Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 29 (Thursday, February 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7855 -7857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.avo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015- 029351
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2503 -154]
Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing, Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests, Ready for
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations,
Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Major License.
b. Project No.: 2503 -154.
c. Date filed: August 27, 2014.
d. Applicant: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Keowee - Toxaway Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing Keowee - Toxaway Project is located on the
Toxaway, Keowee, and Little Rivers in Oconee County and Pickens County,
South Carolina and Transylvania County, North Carolina. The Keowee-
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Toxaway Project occupies no federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-- 825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Jennifer Huff, Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC,
526 S. Church Street, Charlotte, NC 28202; Telephone [phone].
i. FERC Contact: Stephen Bowler, Telephone [phone], and
email stephen.bowler0ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments,
recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and preliminary
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
motions to intervene, protests, comments, recommendations, preliminary
terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions using the
Commission's eFiling system at htto: / /www.ferc.gov /docs- filing /efiling.aso. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000
characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at
htto: / /www.ferc.gov /docs- filing /ecomment.aso. You must include your
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport @ ferc.gov, (866) 208 -3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (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- 2503 -154.
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 for filing and is now ready
for environmental analysis.
1. The Keowee - Toxaway Project consists of two developments: The
upstream, 710.1 -MW Jocassee Development and the downstream, 157.5 -
megawatt (MW) Keowee Development owned by Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
The Jocassee Development includes: A 385- foot -high, 1,800- foot -long
main earthfill dam with top elevation at 1,125 feet above mean sea
level (msl); two circular intake structures passing water to two water
conveyance tunnels leading to four turbines; two saddle dikes (825 feet
and 500 feet in length); a partially -open powerhouse just downstream of
the dam containing four reversible pump- turbine units authorized for an
installed capacity of 177.5 MW each; a 50- foot -wide, concrete, ogee -
type spillway with two Taintor gates; a 230 - kilovolt (kV) transmission
system; and appurtenant facilities. The maximum hydraulic capacity is
36,200 cfs.
The Jocassee Development is operated as a pumped- storage project,

with the pump- turbines used for generating power during peak demand
periods (typically during the day), and for pumping water back through
the tunnels to Lake locassee (typically during the night). The pumps
have a capacity of 32,720 cfs. The Jocassee Development is also the
lower lake for the 1,065 MW Bad Creek Hydroelectric Project No. 2740,
which is also owned by Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, but is not part of
this relicensing.
The Keowee Development includes: A 165- foot -high, 3,500 -foot -long
earthfill dam impounding the Keowee River, and a 165- foot -high, 1,800 -
foot -long earthfill dam impounding the Little River; four saddle dikes
(1,900 feet, 225 feet, 350 feet, and 650 feet in length); an intake
dike at the Oconee Nuclear Station; a 176 -foot wide, concrete, ogee -
type spillway with four Taintor gates; a concrete intake structure
leading to two penstocks; a concrete powerhouse at the base of Keowee
dam containing two Francis -type, mixed flow turbine - generator units
authorized for an installed capacity of 78.8 MW each; a 150 -foot by
500 -foot concrete tailrace; a 230 -kV transmission system; and
appurtenant facilities. The maximum hydraulic capacity is 24,920 cfs.
m. 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.
Register online at htto: / /www.ferc.gov /docs- filing /esubscriotion.aso to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
n. Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene
in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure,
18 CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action
to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments
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
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
--PROTEST''. _MOTION TO INTERVENE'', --COMMENTS,'' - -REPLY COMMENTS."
"RECOMMENDATIONS,'' — PRELIMINARY TERMS AND CONDITIONS," or
__PRELIMINARY FISHWAY 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 protesting or intervening; 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. A copy of any protest or
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
o. Procedural Schedule:
The application will be processed according to the following
revised Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made
as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
Filing of recommendations, preliminary
terms and conditions, and preliminary
fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft EA ................
Comments on Draft EA ......................
Modified Terms and Conditions .............
Commission Issues Final EA ................
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April 2015.
October 2015.
November 2015.
January 2016.
March 2016.
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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.
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q. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of the notice of acceptance and ready for
environmental analysis provided for in 5.22: (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.
Dated: February 5, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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