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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 143 / Thursday, July 26, 2007 / Notices rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES Accession Number: 20070717–0183. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, August 03, 2007. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at https:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–14413 Filed 7–25–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:36 Jul 25, 2007 Jkt 211001 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12429–001] Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site Visit and Soliciting Scoping Comments July 18, 2007. Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with Commission and is available for public inspection: a. Type of Application: Major License. b. Project No.: 12429–001. c. Date Filed: August 1, 2006. d. Applicant: Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC. e. Name of Project: Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Beaverhead River, 18 air miles southwest of the Town of Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana. The project would occupy 3.5 acres of federal land administered by the Bureau of Reclamation. g. Filed Pursuant To: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Brent L. Smith, Northwest Power Services, Inc., P.O. Box 535, Rigby, ID 83442, (208) 745– 0834 or Dr. Vincent Lamarra, Ecosystems Research Institute, Inc., 975 South State Highway, Logan, UT 84321. i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 502–6077, Dianne.rodman@ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: September 20, 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 and Procedure require all interveners 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 intervener 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 project would utilize the existing Bureau of Reclamation’s PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 41069 Clark Canyon dam, and would consist of the following new facilities: (1) A steel liner in the existing 9-foot-diameter concrete outlet conduit; (2) a new outlet gate structure; (3) a 9-foot-diameter steel penstock bifurcating into an 8-foot diameter and a 6-foot diameter steel penstock directing flow to the turbine units about 70 feet from the bifurcation; (4) a powerhouse containing two generating units with a combined capacity of 4.75 megawatts; (5) a 300foot-long access road; (6) a switchyard; (7) a 0.3-mile-long, 24.9-kilovolt overhead transmission line connecting the project to the local utility’s existing transmission system at a proposed substation; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is estimated to be 16.5 gigawatt 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 tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY at (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. n. Scoping Process: The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the 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. Scoping Meetings FERC staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one public meeting. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the public scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope of the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows: E:\FR\FM\26JYN1.SGM 26JYN1 41070 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 143 / Thursday, July 26, 2007 / Notices Agency Scoping Meeting Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007. Time: 2 p.m. Place: National Guard Armory, Address: 1070 Highway 41 North, Dillon, MT 59725. resource issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not require a detailed analysis. Public Scoping Meeting Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007. Time: 7 p.m. Place: National Guard Armory, Address: 1070 Highway 41 North, Dillon, MT 59725. Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission’s mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at the scoping meeting or may be viewed on the web at https:// www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link (see item m above). The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project. Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in the EA. Procedures rwilkins on PROD1PC63 with NOTICES Site Visit The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project site visit beginning at 9 p.m. on August 21, 2007. All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All participants are responsible for their own transportation to the site. All participants should meet at the public fishing access area immediately below Clark Canyon dam. To reach the access area from Dillon, Montana, (1) proceed south on I–15 approximately 22 miles to the exit marked ‘‘Clark Canyon Dam and Recreation Area;’’ (2) proceed about 0.75 mile across the crest of the dam and take the first right turn about 0.25 mile past the dam to the Beaverhead River Fishing Access; and (3) continue to the public fishing access area immediately below the dam. Upon arrival, all participants must be prepared to present proper identification (e.g., current driver’s license or alternate source with picture identification). All participants are subject to government identification investigations and, upon completion, may receive a temporary identification badge for the duration of the visit. Anyone with questions about the site visit should contact Mr. Matt Cutlip of the Commission at 503–552–2762. Objectives At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) solicit from the meeting participants all available information, especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage statements from experts and the public on issues that should be analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in support of, the staff’s preliminary views; (4) determine the VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:36 Jul 25, 2007 Jkt 211001 Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–14408 Filed 7–25–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2299–060] Modesto Irrigation District, Turlock Irrigation District; Notice To Hold a Public Meeting To Discuss the Fisheries Study Plan for the Don Pedro Project July 18, 2007. The Modesto Irrigation District and the Turlock Irrigation District (licensees) filed a Fisheries Study Plan on March 20, 2007, in response to the Commission’s December 20, 2006, request made pursuant to Article 58 of the license, as amended.1 The Commission issued a Preliminary Staff Assessment (PSA) of the plan on June 15, 2007, and requested that interested parties file comments by July 15, 2007. Commission staff will conduct a public meeting to discuss the design and schedule for future monitoring studies based on the licensees’ plan and the comments received to date on the staff’s PSA. Commission staff will be prepared to lead the discussion, and asks that all participating parties be prepared to support their oral statements with documented information. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 8, 2007, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (PDT) at the John E. Moss Federal Building and Courthouse, 650 Capitol Mall, Stanford Room, 1st floor, Sacramento, California 95814. The licensees, resource agency personnel, and other persons interested in this PO 00000 1 See 76 FERC ¶ 61,117 (1996). Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 matter are invited to participate. This meeting will not be recorded by a stenographer. The following is the agenda for the meeting: 9 a.m.–9:15 a.m. Introductions/ Purpose for Meeting 9:15 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Instream Flow Schedule 10:30 a.m.–10:45 a.m. Break 10:45 a.m.–11:30 a.m. Habitat Restoration 11:30 a.m.–2:15 p.m. Fry Survival 12:15 p.m.–1:30 p.m. Lunch 1:30 p.m.–2:30 p.m. Steelhead Presence/Protection 2:30 p.m.–3:15 p.m. Predator Control 3:15 p.m.–4 p.m. River Temperature 4 p.m.–4:30 p.m. Other Monitoring 4:30 p.m.–5 p.m. Wrap up/What’s next Special security precautions are employed at this Federal building. Visitors must go through full security screening and are not permitted to bring in cell phones or cameras with digital photo capability. Laptops and PDAs must be booted up at the security entrance. Any questions about this notice should be directed to Philip Scordelis at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, (415) 369– 3335, or by e-mail at philip.scordelis@ferc.gov. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–14411 Filed 7–25–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0014; FRL–8445–9] Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request; National Refrigerant Recycling and Emissions Reduction Program; EPA ICR No. 1626.10, OMB Control No. 2060–0256 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that an Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. This is a request to renew an existing approved collection. 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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 143 (Thursday, July 26, 2007)]
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[FR Doc No: E7-14408]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12429-001]


Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site 
Visit and Soliciting Scoping Comments

July 18, 2007.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: 12429-001.
    c. Date Filed: August 1, 2006.
    d. Applicant: Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Beaverhead River, 18 air miles southwest of the 
Town of Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana. The project would occupy 
3.5 acres of federal land administered by the Bureau of Reclamation.
    g. Filed Pursuant To: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Brent L. Smith, Northwest Power Services, 
Inc., P.O. Box 535, Rigby, ID 83442, (208) 745-0834 or Dr. Vincent 
Lamarra, Ecosystems Research Institute, Inc., 975 South State Highway, 
Logan, UT 84321.
    i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 502-6077, 
Dianne.rodman@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: September 20, 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 and Procedure require all 
interveners 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 intervener 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 ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The proposed project would utilize the existing Bureau of 
Reclamation's Clark Canyon dam, and would consist of the following new 
facilities: (1) A steel liner in the existing 9-foot-diameter concrete 
outlet conduit; (2) a new outlet gate structure; (3) a 9-foot-diameter 
steel penstock bifurcating into an 8-foot diameter and a 6-foot 
diameter steel penstock directing flow to the turbine units about 70 
feet from the bifurcation; (4) a powerhouse containing two generating 
units with a combined capacity of 4.75 megawatts; (5) a 300-foot-long 
access road; (6) a switchyard; (7) a 0.3-mile-long, 24.9-kilovolt 
overhead transmission line connecting the project to the local 
utility's existing transmission system at a proposed substation; and 
(8) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is estimated 
to be 16.5 gigawatt 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 at (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.
    n. Scoping Process: The Commission intends to prepare an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) on the 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.

Scoping Meetings

    FERC staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one public 
meeting. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and 
non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the public scoping 
meeting is primarily for public input. All interested individuals, 
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or both of the 
meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the scope of the 
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times and 
locations of these meetings are as follows:

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Agency Scoping Meeting

    Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007.
    Time: 2 p.m.
    Place: National Guard Armory,
    Address: 1070 Highway 41 North, Dillon, MT 59725.

Public Scoping Meeting

    Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2007.
    Time: 7 p.m.
    Place: National Guard Armory,
    Address: 1070 Highway 41 North, Dillon, MT 59725.
    Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to 
be addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the 
Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at the 
scoping meeting or may be viewed on the web at https://www.ferc.gov 
using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above).

Site Visit

    The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project site visit 
beginning at 9 p.m. on August 21, 2007. All interested individuals, 
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All participants are 
responsible for their own transportation to the site. All participants 
should meet at the public fishing access area immediately below Clark 
Canyon dam. To reach the access area from Dillon, Montana, (1) proceed 
south on I-15 approximately 22 miles to the exit marked ``Clark Canyon 
Dam and Recreation Area;'' (2) proceed about 0.75 mile across the crest 
of the dam and take the first right turn about 0.25 mile past the dam 
to the Beaverhead River Fishing Access; and (3) continue to the public 
fishing access area immediately below the dam. Upon arrival, all 
participants must be prepared to present proper identification (e.g., 
current driver's license or alternate source with picture 
identification). All participants are subject to government 
identification investigations and, upon completion, may receive a 
temporary identification badge for the duration of the visit. Anyone 
with questions about the site visit should contact Mr. Matt Cutlip of 
the Commission at 503-552-2762.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) 
solicit from the meeting participants all available information, 
especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage 
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be 
analyzed in the EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in 
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource 
issues to be addressed in the EA; and (5) identify those issues that 
require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not 
require a detailed analysis.

Procedures

    The meetings are recorded by a stenographer and become part of the 
formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
    Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental 
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meeting and to 
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed 
in the EA.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-14408 Filed 7-25-07; 8:45 am]
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