South Feather Water and Power Agency; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions, 9791-9793 [E8-3281]
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on February 22, 2008.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–3276 Filed 2–21–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. P–2088–068]
South Feather Water and Power
Agency; Notice of Application Ready
for Environmental Analysis and
Soliciting Comments,
Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and Prescriptions
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February 14, 2008.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with Commission and is available for
public inspection:
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: P–2088–068.
c. Date Filed: March 26, 2007.
d. Applicant: South Feather Water
and Power Agency.
e. Name of Project: South Feather
Power Project.
f. Location: On the South Fork Feather
River (SFFR), Lost Creek and Slate
Creek in Butte, Yuba and Plumas
counties, California. The project affects
1,977.12 acres of federal lands
administered by the Plumas National
Forest and 10.57 acres of federal land
administered by the U.S. Bureau of
Land Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Michael Glaze,
General Manager, South Feather Water
and Power Agency, 2310 Oro-Quincy
Highway, Oroville, CA 95966, (530)
533–4578.
i. FERC Contact: John Mudre, (202)
502–8902, or john.mudre@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days
from the date of this notice (April 14,
2008); reply comments are due 105 days
from the date of this notice (May 29,
2008).
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
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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.
Comments, recommendations, terms
and conditions, and prescriptions 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 has been accepted,
and is ready for environmental analysis
at this time.
l. The South Feather Power Project is
a water supply/power project
constructed in the late 1950s/early
1960s. The Project is composed of four
developments: Sly Creek, Woodleaf,
Forbestown and Kelly Ridge, each of
which is described below. The Project
can store about 172,000 acre-feet (af) of
water (gross storage) and has generated
an average of about 514.1 gigawatt hours
(gWh) of power annually for the past 20
years, since the addition of Sly Creek
Powerhouse.
The Sly Creek Development includes:
(1) Little Grass Valley Dam—a 210-foothigh, 840-foot-long, rock filled dam on
the SFFR with a crest elevation of 5,052
feet (all elevations are in National
Geodetic Vertical Datum, or NGVD,
unless otherwise specified) and with a
180-foot-long spillway controlled by
two 14-feet-high by 40-feet-long steel
radial gates that forms a 89,804 acre-foot
(af) storage reservoir covering 1,650
acres at a maximum water surface (flood
level) elevation of 5,047 feet with the
spill gates closed; (2) South Fork
Diversion Dam—a 60-foot-high, 167foot-long, concrete overflow arch dam
on the SFFR with a crest elevation of
3,557 to 3,559 feet and with four
uncontrolled overflow spillway sections
that forms an 87 af diversion
impoundment covering about 9 acres at
a normal maximum water surface
elevation of 3,557 feet; (3) South Fork
Diversion Tunnel—a 14,256-foot-long,
11-foot-diameter concrete lined and
unlined horseshoe un-pressurized
tunnel controlled by two 6-foot-high by
4-foot-long electric hoist slide gates that
diverts up to 600 cubic feet per second
(cfs) of water from the South Fork
Diversion Dam to Sly Creek Reservoir;
(4) Slate Creek Diversion Dam—a 62foot-high, 223.5-foot-long, concrete
overflow arch dam on Slate Creek with
a crest elevation of 3,552 to 3,554 feet
and with three uncontrolled overflow
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spillway sections that forms a negligible
diversion impoundment due to
sediment accumulation; (5) Slate Creek
Diversion Tunnel—a 13,200-foot-long,
11-foot-diameter, concrete lined and
