Borough of Lehighton, PA; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, Intent To Waive Stage Two Pre-Filing Consultation Provisions and Post-Filing Scoping, Establishing an Expedited Schedule for Licensing, and Establishing the Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 3840-3841 [E7-1242]

Download as PDF 3840 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 17 / Friday, January 26, 2007 / Notices reproduction at the addresses in item g above. l. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission’s mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. m. 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, .211, .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. n. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents: Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, OR ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, 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 eight copies 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 Applicants specified in the particular application. o. 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 Applicants. 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 Applicants’ representatives. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–1166 Filed 1–25–07; 8:45 am] sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:19 Jan 25, 2007 Jkt 211001 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12455–004] Borough of Lehighton, PA; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, Intent To Waive Stage Two Pre-Filing Consultation Provisions and Post-Filing Scoping, Establishing an Expedited Schedule for Licensing, and Establishing the Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments January 22, 2007. Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Original License. b. Project No.: 12455–004. c. Date Filed: December 29, 2006. d. Applicant: Borough of Lehighton, Pennsylvania. e. Name of Project: Beltzville Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: The project would be connected to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Beltzville Dam, located on Pohopoco Creek, in the Borough of Lehighton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania. g. Filed Pursuant to: The Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r) h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John F. Hanosek, P.E., Borough Manager, P.O. Box 29, Municipal Building, Second and South Street, Lehighton, PA 18235, (610) 377–4002. i. FERC Contact: Jack Hannula, (202) 502–8917 or john.hannula@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 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 merits, 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. PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: February 27, 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 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. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The project would be located at the existing Corps of Engineers Beltzville Dam which is a 175-foot-high, 4,600foot-long earth-fill dam with a 23-foothigh, 2,000-foot-long un-gated concrete spillway. The reservoir has 949 surface acres at a normal water surface elevation of 628.0 feet, mean sea level (msl). The proposed Beltzville Hydroelectric Project would consist of: (1) A new, approximately 150-foot-long penstock connected to the downstream side of Beltsville Dam via an existing outlet conduit that would be modified to include a 78-inch diameter steel pipe liner, a new 78-inch butterfly valve, Ybranch, and 84-inch slide gate: (2) the penstock would lead to a new 60-footlong, 30-foot-wide powerhouse which would contain two generating units, a 1,700 kilowatt (kW) unit and a 900 kW generating unit; and (3) a 300-foot-long, 12-kilovolt transmission line. The estimated average annual generation would be 9,470 megawatt hours (MWh). The project would be operated in a runof-river mode. 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 (P–12455) 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- E:\FR\FM\26JAN1.SGM 26JAN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 17 / Friday, January 26, 2007 / Notices 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 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 Pennsylvania 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. Waiver of Pre-filing Consultation: We intend to waive pre-filing consultation sections 4.38(c)(4–9) which require distribution and consultation on a draft license application. r. Expedited procedural schedule: We intend to use the pre-filing consultation that has occurred on this project as our National Environmental Policy Act scoping and issue a single environmental assessment rather than a draft and final EA. We intend to give at least 30 days for entities to comment on the EA, and will consider all comments received on the EA before final action is taken on the application. r. Final Amendments: 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. E7–1242 Filed 1–25–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and Comments sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES January 22, 2007. Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection: a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit. b. Project No.: 12759–000. c. Date filed: December 22, 2006. d. Applicant: United Power Corporation. e. Name of Project: Sentinel Mountain Pumped Storage Project. VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:19 Jan 25, 2007 Jkt 211001 f. Location: on the Crab Creek and Moses Lake, in Grant and Adam Counties, Washington. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: David W. O’Keffe, United Power Corporation, 1325 Gwinn Street E., Monmouth, OR 97361, (503) 606–0347. i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202) 502–6062. 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. Comments, protests, and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper; see 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. Please include the project number (P– 12759–000) on any comments or motions filed. The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person in 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. k. Description of Project: The proposed project would consist of: (1) The proposed 300-foot-long, 20-foothigh Crab Creek Dam, (2) a proposed lower reservoir having a surface area of 8,100 acres, with a storage capacity of 790,000 acre-feet, and normal water surface elevation of 650 feet mean sea level (msl), (3) the proposed 3,600-footlong, 180-foot-high Sentinel Mountain Dam, (4) a proposed upper reservoir having a surface area 1,500 acres with a storage capacity of 77,000 acre-feet, and normal water surface elevation of 1,830 feet msl, (5) two proposed 300foot-long, 20-foot-diameter concrete upper tunnels, (6) two proposed powerhouses containing four generating units having a total installed capacity of 2,000 megawatts (MW), (7) a proposed 2,100-foot-long, 30-foot-diameter concrete lower tunnel, (8) two proposed transmission lines, one 9 miles long and the other 12 miles long, and (9) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an estimated average annual generation of 2,628 gigawatt- PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 3841 hours, which would be sold to a local utility. l. This filing 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, 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. 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 competing preliminary permit 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. n. 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. o. 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. p. 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 E:\FR\FM\26JAN1.SGM 26JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 17 (Friday, January 26, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3840-3841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-1242]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12455-004]


