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, 74516-74517 [E6-21071]
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in reference to this application must be
accompanied by proof of service on all
persons listed in 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
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Support.
o. Procedural schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing
Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will
be made if the Commission determines
it necessary to do so:
Milestone
Tentative date
Notice of the availability of the draft EIS ............................................................................................................................
Notice of the availability of the final EIS .............................................................................................................................
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6–21070 Filed 12–11–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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
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December 5, 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 Major
License.
b. Project No.: 2242–078.
c. Date Filed: November 24, 2006.
d. Applicant: Eugene Water and
Electric Board.
e. Name of Project: Carmen-Smith
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the McKenzie River in
Lane and Linn Counties, near McKenzie
Bridge, Oregon. The project occupies
approximately 560 acres of the
Willamette National Forest.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Randy L.
Berggren, General Manager, Eugene
Electric and Water Board, 500 East 4th
Avenue, P.O. Box 10148, Eugene, OR
97440, (541) 484–2411.
i. FERC Contact: Bob Easton, (202)
502–6045 or robert.easton@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 such requests
described in item l below. Cooperating
agencies should note the Commission’s
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policy that agencies that cooperate in
the preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See, 94
FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to Section 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: January 23, 2007.
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.
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 ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.
m. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric
Project consists of two developments,
the Carmen development and the Trail
Bridge development. The Carmen
development includes: (1) A 25-foothigh, 2,100-foot-long, and 10-foot-wide
earthen Carmen diversion dam with a
concrete weir spillway, (2) a 11,380foot-long by 9.5-foot-diameter concrete
Carmen diversion tunnel located on the
right abutment of the spillway, (3) a
235-foot-high, 1,100-foot-long, and 15foot-wide earthen Smith diversion dam
with a gated Ogee spillway, (4) a 7,275foot-long by 13.5 foot-diameter concretelined Smith power tunnel, (5) a 1,160foot-long by 13-foot-diameter steel
underground Carmen penstock, (6) a 86-
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foot-long by 79-foot-wide Carmen
powerhouse, (7) two Francis turbines
each with a generating capacity of 52.25
megawatts (MW) for a total capacity of
104.50 MW, (8) a 19-mile, 115-kilovolt
(kV) transmission line that connects the
Carmen powerhouse to the Bonneville
Power Administration’s Cougar-Eugene
transmission line, and (9) appurtenant
facilities.
The Trail Bridge development
includes: (1) A 100-foot-high, 700-footlong, and 24-foot-wide earthen Trail
Bridge dam section with a gated Ogee
spillway, (2) a 1,000-foot-long and 20foot-wide emergency spillway section,
(3) a 300-foot-long by 12-foot-diameter
concrete penstock at the intake that
narrows to a diameter of 7 feet, (4) a 66foot-long by 61-foot-wide Trail Bridge
powerhouse, (5) one Kaplan turbine
with a generating capacity of 9.975 MW,
and (6) a one-mile, 11.5-kV distribution
line that connects the Trail Bridge
powerhouse to the Carmen powerhouse.
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 Oregon State
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as
required by § 106, National Historic
Preservation Act, and the regulations of
the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation, 36, CFR, at § 800.4.
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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.
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) ...............................................................................................................................
Issue Acceptance Letter .....................................................................................................................................................
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments ........................................................................................................................
Hold Scoping Meetings .....................................................................................................................................................
Request Additional Information (if necessary) ................................................................................................................
Issue Scoping Document 2 ................................................................................................................................................
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis .............................................................................................
Notice of the availability of the draft EA .........................................................................................................................
Initiate 10(j) process (if necessary) ...................................................................................................................................
Notice of the availability of the final EA .........................................................................................................................
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. E6–21071 Filed 12–11–06; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 925–010]
City of Ottumwa, Iowa; Notice
Soliciting Scoping Comments
jlentini on PROD1PC65 with NOTICES
December 5, 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.: P–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
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: Tim Konnert, (202)
502–6359 or timothy.konnert@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: January 4, 2007.
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
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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.
Scoping comments 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.
k. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. 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 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; (3) a 125-acre reservoir with
a normal water surface elevation of
638.5 feet msl; 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.
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
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.
n. You may also register online at
https://www.ferc.gov.esubscribenow.htm
to be notified via e-mail of new filings
and issuances related to this or other
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January 2007.
