[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 59 (Thursday, March 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17054-17055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06328]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2880-015]
Cherokee Falls Hydroelectric Project, LLC; Notice of Application
Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 2880-015.
c. Date filed: July 31, 2019.
d. Applicant: Cherokee Falls Hydroelectric Project, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Cherokee Falls Hydroelectric Project (Cherokee
Falls Project).
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Broad River, in
Cherokee County, 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, Southwest Regional Engineer,
Enel Green Power North America, Inc., 11 Anderson Street, Piedmont, SC
29673; Telephone (864) 846-0042 ext. 100; [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer at (202) 502-6093, or at
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: Sixty (60) days from the issuance date
of this notice; reply comments are due one hundred five (105) days from
the issuance date of this notice.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
COMMENTS, REPLY COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, or
PRESCRIPTIONS; (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
submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, recommendations,
terms and conditions or prescriptions must set forth their evidentiary
basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b).
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed in the service list prepared by the Commission in this
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
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
[email protected], (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-2880-015.
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 for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
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l. Project Description: Cherokee Falls Project consists of: (1) A
1,819-foot-long granite masonry dam with a 1,701-foot-long spillway and
4-foot-high flashboards; (2) ten low level outlet pipes along the
middle portion of dam, four of which are at least partially open and
used to provide a continuous minimum flow to the bypassed reach; (3) a
reservoir with a surface area of 83 acres and a storage capacity of 140
acre-feet; (4) a trash rack intake with 3.5 inch spacing between the
bars; (5) a 130-foot-long, 40-foot-wide powerhouse containing one
generating unit with a capacity of 4,140 kilowatts and an annual
generation of 9,354.9 megawatt-hours; (6) a 150-foot-long tailrace; (7)
93-foot-long generator lines leading to three 500 kilovolt transformers
and (8) a 200-foot-long transmission line to a point of interconnection
with the grid.
The project is operated in a run-of-river mode with a continuous,
minimum flow of 97 to 270 cubic feet per second (cfs) supplied to the
bypassed reach. The current license requires a minimum flow of 65 cfs.
Project operation starts when inflows exceed the sum of the minimum
hydraulic capacity of the turbine (600 cfs) and the minimum flow
supplied to the bypassed reach. All flows greater than the sum of the
maximum hydraulic capacity of the turbine (3,100 cfs) and the bypassed
reach minimum flow, are passed over the spillway.
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 website 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 [email protected] or toll-free at 1-866-208-
3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
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. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as
appropriate.
Milestone Target date
Filing of recommendations, terms and April 2020.
conditions, and prescriptions.
Commission issues Environmental Assessment December 2020.
(EA).
Comments on EA............................ January 2021.
o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than thirty (30) days from the issuance date of
this notice.
Dated: March 20, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-06328 Filed 3-25-20; 8:45 am]
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