jennifer Adams at (202) 502-8087, or 
jennifer.adams@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: 30 days from the issuance 
date of this notice, or July 15, 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/ferconline.asp), under the 
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only 
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-free at 
(866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the 
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be 
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The proposed project would use the existing Kerr Scott dam, 
which is federally owned and administered by the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers (Corps). The proposed project would use releases from the 
reservoir, as directed by the Corps, that would normally be released 
directly to the Yadkin River downstream of the dam. All existing 
facilities would remain, but some features would be modified and new 
facilities would be constructed.
    The proposed project would consist of: (1) Modifying the existing 
low-level intake tower to be a multilevel intake structure with 
trashracks; (2) placing a 580-foot-long, 11-foot-diameter steel liner 
in the downstream portion of the existing 749-foot-long reinforced 
concrete water conduit to enable pressurization of the conduit; (3) a 
penstock bifurcation and two 8-foot-diameter steel penstocks; (4) a 
gate at the end of the water conduit, with a Howell-Bunger-ring-jet-
type fixed cone valve installed in the gate; (5) an 80-foot-long by 30-
foot-wide powerhouse containing one 2 MW Kaplan unit and one 2 MW 
propeller-type unit; (6) an 80-foot-wide by 30-foot-long discharge 
channel that joins the Yadkin River at the downstream end of the 
existing stilling basin; (7) a substation; (8) a new underground 12.47-
kilovolt (kV) transmission line that extends 150 feet from the proposed 
powerhouse to an existing utility pole to the south of the powerhouse, 
and an upgraded 3,600-foot-long, 12.47-kV three-phase line that 
connects the utility pole to a Duke Energy substation; and (9) 
appurtenant facilities. The Kerr Scott project would generate 
approximately 22,400 megawatt-hours annually.
    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 available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    n. You may 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.
    o. Scoping Process.
    The Commission staff intends to prepare a single Environmental 
Assessment (EA) for the Kerr Scott Hydropower Project, in accordance 
with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both 
site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable 
alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at

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this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, recommendations, and 
information on the Scoping Document (SD) issued on June 15, 2010.
    Copies of the SD outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the 
EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list and 
the applicant's distribution list. Copies of the SD may be viewed on 
the Web 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, call 1-866-208-3676, or 
for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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