April 2007.
May 2007.
June 2007.
August 2007.
August 2007.
August 2007.
February 2008.
April 2008.
August 2008.
pending projects. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support.
o. Scoping Process—The Commission
staff intends to prepare a single
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the
Ottumwa Project in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act. The
EA will consider both site-specific and
cumulative environmental impacts and
reasonable alternatives to the proposed
action.
Commission staff do not propose to
conduct any on-site scoping meetings at
this time. Instead, we are soliciting
comments, recommendations, and
information, on the Scoping Document
(SD) issued on December 1, 2006.
Copies of the SD outlining the subject
areas to be addressed in the EA were
distributed to the parties on the
Commission’s mailing list and the
applicant’s service list. Copies of the SD
may be viewed on the web 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 1–866–208–3676 or for
TTY, (202) 502–8659.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Notice of Compliance Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions to
Intervene, and Protests
December 5, 2006.
Take notice that the following
recreation usage report has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Recreation Usage
Report.
b. Project No: 9690–082.
c. Date Filed: March 31, 2005.
d. Applicant: Mirant, NY–Gen. LLC.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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
December 5, 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 Major License.
b. Project No.: 2242-078.
c. Date Filed: November 24, 2006.
d. Applicant: Eugene Water and Electric Board.
e. Name of Project: Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the McKenzie River in Lane and Linn Counties, near
McKenzie Bridge, Oregon. The project occupies approximately 560 acres
of the Willamette National Forest.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Randy L. Berggren, General Manager, Eugene
Electric and Water Board, 500 East 4th Avenue, P.O. Box 10148, Eugene,
OR 97440, (541) 484-2411.
i. FERC Contact: Bob Easton, (202) 502-6045 or
robert.easton@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 such requests
described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the
Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of
the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 61,076
(2001).
k. Pursuant to Section 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: January 23, 2007.
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.
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 ``e-Filing'' link.
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project consists of two
developments, the Carmen development and the Trail Bridge development.
The Carmen development includes: (1) A 25-foot-high, 2,100-foot-long,
and 10-foot-wide earthen Carmen diversion dam with a concrete weir
spillway, (2) a 11,380-foot-long by 9.5-foot-diameter concrete Carmen
diversion tunnel located on the right abutment of the spillway, (3) a
235-foot-high, 1,100-foot-long, and 15-foot-wide earthen Smith
diversion dam with a gated Ogee spillway, (4) a 7,275-foot-long by 13.5
foot-diameter concrete-lined Smith power tunnel, (5) a 1,160-foot-long
by 13-foot-diameter steel underground Carmen penstock, (6) a 86-foot-
long by 79-foot-wide Carmen powerhouse, (7) two Francis turbines each
with a generating capacity of 52.25 megawatts (MW) for a total capacity
of 104.50 MW, (8) a 19-mile, 115-kilovolt (kV) transmission line that
connects the Carmen powerhouse to the Bonneville Power Administration's
Cougar-Eugene transmission line, and (9) appurtenant facilities.
The Trail Bridge development includes: (1) A 100-foot-high, 700-
foot-long, and 24-foot-wide earthen Trail Bridge dam section with a
gated Ogee spillway, (2) a 1,000-foot-long and 20-foot-wide emergency
spillway section, (3) a 300-foot-long by 12-foot-diameter concrete
penstock at the intake that narrows to a diameter of 7 feet, (4) a 66-
foot-long by 61-foot-wide Trail Bridge powerhouse, (5) one Kaplan
turbine with a generating capacity of 9.975 MW, and (6) a one-mile,
11.5-kV distribution line that connects the Trail Bridge powerhouse to
the Carmen powerhouse.
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 Oregon
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by Sec. 106,
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, at Sec. 800.4.
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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.
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary).. January 2007.
Issue Acceptance Letter................. April 2007.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments... May 2007.
Hold Scoping Meetings................... June 2007.
Request Additional Information (if August 2007.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2................ August 2007.
Notice of application is ready for August 2007.
environmental analysis.
Notice of the availability of the draft February 2008.
EA.
Initiate 10(j) process (if necessary)... April 2008.
Notice of the availability of the final August 2008.
EA.
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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.
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