City of Ottumwa, IA; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 29330-29331 [E6-7700]
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The existing dam is owned by the
applicant.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Elias A.
Felluss, 71 Centershore Road,
Centerport, NY 11721, (800) 335–5877.
i. FERC Contact: Etta Foster, (202)
502–8769.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
protests, and motions to intervene: 60
days from the issuance date of this
notice.
All documents (original and eight
copies) should be filed with Magalie R.
Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Please include the project number (P–
12637–000) on any comments, protests,
or motions filed.
k. Description of Project: The
proposed project would consist of: (1)
An existing 10-foot-high, 180-foot-long
dam; (2) a 180-foot-wide reservoir; (3) a
12-foot-wide, 70-foot-long penstock; (4)
a proposed powerhouse containing a
single generator with an installed
capacity of approximately 1MW; (5) a
tailrace; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
The project would have an estimated
annual generation of approximately 2
MW. The applicant plans to sell the
generated energy.
l. Location of Application: A copy of
the application is available for
inspection and reproduction at the
Commission in the Public Reference
Room, located at 888 First Street, NE.,
Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by
calling (202) 502–8371. This filing may
also be viewed on the Commission’s
Web site at https://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, call toll-free
1–866–208–3676 or e-mail
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. For TTY,
call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also
available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h.
above.
m. Individuals desiring to be included
on the Commission’s mailing list should
so indicate by writing to the Secretary
of the Commission.
n. Competing Preliminary Permit:
Anyone desiring to file a competing
application for preliminary permit for a
proposed project must submit the
competing application itself, or a notice
of intent to file such an application, to
the Commission on or before the
specified comment date for the
particular application (see 18 CFR 4.36).
Submission of a timely notice of intent
allows an interested person to file the
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application no later than 30 days after
the specified comment date for the
particular application. A competing
preliminary permit application must
conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36.
o. Competing Development
Application: Any qualified development
applicant desiring to file a competing
development application must submit to
the Commission, on or before a
specified comment date for the
particular application, either a
competing development application or a
notice of intent to file such an
application. Submission of a timely
notice of intent to file a development
application allows an interested person
to file the competing application no
later than 120 days after the specified
comment date for the particular
application. A competing license
application must conform with 18 CFR
4.30(b) and 4.36.
p. Notice of Intent: A notice of intent
must specify the exact name, business
address, and telephone number of the
prospective applicant, and must include
an unequivocal statement of intent to
submit, if such an application may be
filed, either a preliminary permit
application or a development
application (specify which type of
application). A notice of intent must be
served on the applicant(s) named in this
public notice.
q. Proposed Scope of Studies under
Permit: A preliminary permit, if issued,
does not authorize construction. The
term of the proposed preliminary permit
would be 36 months. The work
proposed under the preliminary permit
would include economic analysis,
preparation of preliminary engineering
plans, and a study of environmental
impacts. Based on the results of these
studies, the Applicant would decide
whether to proceed with the preparation
of a development application to
construct and operate the project.
r. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211,
385.214. In determining the appropriate
action to take, the Commission will
consider all protests or other comments
filed, but only those who file a motion
to intervene in accordance with the
Commission’s Rules may become a
party to the proceeding. Any comments,
protests, or motions to intervene must
be received on or before the specified
comment date for the particular
application.
Comments, protests and interventions
may be filed electronically via the
Internet in lieu of paper; See 18 CFR
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385.2001 (a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
on the Commission’s Web site under ‘‘efiling’’ link. The Commission strongly
encourages electronic filing.
s. Filing and Service of Responsive
Documents: Any filings must bear in all
capital letter the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS
AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’,
‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘NOTICE
OF INTENT’’, or ‘‘COMPETING
APPLICATION’’, as applicable, and the
Project Number of the particular
application to which the filing refers.
Any of the above-named documents
must be filed by providing the original
and the number of copies provided by
the Commission’s regulations to: The
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any
motion to intervene must also be served
upon each representative of the
Applicant specified in the particular
application.
t. Agency Comments: Federal, state,
and local agencies are invited to file
comments on the described application.
A copy of the application may be
obtained by agencies directly from the
applicant. If an agency does not file
comments within the time specified for
filing comments, it will be presumed to
have no comments. One copy of an
agency’s comments must also be sent to
the Applicant’s representatives.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 925–010]
City of Ottumwa, IA; Notice of
Application Tendered for Filing With
the Commission, Soliciting Additional
Study Requests, and Establishing
Procedural Schedule for Relicensing
and a Deadline for Submission of Final
Amendments
May 12, 2006.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New License.
b. Project No.: 925–010.
c. Date Filed: April 26, 2006.
d. Applicant: City of Ottumwa, Iowa.
e. Name of Project: Ottumwa
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Des Moines River
in the City of Ottumwa, Wapello
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County, Iowa. The project does not
occupy Federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Richard Wilcox,
Ottumwa Water and Hydro, 230 Turner
Drive, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501, (641) 684–
4606.
i. FERC Contact: Timothy Konnert,
(202) 502–6359 or
timothy.konnert@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.
k. Pursuant to § 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: June 26, 2006.