unlined horseshoe un-pressurized
tunnel controlled by two 8-foot-high by
6-foot-long manual slide gates that
diverts up to a maximum flow capacity
of 848 cfs of water (though water rights
limit flows to 600 cfs and at times flows
are limited to 500 cfs due to high storage
volume in the receiving reservoir) from
the Slate Creek Diversion Dam to Sly
Creek Reservoir; (6) Sly Creek Dam—a
289-foot-high, 1,200-foot-long, zoned
earth-filled dam on Lost Creek with a
crest elevation of 3,536 feet and with a
649-foot-long spillway controlled by one
16-foot-high by 54-foot-long steel radial
gate that forms a 64,338 af storage
reservoir covering 619 acres at a
maximum water surface (flood level)
elevation of 3,531 feet with the spill
gates closed; (7) Sly Creek Penstock—a
1,100-foot-long, 90-inch-insidediameter, steel penstock enclosed in the
former outlet tunnel that delivers water
to Sly Creek Powerhouse; (8) Sly Creek
Powerhouse—a semi-outdoor,
reinforced concrete, above ground
powerhouse that releases water to Lost
Creek Reservoir and that contains one
reaction turbine rated at 17,690
horsepower (hp) directly connected to a
13,500-kilovolt-amperes (kVA)
generator; (9) Sly Creek Powerhouse
Switchyard—a switchyard adjacent to
the Sly Creek Powerhouse that contains
one 16,000 kVA transformer. Power
generated at Sly Creek Powerhouse is
delivered from the switchyard to the
grid via Pacific Gas and Electric
Company’s 115 kilovolt (kV) Sly Creek
Tap and Woodleaf-Kanaka Junction
transmission line; (10) Little Grass
Valley Reservoir Recreation Facility—
the Little Grass Valley Reservoir
Recreation Facility includes Little
Beaver, Red Feather, Running Deer,
Horse Camp, Wyandotte, Peninsula
Tent, Black Rock Tent, Black Rock RV,
and Tooms RV campgrounds; Black
Rock, Tooms and Maidu Boat Launch
areas; Pancake Beach and Blue Water
Beach day use areas, Maidu
Amphitheater and Little Grass Valley
Dam ADA Accessible Fishing trail at
Little Grass Valley Reservoir; and (11)
Sly Creek Reservoir Recreation
Facility—the Sly Creek Recreation
Facility includes two campgrounds
(Strawberry and Sly Creek), Strawberry
Car-Top Boat Launch, Mooreville Boat
Ramp and Mooreville Day Use Area on
Sly Creek Reservoir. The Sly Creek
Development does not include any
roads except for the portions of the
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roads within the FERC Project Boundary
that cross Little Grass Valley Dam
(USFS Road 22N94) and Sly Creek Dam
(USFS Road 21N16).
The Woodleaf Development includes:
(1) Lost Creek Dam—a 122-foot-high,
486-foot-long, concrete overflow arch
dam on the Lost Creek with a crest
elevation of 3,279.05 feet and with a
251-foot-wide spillway controlled by 4foot-high by 8-foot-long flashboards that
forms a 5,361 af storage reservoir
covering 137 acres at a normal
maximum water surface elevation of
3,283 feet with the flashboards installed;
(2) Woodleaf Power Tunnel—an 18,385foot-long, 12-foot-diameter, concrete
lined and unlined horseshoe
pressurized tunnel controlled by one 6foot-high by 12-foot-long electric hoist
slide gate that diverts up to 620 cfs of
water from Lost Creek Reservoir to the
Woodleaf Penstock; (3) Woodleaf
Penstock—a 3,519-foot-long, 97-inch
reducing to 78-inch-inside-diameter,
exposed steel penstock that delivers
water to Woodleaf Powerhouse; (4)
Woodleaf Powerhouse—a semi-outdoor,
reinforced concrete, above ground
powerhouse that releases water to the
Forbestown Diversion Dam
impoundment on the SFFR and that
contains one 6-jet vertical shaft impulse
Pelton turbine rated at 80,000 hp
directly connected to a 65,500 kVA
generator; and (5) Woodleaf Powerhouse
Switchyard—a switchyard adjacent to
the Woodleaf Powerhouse that contains
one 70,000 kVA transformer. Power
generated at Woodleaf Powerhouse is
delivered from the switchyard to the
grid via Pacific Gas and Electric
Company’s 115 kV Woodleaf-Kanaka
Junction transmission line. The
Woodleaf Development does not
include any recreation facilities or
roads.
