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September 2015 1-2 14-14979 sitting as the Siting Board, or by the Secretary of the FDEP. This SCA is being filed with FDEP pursuant to Section 403.5064, F.S., and Chapter 62-17, Florida Administrative Code (F.A.C.). The SCA describes the Project and addresses its environmental and socioeconomic aspects by presenting information on the existing natural and human environment, the facilities to be constructed and operated, and the impacts of the Project on those environments. The format and content of this SCA follow FDEP's draft "Application Instruction Guide: Electrical Power Plant Sites and Associated Facilities Electrical Transmission Lines" dated September 1, 2009. FPL is concurrently filing with FDEP an Air Construction/Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) Permit Application. A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USAGE) Section 404 application is currently under review. In March 2015, the FDEP issued an Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class V Permit (Permit No. 0330373-001-UC/lEX) for an exploratory well and a dual zone monitoring well. FPL will obtain a UIC Class I construction and operational testing permit upon completion of the exploratory well and dual zone monitoring well and submission of the injection well completion report to DEP. The UIC Class I permit will authorize conversion of the exploratory well to an injection well and construction of a second injection well. FPL requests that the certification for the Project include one variance pursuant to Rule 62-17.051(3)(a),F.A.C.: • SJRWMD ERP Applicant's Handbook Vol. IL Section 8.8 (Pond Depth) and 8.9 (Pond Configuration): Modification to the applicable design parameters pertaining to the stormwater pond configuration and depth,as described below in SCA Section 4.8.1. 1.2 The Applicant FPL, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc., is the largest electric utility in Florida with a service area of approximately 27,650 square miles. FPL serves approximately 4.8 mullion customer accounts, with a service territory in all or parts of 35 Florida counties(Figure 1.2-1). FPL's existing generating resources are located at power plant sites (Figure 1.2-1) distributed geographically around its service territory, and also include partial ownership of two units located in Jacksonville, Florida,and one unit in Georgia. The total summer system firm generating capability as of December 31, 2014 was 25,072 MW, consisting of nuclear units (3,453 MW), coal units (897 MW), combined cycle units (14,817 MW), oil/gas fossil steam units (3,663 MW), combustion turbines (319 MW), and gas turbines (1,908 MW) (FPL, 2015). In addition, there are two solar PV facilities with a combined generation capacity of 35 MW and a solar thermal facility capable of producing steam that can generate 75 MW. The solar thermal facility is the world's first hybrid energy center to combine solar thermal technology with an existing combined cycle generation unit. 10,7,1 Attachment 1 b F-'L 180