[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 236 (Monday, December 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70836-70837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26898]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2628-065]


Alabama Power Company; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing 
and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2628-065.
    c. Date Filed: November 23, 2021.
    d. Applicant: Alabama Power Company (Alabama Power).
    e. Name of Project: R.L. Harris Hydroelectric Project (Harris 
Project).
    f. Location: The Harris Project is located on the Tallapoosa River 
near the City of Lineville in Randolph, Clay, and Cleburne Counties, 
Alabama. The Harris Project also includes land within the James D. 
Martin-Skyline Wildlife Management Area located approximately 110 miles 
north of Harris Reservoir in Jackson County, Alabama. The project 
occupies 4.90 acres of federal land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Angie Anderegg, Harris Relicensing Project 
Manager, Alabama Power Company; 600 North 18th Street, P.O. Box 2641, 
Birmingham, AL 35203-8180; (205) 257-2251, or email at 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Sarah Salazar at (202) 502-6863, or email at 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. The Harris Project consists of: (1) The 29-mile-long, 9,870-acre 
Harris Lake at a normal full pool elevation of 793 feet mean sea level 
(msl); (2) a 151.5-foot-high concrete dam; (3) a 310-foot-long gated 
spillway with five 40.5-feet-high by 40-feet-wide radial gates for 
passing flood flows, and one radial trash gate; (4) a variable level 
powerhouse intake, integral with the dam, which can draw water from 
lake elevations

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between 746 feet and 764 feet msl; (5) a 186-foot-long, 150-foot-high 
concrete powerhouse, integral with the dam, housing two vertical 
Francis turbines with a maximum hydraulic capacity of 8,000 cubic feet 
per second (cfs) and a rated total installed capacity of 135 megawatts 
(MW); (6) two 115 kilovolt transmission lines, which extend 1.5 miles 
from the dam to the Crooked Creek Transmission sub-station; and (7) 
appurtenant facilities.
    Alabama Power proposes to install, operate, and maintain a Francis-
type minimum flow unit to provide a continuous minimum flow of 
approximately 300 cfs in the Tallapoosa River downstream from Harris 
Dam. Based on preliminary design, the proposed minimum flow unit would 
have a generating capacity of about 2.5 MW.
    The Harris Project is a peaking facility that generates about 
151,878 megawatt-hours of electricity annually. Alabama Power operates 
the project to target lake surface elevations as guided by the 
project's operating curve. In addition, the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers' Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin Water Control Manual 
describes flood management regulations, drought management provisions, 
and navigation requirements for the Harris Project.
    l. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission's 
website 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. At this time, the Commission has 
suspended access to the Commission's Public Reference Room due to the 
proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) issued on March 13, 2020. For 
assistance, contact FERC at [email protected], or call toll-
free, (866) 208-3676 or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
    m. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    n. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 
be made as appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).  December 2021.
Request Additional Information.........  January 2022.
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready     April 2022.
 for Environmental Analysis.
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    o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: December 7, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-26898 Filed 12-10-21; 8:45 am]
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