Notice2025-00518
Spencer Mountain Hydropower, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions
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January 14, 2025
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Energy DepartmentFederal Energy Regulatory Commission
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3205-3206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00518]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2607-016]
Spencer Mountain Hydropower, 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: Subsequent License.
b. Project No.: P-2607-016.
c. Date filed: June 26, 2023.
d. Applicant: Spencer Mountain Hydropower, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Spencer Mountain Hydroelectric Project (Spencer
Mountain Project).
f. Location: On the South Fork Catawba River, near the town of
Gastonia, in Gaston County, North Carolina.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Kevin Edwards and Mrs. Amy Edwards,
Spencer Mountain Hydropower, LLC, 916 Comer Rd, Stoneville, NC 27048;
Phone at (336) 589-6138, or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#96e5fbfeeff2e4f9d6e6fee2a7b8f5f9fb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87f4eaeffee3f5e8c7f7eff3b6a9e4e8ea">[email protected]</span></a>.
i. FERC Contact: David Gandy at 202-502-8560, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#81e5e0f7e8e5afe6e0efe5f8c1e7e4f3e2afe6eef7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="452124332c216b22242b213c05232037266b222a33">[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>. For assistance, please
contact FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d5939087969abbb9bcbbb086a0a5a5baa7a195b3b0a7b6fbb2baa3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9bdddec9d8d4f5f7f2f5fec8eeebebf4e9efdbfdfee9f8b5fcf4ed">[email protected]</span></a>, (866)
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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, 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, 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: Spencer Mountain Hydroelectric Project (P-2607-016).
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 and is now ready for
environmental analysis.
l. The Spencer Mountain Project consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) a 12-foot-high, 636-foot-long masonry and rubble dam
with a crest elevation of 634.7 feet mean sea level (msl); (2) a 68-
acre reservoir with a storage capacity of 166 acre-feet; (3) a 58.9-
foot-long canal headwork, consisting of four 6-foot-wide gates; (4) a
53.8-foot-long canal spillway connected to the downstream side of the
canal headwork; (5) a 30-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep, 3,644-foot-long open
earthen canal; (6) a 32-foot-wide trash rack with 2.5-inch clear bar
spacing at the powerhouse forebay; (7) a 36-inch-diameter bypass pipe;
(8) a 22.5-foot-high, 49.5-foot-long, 48.75-foot-wide powerhouse
containing two Francis-type generating units with a total capacity of
0.64 megawatts; (9) a concrete lined tailrace discharging flows back
into the South Fork Catawba River; (10) a substation containing a 2.3/
44-kilovolt (kV) transformer and interconnection to a Duke Energy 44 kV
transmission line; and (11) appurtenant facilities.
The project operates in a run-of-river mode with a minimum bypass
flow of 76 cubic feet per second. Spencer Mountain Hydropower, LLC
proposes no changes to the project facilities or operations. The
project has an average annual generation of 4,064 megawatt-hours.
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 (i.e., P-2607). 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.
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 at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#de918e8e9eb8bbacbdf0b9b1a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d726d6d7d5b584f5e135a524b">[email protected]</span></a>.
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.
o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Deadline for filing comments, March 7, 2025.
recommendations, agency terms and
conditions, and prescriptions.
Deadline for the licensee to file reply April 21, 2025.
comments.
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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 6, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-00518 Filed 1-13-25; 8:45 am]
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