The Forbestown Development
includes: (1) Forbestown Diversion
Dam—80-foot-high, 256-foot-long,
concrete overflow arch dam on the
SFFR with a crest elevation of 1,783 feet
and with five 46-foot-wide uncontrolled
overflow spillway sections with a
combined width of approximately 240
feet that forms a 352 af diversion
impoundment covering about 12 acres
at a normal maximum water surface
elevation of 1,783 feet; (2) Forbestown
Power Tunnel—18,388-foot-long, 12.5foot by 11-foot-diameter, concrete lined
and unlined horseshoe pressurized
tunnel that diverts up to 660 cfs of water
from the Forbestown Diversion
impoundment to the Forbestown
Penstock; (3) Forbestown Penstock—a
1,487-foot-long, 97-inch reducing to 83inch-inside-diameter exposed steel
penstock that delivers water to
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Forbestown Powerhouse; (4) Forbestown
Powerhouse—a semi-outdoor reinforced
concrete above ground powerhouse that
releases water to Ponderosa Reservoir
on the SFFR and that contains one
vertical reaction Francis turbine rated at
54,500 hp directly connected to a 40,500
kVA generator; and (5) Forbestown
Powerhouse Switchyard—a switchyard
adjacent to the Forbestown Powerhouse
that contains one 35,200 kVA
transformer. Power generated at
Forbestown Powerhouse is delivered
from the switchyard to the grid via
Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s 115
kV Woodleaf-Kanaka Junction
transmission line. The Forbestown
Development does not include any
recreation facilities or roads.
The Kelly Ridge Development
includes: (1) Ponderosa Dam—a 160foot-high, 650-foot-long, earth-filled
dam that releases water into the 3.6
million af Lake Oroville (part of the
California Department of Water
Resources’ Feather River Project, FERC
Project No. 2100) with a crest elevation
of 985 feet and with a 352-foot-long
spillway controlled by two 7 foot 7.5inch-high by 51 feet-long steel gates that
forms a 4,178 af storage reservoir
covering 103 acres at a normal
maximum water surface elevation of 960
feet; (2) Ponderosa Diversion Tunnel—a
516-foot-long, 10-foot by 9-foot-diameter
concrete lined and unlined horseshoe
unpressurized tunnel controlled by one
6-foot-high by 8-foot-long hydraulic gate
that diverts up to 300 cfs of water from
Ponderosa Reservoir to Miners Ranch
Conduit; (3) Miners Ranch Conduit—a
32,254-foot-long, 10-foot-wide concrete
or gunite-lined canal and concrete or
bench flume that includes two siphon
sections across the McCabe and Powell
creek sections of Lake Oroville and that
diverts water from the Ponderosa
Diversion Tunnel to the Miners Ranch
Tunnel; (4) Miners Ranch Tunnel—a
23,946-foot-long, 10-foot by 9-footdiameter, concrete lined horseshoe unpressurized tunnel that diverts up to
300 cfs of water from the Miners Ranch
Conduit to Miners Ranch Reservoir; (5)
Miners Ranch Dam—a 55-foot-high,
1,650-foot-long, earth-filled off-stream
dam with a crest elevation of 895 feet
and with an 1,175-foot-long
uncontrolled spillway that forms an 896
af storage reservoir covering 48 acres at
a normal maximum water surface
elevation of 890 feet; (6) Kelly Ridge
Power Tunnel—a 6,736-foot-long, 9-foot
by 8-foot-diameter, pressurized tunnel
controlled by one 4-foot-high by 8-footlong fixed wheel gate that diverts up to
260 cfs of water from Miners Ranch
Reservoir to Kelly Ridge Penstock: (7)
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Kelly Ridge Penstock—a 6,064-foot-long
69-inch reducing to 57-inch-insidediameter, exposed steel penstock that
delivers water to Kelly Ridge
Powerhouse; (8) Kelly Ridge
Powerhouse—a semi-outdoor reinforced
concrete above ground powerhouse that
releases water to CDWR Feather River
Project’s Thermalito Diversion Pool
downstream of Oroville Dam and that
contains one vertical reaction Francis
turbine rated at 13,000 hp directly
connected to a 11,000 kVA generator;
and (5) Kelly Ridge Powerhouse
Switchyard—a switchyard adjacent to
the Kelly Ridge Powerhouse that
contains one 11,000 kVA transformer.
