[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 185 (Monday, September 25, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 49405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23664]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 1951-037, GA]
Georgia Power Co.; Notice of Application and DEA Accepted for
Filing; Notice Requesting Interventions and Protests; and Notice (REA)
Requesting Comments, Final Terms and Conditions, Recommendations and
Prescriptions
September 19, 1995.
The Sinclair Project is located on the Oconee River near the city
of Milledgeville, in Baldwin County, Georgia. The proposed project
would utilize the following existing project facilities owned by the
Georgia Power Company: (1) A 104-foot-high, 2,988-foot-long dam; (2) a
powerhouse containing two 22.5-megawatt (MW) turbine/generator units
with a total installed generating capacity of 45 MW; (3) a 15,330-acre
reservoir; (4) an excavated tailrace; (5) a 90-foot-long, 115-kilovolt,
3 phase transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The average
annual generation is about 118 gigawatthours.
The purpose of this notice is to: (1) Inform all interested parties
that the Sinclair draft environmental assessment (DEA) and final
license application filed with the Commission on August 30, 1995, are
hereby accepted; (2) invite interventions and protests; (3) solicit
comments, final recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions
on Georgia Power Company's DEA and final license application.
The Georgia Power Company, U.S. Forest Service (FS), Georgia
Department of Natural Resources-Wildlife Resources Division (Georgia
DNR-WRD), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS), as well as other federal, state, and local
agencies, have been working cooperatively to prepare the DEA since
1993.
The Georgia Power Company and the Georgia DNR-WRD, FWS, and the
NMFS have reached agreement as to the preferred alternative for
relicensing the Sinclair Project. This preferred alternative is
reflected in the DEA.
Interventions and Protests
All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title
``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain
copies of the application directly from the applicant.
In addition, commenters may submit a copy of their comments,
interventions on a 3\1/2\-inch diskette formatted for MS-DOS based
computers. In light of our ability to translate MS-DOS based materials,
the text need only be submitted in the format and version that it was
generated (i.e., MS Word, WordPerfect 5.1/5.2, ASCII, etc.). It is not
necessary to reformat word processor generated text to ASCII. For
Macintosh users, it would be helpful to save the documents in Macintosh
word processor format and then write them to files on a diskette
formatted for MS-DOS machines. Any of these documents must be filed by
providing the original and 8 copies required by the Commission's
Regulations to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825
North Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
An additional copy must be sent to: Director, Division of Project
Review, Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Room 1027, at the above address. A copy of any motion to
intervene or protest must be served upon each representative of the
applicant specified in the final application.
All filings must be received 60 days from the date of this notice.
Comments, Final Terms and Conditions, Recommendations and Prescriptions
Interested parties have 60 days from the date of this notice to
file with the Commission, any final comments, final recommendations,
terms and conditions and prescriptions for the Sinclair Project. The
applicant will have 45 days to respond to the agencies' final
recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions. In view of
the high level of early involvement of the FS, Georgia DNR-WRD, FWS,
NMFS, other federal, state and local agencies, as well as the public,
we expect the majority of comments to reflect the agreement and
preferred alternative in the DEA.
Copy of the Application
A copy of the DEA and final license application can be inspected
and reproduced at Georgia Power Company's corporate office, 333
Piedmont Avenue, 18th floor, Atlanta, Georgia, and at local area
government offices in the vicinity of the project.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-23664 Filed 9-22-95; 8:45 am]
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