

[Federal Register: July 31, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 146)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[ Project No. P-12492-001]

 
Ha-Best Inc.; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the 
Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and 
Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

July 24, 2007.
    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.: P-12492-001.
    c. Date Filed: July 3, 2007.
    d. Applicant: Ha-Best Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Miner Shoal Waterpower Project.
    f. Location: The proposed project is located on the Soque River, 
near the Town of Demorest, Habersham County, Georgia. The proposed 
project does not occupy federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Don Ferguson, 34 West Jarrard Street, 
Cleveland, GA 30528; Telephone (706) 865-3999.
    i. FERC Contact: Janet Hutzel, Telephone (202) 502-8675, or by e-
mail at janet.hutzel@ferc.gov.
    j. Cooperating agencies: We are asking Federal, state, local, and 
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect 
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the 
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating 
status should follow the instructions for filing comments described in 
item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission's policy 
that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental 
document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC 61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: September 1, 2007.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency 
status may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. 
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.

    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The proposed Minor Shoal Project would 
consist of the following: (1) An existing 30-foot-high, 540-foot-long 
dam; (2) an existing reservoir with a normal water with a surface area 
of 265 acres and a storage capacity of 1,960 acre-feet; (3) an existing 
92-foot-long, 7-foot-diameter steel penstock; (4) two existing 
powerhouses containing a total of three turbines with a total installed 
capacity of 1,400 kilowatts; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The 
project would have an annual generation of 4.943 megawatt-hours.
    o. Locations of the Application: 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 at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 
or toll-free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is 
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item 
(h) above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm
 to be notified via e-mail of new filings


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and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Georgia State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by Sec.  106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    q. Procedural Schedule: At this time we do not anticipate the need 
for preparing a draft environmental assessment (EA). Recipients will 
have 30 days to provide the Commission with any written comments on the 
EA. All comments filed with the Commission will be considered in the 
Order taking final action on the license application. However, should 
substantive comments requiring re-analysis be received on the EA 
document, we would consider preparing a subsequent EA document. The 
application will be processed according to the following Hydro 
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as 
appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter..  October 2007.
Request Additional Information.........  October 2007.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for Comments..  February 2008.
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)  April 2008.
Notice that application is ready for     April 2008.
 environmental analysis.
Notice of the Availability of the EA...  December 2008.
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    r. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
ready for environmental analysis.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-14759 Filed 7-30-07; 8:45 am]

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