Power generated at the Kelly Ridge
Powerhouse is delivered from the
switchyard to the grid via Pacific Gas
and Electric Company’s 60 kV Kelly
Ridge-Elgin Junction transmission line.
The Kelly Ridge Development does not
include any recreation facilities or
roads.
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.
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. All filings must (1) bear in all
capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,
‘‘REPLY COMMENTS’’,
‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS
AND CONDITIONS,’’ or
‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the
heading the name of the applicant and
the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish
the name, address, and telephone
number of the person submitting the
filing; and (4) otherwise comply with
the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001
through 385.2005. All comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions
or prescriptions must set forth their
evidentiary basis and otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b).
Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant.
Each filing must be accompanied by
proof of service on all persons listed on
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the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in
accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and
385.2010.
o. A license applicant must file no
later than 60 days following the date of
issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the
water quality certification; (2) a copy of
the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying
agency received the request; or (3)
evidence of waiver of water quality
certification.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–3281 Filed 2–21–08; 8:45 am]
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
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Web site that enables subscribers to
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docket(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.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on February 25, 2008.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
Persons unable to file electronically
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of the protest or intervention to the
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. P-2088-068]
South Feather Water and Power Agency; Notice of Application Ready
for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations,
Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions
February 14, 2008.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: P-2088-068.
c. Date Filed: March 26, 2007.
d. Applicant: South Feather Water and Power Agency.
e. Name of Project: South Feather Power Project.
f. Location: On the South Fork Feather River (SFFR), Lost Creek and
Slate Creek in Butte, Yuba and Plumas counties, California. The project
affects 1,977.12 acres of federal lands administered by the Plumas
National Forest and 10.57 acres of federal land administered by the
U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Michael Glaze, General Manager, South Feather
Water and Power Agency, 2310 Oro-Quincy Highway, Oroville, CA 95966,
(530) 533-4578.
i. FERC Contact: John Mudre, (202) 502-8902, or
john.mudre@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the date of this notice
(April 14, 2008); reply comments are due 105 days from the date of this
notice (May 29, 2008).
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.
Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
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 has been accepted, and is ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The South Feather Power Project is a water supply/power project
constructed in the late 1950s/early 1960s. The Project is composed of
four developments: Sly Creek, Woodleaf, Forbestown and Kelly Ridge,
each of which is described below. The Project can store about 172,000
acre-feet (af) of water (gross storage) and has generated an average of
about 514.1 gigawatt hours (gWh) of power annually for the past 20
years, since the addition of Sly Creek Powerhouse.
