
[Federal Register: April 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 62)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12737-002]

 
Jordan Limited Partnership; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms 
and Conditions, and Prescriptions

March 25, 2010.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original License.
    b. Project No.: P-12737-002.
    c. Date Filed: April 16, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Jordan Limited Partnership.
    e. Name of Project: Gathright Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Jackson River in Alleghany County, Virginia at 
the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gathright Dam.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. James B. Price, W.V. Hydro, Inc., P.O. 
Box 903, Gatlinburg, Tennessee 37738 (865) 436-0402.
    i. FERC Contact: Jeffrey Browning, (202) 502-8677 or 
jeffrey.browning@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the 
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only 
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-free at 
(866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the 
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be 
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    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 and is now ready for 
environmental analysis.
    l. The proposed Gathright Project would be located at the existing 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Gathright Dam. The existing Corps 
facilities consist of: (1) The 257-foot-high, 1,172-foot-long rock-fill 
Gathright Dam with an impervious core with a 32-foot-wide top; (2) the 
2,530-acre Lake Moomaw at a normal conservation pool water surface 
elevation of 1,582.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum; (3) an 
outlet works comprised of an intake tower with 10 water quality intake 
gates, two intake tunnel passageways (north and south), an outlet 
tunnel, a stilling basin and outlet channel; and (4) an emergency 
spillway located 2.4-miles south of the dam comprised of an ungated and 
unpaved 2,680-foot-long, 100-foot-wide trapezoidal channel.
    The proposed project would utilize the head created by the existing 
Corps dam and consist of: (1) A new 155-foot-high, 16-foot-wide, 10-
foot-deep intake module attached to the existing intake tower upstream 
of the south tunnel passageway trashrack; (2) one new 3.7-megawatt 
generating unit attached to the top of the intake module; (3) one new 
Francis turbine and draft tube at the bottom of the intake module; (4) 
a new 0.94-mile-long, 46-kilovolt transmission line; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The project would be operated in run-of-river mode in that it would 
have no storage and only use flows released by the Corps in accordance 
with its present operations.
    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.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``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,

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and telephone number of the person submitting the filing; 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. Each filing must 
be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    n. Public notice of the filing of the initial development 
application, which has already been given, established the due date for 
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the 
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be 
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the 
initial development application. No competing applications or notices 
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate. The Commission staff proposes to issue one 
environmental assessment rather than issue a draft and final EA. 
Comments, terms and conditions, recommendations, prescriptions, and 
reply comments, if any, will be addressed in an EA. Staff intents to 
give at least 30 days for entities to comment on the EA, and will take 
into consideration all comments received on the EA before final action 
is taken on the license application.
    Notice of the availability of the EA, November 2010.
    p. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (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.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-7299 Filed 3-31-10; 8:45 am]
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