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1 600 North 18 th Street Post Office Box 2641 Birmingham, Alabama Tel July 23, 2012 VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary 888 First Street N.E. Washington, D.C Re: Holt Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2203) Draft License Application and Supporting Documents Dear Secretary Bose: Enclosed for electronic filing are Alabama Power Company s Draft License Application (DLA) and Supporting Documents for Holt Hydroelectric Project (Project) (FERC No. 2203). These documents are being filed in accordance with 16.8 (c) of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission s (Commission) regulations. We are also transmitting this letter and referenced documents by CD-Rom (excluding Exhibit F which will be filed on a separate CD-Rom as CEII) to agencies, Native American tribes, and non-governmental organizations on the Project mailing list (see Attachment A). The DLA and Supporting Document contents on the CD-Rom are listed in Attachment B. A copy of these documents will be made available for inspection at the offices of Alabama Power Company, 600 North 18 th Street, Birmingham, Alabama. Comments on the Draft License Application and/or Support Documents are due 90 days from the date of this letter, which occurs on Monday, October 22, 2012 (the 90 th day actually falls on a Sunday so in accordance with Commission policy, comments are due on Monday). If there are any questions or comments related to the Draft License Application and/or Supporting Documents, please contact Mr. Barry Lovett by phone at (205) or at BKLOVETT@southernco.com. Sincerely, Barry K. Lovett Hydro Licensing and Compliance Alabama Power Company Attachment A Holt Stakeholder List Attachment B Contents of CD-Rom

2 Alabama Office of The Governor RE: FERC Projects State Capitol 600 Dexter Avenue ATTACHMENT A HOLT STAKEHOLDER MAILING LIST Alabama Forestry Commission P.O. Box U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Eastern Regional Office 545 Marriott Drive, Suite 700 Nashville, TN U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs Solicitor's Office 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC U.S. Coast Guard Commanding Officer 1500 South Broad Street #102 Mobile, AL U.S. National Park Service U.S. Department of The Interior 100 Alabama Street SW Atlanta, GA West Alabama Chamber of Commerce 2200 University Boulevard Bob Allen United States Army Corp of Engineers 109 Saint Joseph Street Mobile, AL Chris Blankenship, Director ADCNR - Marine Resources Division P.O. Box 189 Dauphin Island, AL Elizabeth Brown 468 South Perry Street Jennifer Adams Office of Energy Projects 888 First Street, NE Washington, DC Pres Allinder Alabama Department of Public Health P.O. Box RSA Tower Cynthia Bohn U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Ecological Services 1875 Century Blvd NE, #200 Atlanta, GA Prescott Brownell National Marine Fisheries Service 217 Fort Johnson Road Charleston, SC Damon Abernethy Alabama Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries 64 N. Union St., Suite 551 Montgomery, Ala Jonathan A. Ashley or Representative U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile, AL ATTN: EN-HW Nelson Brooke Black Warrior Riverkeeper th Street South Birmingham, AL Stephen Cauthen Alabama Soil & Water Conservation Committee P.O. Box Twinkle Cavanaugh, Commissioner, Place 1 Alabama Public Service Commission P.O. Box Bryant Celestine Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas 571 State Park Road 56 Livingston, TX Stan Cook ADCNR - Fisheries Section Bailey Crane U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 109 St. Josephs Street Mobile, AL Jeanne Edwards 888 First Street, NE Washington, DC James Curry US Army Corps of Engineers st Avenue John Fowler, Executive Director Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Office of Project Review The Old Post Office Building, Suite Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC Terry Dunn, Commissioner, Place 2 Public Service Commission RSA Union Building 100 North Union Street, Suite 818 Chris Greene, Assistant Chief of Fisheries ADCNR, Suite 658