The Sly Creek Development includes: (1) Little Grass Valley Dam--a
210-foot-high, 840-foot-long, rock filled dam on the SFFR with a crest
elevation of 5,052 feet (all elevations are in National Geodetic
Vertical Datum, or NGVD, unless otherwise specified) and with a 180-
foot-long spillway controlled by two 14-feet-high by 40-feet-long steel
radial gates that forms a 89,804 acre-foot (af) storage reservoir
covering 1,650 acres at a maximum water surface (flood level) elevation
of 5,047 feet with the spill gates closed; (2) South Fork Diversion
Dam--a 60-foot-high, 167-foot-long, concrete overflow arch dam on the
SFFR with a crest elevation of 3,557 to 3,559 feet and with four
uncontrolled overflow spillway sections that forms an 87 af diversion
impoundment covering about 9 acres at a normal maximum water surface
elevation of 3,557 feet; (3) South Fork Diversion Tunnel--a 14,256-
foot-long, 11-foot-diameter concrete lined and unlined horseshoe un-
pressurized tunnel controlled by two 6-foot-high by 4-foot-long
electric hoist slide gates that diverts up to 600 cubic feet per second
(cfs) of water from the South Fork Diversion Dam to Sly Creek
Reservoir; (4) Slate Creek Diversion Dam--a 62-foot-high, 223.5-foot-
long, concrete overflow arch dam on Slate Creek with a crest elevation
of 3,552 to 3,554 feet and with three uncontrolled overflow spillway
sections that forms a negligible diversion impoundment due to sediment
accumulation; (5) Slate Creek Diversion Tunnel--a 13,200-foot-long, 11-
foot-diameter, concrete lined and unlined horseshoe un-pressurized
tunnel controlled by two 8-foot-high by 6-foot-long manual slide gates
that diverts up to a maximum flow capacity of 848 cfs of water (though
water rights limit flows to 600 cfs and at times flows are limited to
500 cfs due to high storage volume in the receiving reservoir) from the
Slate Creek Diversion Dam to Sly Creek Reservoir; (6) Sly Creek Dam--a
289-foot-high, 1,200-foot-long, zoned earth-filled dam on Lost Creek
with a crest elevation of 3,536 feet and with a 649-foot-long spillway
controlled by one 16-foot-high by 54-foot-long steel radial gate that
forms a 64,338 af storage reservoir covering 619 acres at a maximum
water surface (flood level) elevation of 3,531 feet with the spill
gates closed; (7) Sly Creek Penstock--a 1,100-foot-long, 90-inch-
inside-diameter, steel penstock enclosed in the former outlet tunnel
that delivers water to Sly Creek Powerhouse; (8) Sly Creek Powerhouse--
a semi-outdoor, reinforced concrete, above ground powerhouse that
releases water to Lost Creek Reservoir and that contains one reaction
turbine rated at 17,690 horsepower (hp) directly connected to a 13,500-
kilovolt-amperes (kVA) generator; (9) Sly Creek Powerhouse Switchyard--
a switchyard adjacent to the Sly Creek Powerhouse that contains one
16,000 kVA transformer. Power generated at Sly Creek Powerhouse is
delivered from the switchyard to the grid via Pacific Gas and Electric
Company's 115 kilovolt (kV) Sly Creek Tap and Woodleaf-Kanaka Junction
transmission line; (10) Little Grass Valley Reservoir Recreation
Facility--the Little Grass Valley Reservoir Recreation Facility
includes Little Beaver, Red Feather, Running Deer, Horse Camp,
Wyandotte, Peninsula Tent, Black Rock Tent, Black Rock RV, and Tooms RV
campgrounds; Black Rock, Tooms and Maidu Boat Launch areas; Pancake
Beach and Blue Water Beach day use areas, Maidu Amphitheater and Little
Grass Valley Dam ADA Accessible Fishing trail at Little Grass Valley
Reservoir; and (11) Sly Creek Reservoir Recreation Facility--the Sly
Creek Recreation Facility includes two campgrounds (Strawberry and Sly
Creek), Strawberry Car-Top Boat Launch, Mooreville Boat Ramp and
Mooreville Day Use Area on Sly Creek Reservoir. The Sly Creek
Development does not include any roads except for the portions of the
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roads within the FERC Project Boundary that cross Little Grass Valley
Dam (USFS Road 22N94) and Sly Creek Dam (USFS Road 21N16).
