Notice2021-20896
Tallassee Shoals, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With The Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
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September 27, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 184 (Monday, September 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-20896]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 6951-018]
Tallassee Shoals, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing
With The Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New License.
b. Project No.: 6951-018.
c. Date filed: September 15, 2021.
d. Applicant: Tallassee Shoals, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Tallassee Shoals Hydroelectric Project
(project).
f. Location: On the Middle Oconee River, in Athens-Clarke and
Jackson Counties, Georgia. The project does not occupy any federal
land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Walter Puryear, Tallassee Shoals, LLC, 2399
Tallassee Road, Athens, Georgia 30607; Phone at (706) 540-7621, or
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4e393e3b3c372b2f3c0e2c2b22223d213b3a2660202b3a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0c7b7c797e75696d7e4c6e6960607f6379786422626978">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer at (202) 502-6093, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#137e7a707b72767f3d6063767d70766153757661703d747c65"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8be6e2e8e3eaeee7a5f8fbeee5e8eef9cbedeef9e8a5ece4fd">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. With this notice, we are designating Tallassee Shoals, LLC as
the Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal
consultation pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act; and
consultation pursuant to section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act.
m. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: November 14, 2021.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b0d0e190804252722252e183e3b3b24393f0b2d2e3928652c243d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="64222136272b0a080d0a01371114140b161024020116074a030b12">[email protected]</span></a>, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy.
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and
docket number on the first page: Tallassee Shoals Hydroelectric Project
(P-6951-018).
n. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
o. Project Description: The existing Tallassee Shoals Project
consists of: (1) A 365-foot-long, 25-foot-high concrete dam; (2) a 100-
kilowatt fixed Kaplan unit within the dam; (3) a 1,400-foot-long
headrace canal from the dam to the powerhouse; (4) an 80-foot-long, 11-
foot-diameter penstock; (5) a powerhouse containing a single 2.2-
megawatt (MW) adjustable Kaplan unit; (6) a 75-foot-long tailrace; and
(7) a 100-foot-long, 42-kilovolt transmission line. The project creates
a 2,100-foot-long bypassed reach of the Middle Oconee River. The
project's total capacity is 2.3 MW and its average annual generation is
approximately 6,100 megawatt-hours.
Tallassee Shoals, LLC does not propose any changes to the project's
run-of-river operation and required 70 cubic-feet-per-second minimum
flow.
p. In addition to publishing the full text of this notice in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this notice, as well
as other documents in the proceeding (e.g., license application) via
the internet through the Commission's Home Page (<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>)
using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last
three digits in the docket number field to access the document (P-
6951). At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the
Commission's Public Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a
National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
issued on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dc9a998e9f93b2b0b5b2b98fa9acacb3aea89cbab9aebff2bbb3aa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="efa9aabdaca0818386818abc9a9f9f809d9baf898a9d8cc1888099">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll-free, (866) 208-3676 or (202)
502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a> to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)--January 2022
Request Additional Information--January 2022
Issue Acceptance Letter--March 2022
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--April 2022
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis--July 2022
r. 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.
Dated: September 21, 2021.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-20896 Filed 9-24-21; 8:45 am]
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