Notice2023-01252
Alabama Power Company; Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
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January 24, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4168-4169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01252]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2628-066]
Alabama Power Company; Notice of Ready for Environmental
Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms
and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway 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.: 2628-066.
c. Date filed: November 23, 2021.
d. Applicant: Alabama Power Company (Alabama Power).
e. Name of Project: R.L. Harris Hydroelectric Project (Harris
Project).
f. Location: The Harris Project is located on the Tallapoosa River
near the City of Lineville in Randolph, Clay, and Cleburne Counties,
Alabama. The Harris Project also includes land within the James D.
Martin-Skyline Wildlife Management Area located approximately 110 miles
north of Harris Reservoir in Jackson County, Alabama. The project
occupies 4.90 acres of federal land administered by the Bureau of Land
Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Angie Anderegg, Harris Relicensing Project
Manager, Alabama Power Company; 600 North 18th Street, P.O. Box 2641,
Birmingham, AL 35203-8180; (205) 257-2251, or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ec8d9e9f898b8d9e9fac9f83999884899e828f83c28f8381"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="37564544525056454477445842435f52455954581954585a">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: Sarah Salazar at (202) 502-6863, or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2d1c3d0c3ca8cd1c3cec3d8c3d0e2c4c7d0c18cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2152405340490f52404d405b405361474453420f464e57">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this
notice.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
using the Commission's eFiling system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
<a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx</a>. You must include your
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e9afacbbaaa6878580878cba9c9999869b9da98f8c9b8ac78e869f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="63252631202c0d0f0a0d06301613130c111723050611004d040c15">[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: R.L. Harris Hydroelectric Project (P-
2628-066).
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
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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.
l. Project Description: The existing Harris Project consists of:
(1) the 29-mile-long, 9,870-acre Harris Lake at a normal full pool
elevation of 793 feet mean sea level (msl); (2) a 151.5-foot-high
concrete dam; (3) a 310-foot-long gated spillway with five 40.5-feet-
high by 40-feet-wide radial gates for passing flood flows, and one
radial trash gate; (4) a variable level powerhouse intake, integral
with the dam, which can draw water from lake elevations between 746
feet and 764 feet msl; (5) a 186-foot-long, 150-foot-high, and 95-foot-
wide concrete powerhouse, integral with the dam, housing two vertical
Francis turbines with a maximum hydraulic capacity of 8,000 cubic feet
per second (cfs) and a rated total installed capacity of 135 megawatts
(MW); (6) two 115 kilovolt transmission lines, which extend 1.5 miles
from the dam to the Crooked Creek Transmission sub-station; and (7)
appurtenant facilities.
Alabama Power proposes to install, operate, and maintain a Francis-
type minimum flow unit to provide a continuous minimum flow of
approximately 300 cfs in the Tallapoosa River downstream from Harris
Dam. Based on preliminary design, the proposed minimum flow unit would
have a generating capacity of about 2.5 MW.
The Harris Project is a peaking facility that generates about
151,878 megawatt-hours of electricity annually. Alabama Power operates
the project to target lake surface elevations as guided by the
project's operating curve. In addition, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers' Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Water Control Manual
describes flood management regulations, drought management provisions,
and navigation release requirements for the Harris Project.
m. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's
website at <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. For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
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 on the service
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
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.
n. The applicant must file no later than 60 days following the date
of issuance of this notice: (1) a copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification. Please note
that the certification request must comply with 40 CFR 121.5(b),
including documentation that a pre-filing meeting request was submitted
to the certifying authority at least 30 days prior to submitting the
certification request. Please also note that the certification request
must be sent to the certifying authority and to the Commission
concurrently.
o. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Date
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Deadline for Filing Comments, March 18, 2023.
Recommendations, and Agency Terms and
Conditions/Prescriptions.
Licensee's Reply to REA Comments........... May 2, 2023.
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p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.
Dated: January 17, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-01252 Filed 1-23-23; 8:45 am]
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