20150579 Ver 1_FERC Deficiency of License Application_20141030

FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20426
October 30, 2014
OFFICE OF ENERGY PROJECTS
Project No. 9842-006 — North Carolina
Ward Mill Hydroelectric Project
Mr. Ray F. Ward
Andrew C. Givens
Cardinal Energy Service, Inc.
620 N. West Street, Suite 103
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603
Reference: Deficiency of License Application
Dear Mr. Givens:
On April 10, 2014, we provided comments on your draft license application. We
advised you that to conform to the Commission's regulations, you must revise the
exhibit F drawings to include dimensions of the project and revise the exhibit G maps to
show and label project features and enclose them within a continuous project boundary.
On August 28, 2014, you filed your final license application which did not include any
exhibit F drawings and included exhibit G maps without project features enclosed. You
indicated that it would be burdensome to revise the exhibit F drawings and exhibit G
maps, and on those grounds, requested a waiver of any requirement for more detailed
exhibit F drawings and exhibit G maps. These exhibits are standard requirements for all
licensees and are necessary for the Commission staff's review of your application and
administration of any future license you may receive. Therefore, your request for a
waiver of regulatory requirements is denied.
In addition, Exhibit A of your license application does not conform to the
Commission's regulations. A detailed list of deficiencies is enclosed as Schedule A.
Under 18 C.F.R. section 4.32(e)(1) of the Commission's regulations, you have 90 days
from the date of this letter to correct the deficiencies in your license application.
If the correction of any deficiency or any additional inforination provided causes
other parts of the license application to be inaccurate, that part must also be revised and
refiled by the due date.
Within 5 days of receipt, provide a copy of this letter to all agencies you will
consult in response to this deficiency. Then, when you file the requested information

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with the Commission, you must provide a complete copy of the information to each
agency consulted under 18 C.F.R. section 4.38 of the Commission's regulations.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file the requested
information using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.fere.gov/docs-
filing/efiling,as . For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
F ERC Online S upportkferc.gov, [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, D.C. 20426. The first page
of any filing should include docket number P-13102-003.
Please call Adam Peer at [phone] if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Vince Yearick
Director
Division of Hydropower Licensing
Enclosures: Schedule A
cc: Service List
Public File

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Please correct the following deficiencies within 90 days of the date of this letter.
Exhibit A
(1) Section 4.61(c)(1)(vii) of the Commission's regulations requires that the Exhibit A
include, in relevant part: the estimated minimum and maximum hydraulic capacity of
the plant (flow through the plant) in cubic feet per second. You did not provide the
minimum hydraulic capacity of the plant. Please provide the minimum hydraulic
capacity of the plant.
(2) Section 4.61(c)(8) of the Commission's regulations requires that the Exhibit A
include a detailed single line electrical diagram. Please provide the diagram.
Exhihit F
(3) Section 4.41(g) of the Commission's regulations requires that the license application
contain an Exhibit F, consisting of general design drawings of the principal project
works described in Exhibit A and supporting information used as the basis of design.
Your license application did not include any exhibit F drawings. The exhibit F drawings
must show all major project structures in sufficient detail to provide a full understanding
of the project (see 18 CRR section 4.41 (g)(1)). Please provide exhibit F drawings, and
include the dimensions of the project on the drawings.
Exhibit G
(4) Section 4.41 (h)(2) of the Commission's regulations requires that the Exhibit G map
show a project boundary enclosing all project works and other features described in
Exhibit A that are to be licensed. Your exhibit G map does not show a project boundary.
If accurate survey information is not available at the time the application is filed, the you
must so state, and a tentative boundary may be substituted. The boundary must enclose
only those lands necessary for operation and maintenance of the project and for other
project purposes, such as recreation, shoreline control, and protection of environmental
resources. Please provide an exhibit G map with a project boundary that encloses all
project works and other features that are to be licensed, including your canoe portage.