2015-32697. Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC; Consolidated Hydro Southeast, 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 ...

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: Minor New License.

b. Project No.: P-10253-032.

c. Date filed: November 30, 2015.

d. Applicant: Pelzer Hydro Company, LLC and Consolidated Hydro Southeast, LLC.

e. Name of Project: Lower Pelzer Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Saluda River, in Anderson and Greenville Counties, South Carolina. The project does not occupy lands of the United States.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)—825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Beth E. Harris, P.E., Regional Operations Manager, Enel Green Power North America, Inc., 11 Anderson St., Piedmont, SC 29674; [phone]; [e-mail]

i. FERC Contact: Sean Murphy, [phone] or [e-mail].

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. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: January 29, 2016

The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/​docs-filing/​efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at [e-mail], [phone] (toll free), or [phone] (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-10253-032.

m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time.

n. The Lower Pelzer Hydroelectric Project consists of: (a) a granite masonry dam with 310-foot-long overflow spillway section surmounted with four-foot-high flashboards, a 40-foot-long non-overflow section incorporating two gates and openings, a 110-foot-long powerhouse, and a 236-foot-long non-overflow section; (b) a reservoir with a surface area of 80 acres and a storage capacity of 400 acre-feet at an elevation of 693 feet m.s.l.; (c) a 600 foot-long tailrace; (d) four 750-kVA synchronous generators and a 300-kVA synchronous generator for a total generating capacity of 3,300 kW; (e) 3.3-kVA generator leads; (f) a 3-mile-long 3.3-kVA overhead transmission line; and (g) appurtenant facilities.

o. 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 Web site 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. 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.

p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Notice of Acceptance	August 2016.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments	October 2016.
Comments on Scoping Document 1due	December 2016.
Issue Scoping Document 2	February 2017.
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis	March 2017.
Commission issues EA	October 2017.
Comments on EA due	November 2017.
Commission issues final EA	January 2018.

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: December 22, 2015.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,

Deputy Secretary.