Notice2024-14669
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments
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July 3, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 128 (Wednesday, July 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55256-55257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14669]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2535-129]
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Notice Soliciting Scoping
Comments
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.: 2535-129.
c. Date Filed: October 27, 2023.
d. Applicant: Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Stevens Creek Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located at the confluence of Stevens
Creek and the Savannah River, in Edgefield and McCormick Counties,
South Carolina, and Columbia County, Georgia. The project occupies
approximately 104 acres of Federal land administered by the U.S. Forest
Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Amy Bresnahan, Dominion Energy South
Carolina, Inc., 220 Operation Way, Mail Code A221, Cayce, South
Carolina 29033-3712; (803) 217-9965; email_
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="29684450076b5b4c5a4748414847694d464440474046474c474c5b4e50074a4644">[email protected]</a>.
i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at (202) 502-6181; or email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#264c43474848430843425147544255664043544508414950"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="046e61656a6a612a6160736576607744626176672a636b72">[email protected]</span></a>.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: July 27, 2024.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
motions to intervene and protests and requests for cooperating 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#490f0c1b0a06272520272c1a3c3939263b3d092f2c3b2a672e263f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ddbd8cfded2f3f1f4f3f8cee8ededf2efe9ddfbf8effeb3faf2eb">[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:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-
Anne A. Reese, Acting 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:
Stevens Creek Hydroelectric Project (P-2535-129).
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 Stevens Creek Project consists of these existing facilities:
(1) a 2,400-acre reservoir with a storage capacity of 23,699-acre-feet
at a full pond elevation of 187.5 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum
1929 (NGVD29); (2) a dam consisting of, from the southern (Georgia)
shore to the northern (South Carolina) shore; (a) a 388-foot-long
powerhouse intake, integral with the dam, protected by trashracks with
3.75-inch clear bar spacing; (b) a 102.5-foot-long non-overflow section
with a top elevation of 198.54 feet NGVD29; (c) an 85-foot-wide, 165.5-
foot-long inoperable concrete gravity navigation lock, with a lock
chamber that is 30-feet-wide, 150-feet-long, and has a 29-foot-lift,
located between the powerhouse intake and spillway section, (d) a
1,000-foot-long, 5-foot-high flashboard section from the lock to the
center of the spillway with a top elevation of 188.5 feet with the
flashboards installed, (e) a 1,000-foot-long, 4-foot-high flashboard
section from the center of the spillway to the South Carolina abutment
with a top elevation of 187.5 feet with the flashboards installed; and
(f) a 97-foot-long non-overflow section; (3) a 388-foot-long, 52-foot-
wide, 57-foot-high three-story brick powerhouse, integral with the dam,
containing eight vertical Francis generating units, each rated at 3,125
horsepower, for a total generating capacity of 17.28 megawatts, and a
total hydraulic capacity of 8,300 cubic feet per second; (4) generator
leads from the powerhouse to a switchyard located approximately 100
feet from the powerhouse; and (5) ancillary equipment.
The Stevens Creek Project operates as a re-regulating project,
mitigating the downstream effects of the routinely wide-ranging
discharges from the upstream U.S. Army Corps of Engineers J. Strom
Thurmond hydroelectric project. The Stevens Creek reservoir normally
fluctuates between an elevation of 183.0 feet NGVD29 and 187.5 feet
NGVD29, using available storage capacity to re-regulate flows released
from Thurmond Dam.
m. The application can be viewed on the Commission's website at
<a href="https://www.ferc.gov">https://www.ferc.gov</a> using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the project's
docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number
field to access the document (P-2535). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdfbf8effef2d3d1d4d3d8eec8cdcdd2cfc9fddbd8cfde93dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dc9a998e9f93b2b0b5b2b98fa9acacb3aea89cbab9aebff2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a>, or call (866) 208-3676
(toll-free) or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at <a href="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp</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 Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9e6f9f9e9cfccdbca87cec6df"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c637c7c6c4a495e4f024b435a">[email protected]</span></a>.
o. Scoping Process: Pursuant to the National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA), Commission staff intends to prepare either an environmental
assessment (EA) or an environmental impact statement (EIS)
(collectively referred to as the ``NEPA document'') that describes and
evaluates the probable effects, including an assessment of the site-
specific and cumulative effects, if any, of the proposed action and
alternatives. The Commission's scoping process will help determine the
required level of analysis and satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements,
irrespective of whether the Commission issues an EA or an EIS. At this
time, we do not anticipate
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holding an on-site scoping meeting. Instead, we are soliciting written
comments and suggestions on the preliminary list of issues and
alternatives to be addressed in the NEPA document, as described in
scoping document 1 (SD1), issued June 27, 2024.
Copies of SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the
NEPA document were distributed to the parties on the Commission's
mailing list and the applicant's distribution list. Copies of SD1 may
be viewed on the web 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, call 1-866-
208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
Dated: June 27, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-14669 Filed 7-2-24; 8:45 am]
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