Borough of Lehighton, PA; Notice of Application Tendered for 
Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, 
Intent To Waive Stage Two Pre-Filing Consultation Provisions and Post-
Filing Scoping, Establishing an Expedited Schedule for Licensing, and 
Establishing the Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

January 22, 2007.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original License.
    b. Project No.: 12455-004.
    c. Date Filed: December 29, 2006.
    d. Applicant: Borough of Lehighton, Pennsylvania.
    e. Name of Project: Beltzville Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project would be connected to the U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers Beltzville Dam, located on Pohopoco Creek, in the Borough 
of Lehighton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: The Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-
825(r)
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John F. Hanosek, P.E., Borough Manager, 
P.O. Box 29, Municipal Building, Second and South Street, Lehighton, PA 
18235, (610) 377-4002.
    i. FERC Contact: Jack Hannula, (202) 502-8917 or 
john.hannula@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 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 merits, 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: February 27, 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 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. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The project would be located at the existing Corps of Engineers 
Beltzville Dam which is a 175-foot-high, 4,600-foot-long earth-fill dam 
with a 23-foot-high, 2,000-foot-long un-gated concrete spillway. The 
reservoir has 949 surface acres at a normal water surface elevation of 
628.0 feet, mean sea level (msl).
    The proposed Beltzville Hydroelectric Project would consist of: (1) 
A new, approximately 150-foot-long penstock connected to the downstream 
side of Beltsville Dam via an existing outlet conduit that would be 
modified to include a 78-inch diameter steel pipe liner, a new 78-inch 
butterfly valve, Y-branch, and 84-inch slide gate: (2) the penstock 
would lead to a new 60-foot-long, 30-foot-wide powerhouse which would 
contain two generating units, a 1,700 kilowatt (kW) unit and a 900 kW 
generating unit; and (3) a 300-foot-long, 12-kilovolt transmission 
line. The estimated average annual generation would be 9,470 megawatt 
hours (MWh). The project would be operated in a run-of-river mode.
    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 (P-12455) 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-

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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 
Pennsylvania 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. Waiver of Pre-filing Consultation: We intend to waive pre-filing 
consultation sections 4.38(c)(4-9) which require distribution and 
consultation on a draft license application.
    r. Expedited procedural schedule: We intend to use the pre-filing 
consultation that has occurred on this project as our National 
Environmental Policy Act scoping and issue a single environmental 
assessment rather than a draft and final EA. We intend to give at least 
30 days for entities to comment on the EA, and will consider all 
comments received on the EA before final action is taken on the 
application.
    r. Final Amendments: 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. E7-1242 Filed 1-25-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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