All documents (original and eight
copies) should be filed with: Magalie R.
Salas, 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.
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 (https://
www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link.
m. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The existing Ottumwa Project
consists of: (1) An 18-foot-high dam
with a 641-foot-long spillway section
equipped with eight Taintor gates and
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one bascule gate; (2) a 125-acre reservoir
with a normal water surface elevation of
638.5 feet msl; (3) a powerhouse integral
to the dam containing three generating
units, unit 1 and unit 3 each rated at
1,000 kW and unit 2 rated at 1,250 kW;
and (4) appurtenant facilities. The
applicant estimates that the average
annual generation would be 10,261,920
kilowatt hours using the three
generating units with a combined
capacity of 3,250 kW.
o. 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
https://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 tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, 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
https://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.
p. With this notice, we are initiating
consultation with the Iowa State
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as
required by section 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the
regulations of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
q. Procedural schedule and final
amendments: 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.
Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter:
June 2006.
Issue Scoping Document: July 2006.
Notice of application is ready for
environmental analysis: September
2006.
Notice of the availability of the EA:
March 2007.
Ready for Commission’s decision on
the application: May 2007.
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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.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6–7700 Filed 5–19–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2602–007—North Carolina]
Duke Power Company LLC; Dillsboro
Hydroelectric Project; Notice of
Proposed Restricted Service List for a
Memorandum of Agreement for
Managing Properties Included in or
Eligible for Inclusion in the National
Register of Historic Places
May 12, 2006.
Rule 2010 of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission’s (Commission)
Rules of Practice and Procedure
provides that, to eliminate unnecessary
expense or improve administrative
efficiency, the Secretary may establish a
restricted service list for a particular
phase or issue in a proceeding.1 The
restricted service list should contain the
names of persons on the service list
who, in the judgment of the decisional
authority establishing the list, are active
participants with respect to the phase or
issue in the proceeding for which the
list is established.
The Commission staff is consulting
with the North Carolina State Historic
Preservation Officer (hereinafter, SHPO)
and the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation (hereinafter, Council)
pursuant to the Council’s regulations, 36
CFR part 800, implementing section 106
of the National Historic Preservation
Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. 470 f), to
prepare and execute a memorandum of
agreement for managing properties
included in, or eligible for inclusion in,
the National Register of Historic Places
at the Dillsboro Hydroelectric Project
No. 2602–007 (SHPO Reference Number
ER03–0341).
The memorandum of agreement,
when executed by the Commission and
the SHPO would satisfy the
Commission’s section 106
responsibilities for all individual
undertakings carried out in accordance
with the surrender of a license. The
Commission’s responsibilities pursuant
to section 106 for the Dillsboro Project
1 18
CFR 385.2010.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 925-010]
City of Ottumwa, IA; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing
With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
May 12, 2006.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New License.
b. Project No.: 925-010.
c. Date Filed: April 26, 2006.
d. Applicant: City of Ottumwa, Iowa.
e. Name of Project: Ottumwa Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Des Moines River in the City of Ottumwa,
Wapello
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County, Iowa. The project does not occupy Federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Richard Wilcox, Ottumwa Water and Hydro, 230
Turner Drive, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501, (641) 684-4606.
i. FERC Contact: Timothy Konnert, (202) 502-6359 or
timothy.konnert@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.
k. Pursuant to Sec. 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: June 26, 2006.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Magalie R. Salas, 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.
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
(https://www.ferc.gov) under the ``eFiling'' link.
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing Ottumwa Project consists of: (1) An 18-foot-high
dam with a 641-foot-long spillway section equipped with eight Taintor
gates and one bascule gate; (2) a 125-acre reservoir with a normal
water surface elevation of 638.5 feet msl; (3) a powerhouse integral to
the dam containing three generating units, unit 1 and unit 3 each rated
at 1,000 kW and unit 2 rated at 1,250 kW; and (4) appurtenant
facilities. The applicant estimates that the average annual generation
would be 10,261,920 kilowatt hours using the three generating units
with a combined capacity of 3,250 kW.
o. 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 https://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 1-
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 https://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.
p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Iowa
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by section 106,
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: 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.
Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter: June 2006.
Issue Scoping Document: July 2006.
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis:
September 2006.
Notice of the availability of the EA: March 2007.
Ready for Commission's decision on the application: May 2007.
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.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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