[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13720-13721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5527]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions
To Intervene and Protests
March 1, 2001.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
b. Project No.: 11855-000.
c. Date Filed: July 24, 2000; supplemented on February 14, 2001.
d. Applicant: JLH Hydro, Incorporated.
e. Name of Project: Idols Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Yadkin River near the town of Clemmons in Davie
and Forsyth counties, North Carolina. The project would not utilize
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: James L. Horton, President, JLH Hydro, Inc.
at 1800 Statesville Blvd., Salisbury, NC 28144. Telephone 704-638-0506.
i. FERC Contact: Jim Haimes, [email protected]; (202) 219-
2780.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protest: 60 days
from the issuance date of this notice.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. Comments and protests may be
filed electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site
at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
persons and entities filing requests to intervene in the subject
proceeding to serve a copy of each document they file with the
Commission on each person on the official service list for the subject
project. Further, if an intervener 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. Description of the Project: The proposed project would consist
of the following existing facilities: (1) a 10-foot-high, 660-foot-
long, rubble masonry dam having an ungated 410-foot-long spillway; (2)
a 1-mile-long, reservoir with a surface area of 35 acres, and no
appreciable storage at normal pool elevation, 672.3 feet mean sea
level; (3) a 900-foot-long, 100 to 150-foot-wide tailrace, separated
from the main river channel by a 200-foot-long, concrete retaining wall
and a mid-channel island; and (4) a 60-foot-long by 39-foot-wide brick
utility building, which would contain the project's transformers.
The site's 146-foot-long by 36-foot-wide powerhouse, located at the
northeast and of the dam, was a stone masonry and wood structure, which
contained 6 vertical Francis-type turbines directly connected to 6
generators having a total installed capacity of 1,411 kilowatts. On
February 8, 1998, a major fire destroyed the powerhouse's generators
and electrical equipment as well as its wooden roof, walls, and floor.
The applicant proposes: (1) to use the project's existing dam,
water intake structures, wicket gates, and turbines; (2) to reconstruct
the powerhouse with a steel roof and red concrete block walls; (3) to
install 6 generators having a combined capacity of 1,440 kilowatts in
the restored powerhouse structure; (4) to install 3 dry-type
transformers in the utility building; (5) to improve the existing canoe
take-out, portage trail, and put-in area around the dam's west side;
and (6) to operate the project in a run-of-river mode to produce an
average of 5,866,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.
m. A copy of the application is available for inspection and
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, Room 2A,
located at 888 First Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling
(202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for assistance). A
copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address
in item h, above.
n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice
[[Page 13721]]
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the
appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any
protests or motions to intervene must be received on or before the
specified deadline date for the particular application.
o. All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'' or ``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. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served
upon the representative of the applicant specified in item h, above.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-5527 Filed 3-6-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-M