City of Broken Bow, OK; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments, 24288 [E7-8336]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 24288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12470-001]


City of Broken Bow, OK; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

April 25, 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 Major License.
    b. Project No.: 12470-001.
    c. Date filed: July 26, 2006.
    d. Applicant: City of Broken Bow, Oklahoma.
    e. Name of Project: Broken Bow Re-Regulation Dam Hydropower 
Project.
    f. Location: On the Mountain Fork River in McCurtain County, 
Oklahoma. The project would be located at the United States Army Corps 
of Engineers' (Corps) Broken Bow Re-Regulation Dam and would occupy 
lands administered by the Corps.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Olen Hill, City Manager, City of Broken Bow, 
Oklahoma, 210 North Broadway, Broken Bow, Oklahoma 74728; (405) 584-
2282.
    i. FERC Contact: Peter Leitzke at (202) 502-6059, or 
peter.leitzke@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: May 25, 2007.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, 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.
    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 proposed run-of-river project, using the Corps' existing 
Broken Bow Re-Regulation Dam and Reservoir, would consist of: (1) Three 
93.5-foot-long penstocks through the eastern portion of the re-
regulation dam; (2) a 112-foot-wide by 129-foot-long powerhouse 
containing three turbine-generator units and having a total installed 
capacity of 4 megawatts; (3) a 170-foot-long tailrace that would return 
flows to the Mountain Fork River; (4) a 1,891-foot-long, 13.8-kilovolt 
transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project would 
have an average annual generation of 17,500 megawatt-hours.
    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 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.
    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 pending projects. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    o. Scoping Process: The Commission staff intends to prepare a 
single Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Broken Bow Re-Regulation 
Dam Hydropower 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.
    The Commission staff, agency representatives, and interested 
members of the public visited the project site and attended project 
information meetings conducted by the City of Broken Bow in 2001. The 
City of Broken Bow worked with the resource agencies and members of the 
public under the Alternative Licensing Process in preparing the license 
application, including preparation of a Draft Environmental Assessment 
which was filed as part of the application. Therefore, we do not 
anticipate at this time that there is adequate justification: (1) To 
arrange for Commission staff and interested members of the public to 
visit the project site; or (2) to hold a public meeting near the 
project site. Instead, we are soliciting comments, recommendations, and 
information on the Scoping Document (SD) issued on April 24, 2007.
    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.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-8336 Filed 5-1-07; 8:45 am]
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