3 Jay Haffner ADCNR - District 3 Office PO Box 305 Northport, AL David Hartin Tuscaloosa County EMA 340 Kauloosa Avenue Amanda Hill 468 South Perry Street Ted Isham Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma Cultural Preservation Department P.O. Box 580 Hwy 75 and Loop 56 Okmulgee, OK Eve Joy National Marine Fisheries Service th Avenue South, Suite 177 St. Petersburg, FL Janice Hamilton, Director Energy Division Public Service Commission PO Box Stacye Hathorn 468 South Perry Street Jim Howard Alabama B.A.S.S. Federation 501 Five Mile Road Eufaula, AL Wendy Jackson Freshwater Land Trust Box , 900 Arkadelphia Road Birmingham Southern College Birmingham, AL Lance LeFleur, Director ADEM P.O. Box John Harrington U.S. Department of Interior Office of The Solicitor 75 Spring Street SW, Suite 304 Atlanta, GA Bobby Herndon City of Northport Northport City Hall 3500 McFarland Blvd. Northport, AL Major Bob Huffaker Chief Enforcement Officer ADCNR - Marine Police Division Gerrit Jobsis American Rivers, Southeast Region 1001 Washington Street, Suite 301 Columbia, SC Patricia Leppert Office of Energy Projects 888 First Street, NE Washington, DC Fred Leslie ADEM 1350 Coliseum Blvd. Tom Littlepage Alabama Office of Water Resources 401 Adams Avenue, Suite 434 Walter Maddox City of Tuscaloosa P.O. Box 2089 Dana Masters, THPO Jena Band of Choctaw Indians P.O. Box 14 Jena, LA Bobby Miller Howard Mindel Unites States Army Corps of Engineers 60 Forsyth Street SW Atlanta, GA Gary Moody ADCNR - Wildlife Section James Mooney ADEM P.O. Box Reginal Murray Nick Nichols ADCNR - Fisheries, Suite 551 Erica Nix ADCNR Wildlife & Freshwater Fisheries P.O. Box 721 Wetumpka, AL Bill Pearson U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Daphne ES Field Office 1208-B Main Street Daphne, AL

4 Jeff Powell US Fish and Wildlife Service Daphne ES Field Office 1208-B Main Street Daphne, AL Patti Powell ADCNR - State Lands Division Chief Gregory E. Pyle Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Drawer 1210 Durant, OK Al Redding Alabama Bass Federation P.O. Box 190 Notasulga, AL Mitch Reid Alabama Rivers Alliance nd Avenue North, Suite A Birmingham, AL Greg Rhinehart 468 S. Perry Street Steve Rider ADCNR, WFF, Suite 658 Charles Scribner Black Warrior Riverkeeper th Street South Birmingham, AL John Seebach American Rivers Hydropower Reform Campaign th Street NW, Suite 1400 Washington, DC Jeff Sessions United States Senate 326 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC Lynn Sisk ADEM - Water Division 1400 Coliseum Blvd. Montgomery, AL Luther Strange Office of the Attorney General P.O. Box Dr. Ian Thompson, THPO or Representative Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma P.O. Drawer th and Locust Durant, OK Terri Sewell Alabama's 7th District 208 Cannon H.O.B. Washington, DC Chief B. Cheryl Smith Jena Band of Choctaw Indians P.O. Box 14 Jena, LA Chuck Sumner US Army Corps of Engineers Attn: PD-EI Mobile, AL Robert Thrower Poarch Band of Creek Indians 5811 Jack Springs Road Atmore, AL Richard Shelby United States Senate 304 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC Emman Spain Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma Cultural Preservation Department P.O. Box 580 Hwy 75 and Loop 56 Okmulgee, OK Judy Takats World Wildlife Fund th Avenue South Nashville, TN Charles Wagner, Regional Engineer Office of Energy Projects 3700 Crestwood Parkway NW, Suite 950 Duluth, GA Don Wallace John Wathen Friends of Hurricane Creek P.O. Box Tuscaloosa, Alabama Tim Whitehead ADCNR - State Parks Division Duane Winters Bureau of Land Management 411 Briarwood Drive, Suite 404 Jackson, MS Diana Woods U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 61 Forsyth Street, SW Suite 13th Atlanta, GA Charles Yanny United States Army Corps of Engineers Mobile, AL

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6 ATTACHMENT B HOLT HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT (P-2203) DRAFT LICENSE APPLICATION (DLA) CD-ROM CONTENTS 1) Cover Letter 2) License Exhibits a. Exhibit A b. Exhibit B c. Exhibit C d. Exhibit D e. Exhibit E f. Exhibit E Appendix A g. Exhibit E Appendix B h. Exhibit F-CEII (provided in a separate CD) i. Exhibit G j. Exhibit H 3) Final FERC Approved Study Plans a. Baseline Water Quality Study Plan b. Fish Entrainment and Turbine Mortality Study Plan c. Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Species Study Plan d. Cultural Resources Survey and Programmatic Agreement Study Plan 4) Final Study Reports a. Holt Baseline Water Quality b. Holt Fish Entrainment and Turbine Mortality c. Survey of Freshwater Mussels and Snails Downstream of Holt Tailrace Report d. Water Use at the Holt Project 5) Draft Study Reports a. Draft Holt Terrestrial Species Survey Report 6) Documents a. Coastal Zone Management Act Letter b. NPDES Permit- February 2011 c. NPDES Permits on or Near Holt Lake d. Holt Pre-Application Document (PAD) e. Holt PAD Appendices f. Holt 401 Application Reciept 6