[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 246 (Thursday, December 21, 2000)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Intent To File an Application for a New License

December 15, 2000.
    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File An Application for a 
New License.
    b. Project No: 199.
    c. Date Filed: November 20, 2000.
    d. Submitted By: South Carolina Public Service Authority--current 
licensee.
    e. Name of Project: Santee Cooper Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Santee and Cooper Rivers, in Berkeley, Calhoun, 
Clarendon, Orangeburg, and Sumter Counties, South Carolina. The project 
occupies U.S. lands in the Francis Marion National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the Federal Power Act.
    h. Licensee Contact: John Dulude, South Carolina Public Service 
Authority, One Riverwood Drive, P.O. Box 2946101, Moncks Corner, SC 
29461 (843) 761-4046.
    i. FERC Contact: Ron McKitrick, [email protected], (770) 
452-3778.
    j. Effective date of current license: May 1, 1979.
    k. Expiration date of current license: March 31, 2006.
    l. Description of the Project: The project consists of the 
following two developments:
    The Santee Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) The 50-foot-high, 7.5-mile-long Santee Dam comprised 
of: (i) a north earthen embankment dam; (ii) a gated concrete spillway 
section; and (iii) a south earthen embankment dam; (2) the 97, 274-acre 
Lake Marion reservoir; (3) a powerhouse, integral with the dam, 
containing a single generating unit with an installed capacity of 2 MW, 
(4) a 23-mile-long, 33-kV transmission line; and (5) other 
appurtenances.
    The Cooper Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) The 100-foot-high, 2.1-mile-long Pinopolis Dam 
comprised of: (i) the east and west earthen embankment dams; and (ii) 
the east, west, and north dikes; (2) the 55,394-acre Lake Moultrie 
reservoir; (3) the Jefferies powerhouse, integral with the dam, 
containing five generating units with a total installed capacity of 132 
MW, (4) a 4.5-mile-long tailrace canal connecting with the Cooper 
River; (5) a 115-kV transmission line; (6) a 7.5-mile-long diversion 
canal connecting Lake Marion and Lake Moultrie; (7) a 60-foot-wide, 
180-foot-long navigational lock; and (8) other appurtenances.
    m. Each application for a new license and any competing license 
applications must be filed with the Commission at least 24 months prior 
to the expiration of the existing license. All applications for license 
for this project must be filed by March 31, 2004.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-32534 Filed 12-20-00; 8:45 am]
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