The Woodleaf Development includes: (1) Lost Creek Dam--a 122-foot-
high, 486-foot-long, concrete overflow arch dam on the Lost Creek with
a crest elevation of 3,279.05 feet and with a 251-foot-wide spillway
controlled by 4-foot-high by 8-foot-long flashboards that forms a 5,361
af storage reservoir covering 137 acres at a normal maximum water
surface elevation of 3,283 feet with the flashboards installed; (2)
Woodleaf Power Tunnel--an 18,385-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter, concrete
lined and unlined horseshoe pressurized tunnel controlled by one 6-
foot-high by 12-foot-long electric hoist slide gate that diverts up to
620 cfs of water from Lost Creek Reservoir to the Woodleaf Penstock;
(3) Woodleaf Penstock--a 3,519-foot-long, 97-inch reducing to 78-inch-
inside-diameter, exposed steel penstock that delivers water to Woodleaf
Powerhouse; (4) Woodleaf Powerhouse--a semi-outdoor, reinforced
concrete, above ground powerhouse that releases water to the Forbestown
Diversion Dam impoundment on the SFFR and that contains one 6-jet
vertical shaft impulse Pelton turbine rated at 80,000 hp directly
connected to a 65,500 kVA generator; and (5) Woodleaf Powerhouse
Switchyard--a switchyard adjacent to the Woodleaf Powerhouse that
contains one 70,000 kVA transformer. Power generated at Woodleaf
Powerhouse is delivered from the switchyard to the grid via Pacific Gas
and Electric Company's 115 kV Woodleaf-Kanaka Junction transmission
line. The Woodleaf Development does not include any recreation
facilities or roads.
The Forbestown Development includes: (1) Forbestown Diversion Dam--
80-foot-high, 256-foot-long, concrete overflow arch dam on the SFFR
with a crest elevation of 1,783 feet and with five 46-foot-wide
uncontrolled overflow spillway sections with a combined width of
approximately 240 feet that forms a 352 af diversion impoundment
covering about 12 acres at a normal maximum water surface elevation of
1,783 feet; (2) Forbestown Power Tunnel--18,388-foot-long, 12.5-foot by
11-foot-diameter, concrete lined and unlined horseshoe pressurized
tunnel that diverts up to 660 cfs of water from the Forbestown
Diversion impoundment to the Forbestown Penstock; (3) Forbestown
Penstock--a 1,487-foot-long, 97-inch reducing to 83-inch-inside-
diameter exposed steel penstock that delivers water to Forbestown
Powerhouse; (4) Forbestown Powerhouse--a semi-outdoor reinforced
concrete above ground powerhouse that releases water to Ponderosa
Reservoir on the SFFR and that contains one vertical reaction Francis
turbine rated at 54,500 hp directly connected to a 40,500 kVA
generator; and (5) Forbestown Powerhouse Switchyard--a switchyard
adjacent to the Forbestown Powerhouse that contains one 35,200 kVA
transformer. Power generated at Forbestown Powerhouse is delivered from
the switchyard to the grid via Pacific Gas and Electric Company's 115
kV Woodleaf-Kanaka Junction transmission line. The Forbestown
Development does not include any recreation facilities or roads.
The Kelly Ridge Development includes: (1) Ponderosa Dam--a 160-
foot-high, 650-foot-long, earth-filled dam that releases water into the
3.6 million af Lake Oroville (part of the California Department of
Water Resources' Feather River Project, FERC Project No. 2100) with a
crest elevation of 985 feet and with a 352-foot-long spillway
controlled by two 7 foot 7.5-inch-high by 51 feet-long steel gates that
forms a 4,178 af storage reservoir covering 103 acres at a normal
maximum water surface elevation of 960 feet; (2) Ponderosa Diversion
Tunnel--a 516-foot-long, 10-foot by 9-foot-diameter concrete lined and
unlined horseshoe unpressurized tunnel controlled by one 6-foot-high by
8-foot-long hydraulic gate that diverts up to 300 cfs of water from
Ponderosa Reservoir to Miners Ranch Conduit; (3) Miners Ranch Conduit--
a 32,254-foot-long, 10-foot-wide concrete or gunite-lined canal and
concrete or bench flume that includes two siphon sections across the
McCabe and Powell creek sections of Lake Oroville and that diverts
water from the Ponderosa Diversion Tunnel to the Miners Ranch Tunnel;
(4) Miners Ranch Tunnel--a 23,946-foot-long, 10-foot by 9-foot-
diameter, concrete lined horseshoe un-pressurized tunnel that diverts
up to 300 cfs of water from the Miners Ranch Conduit to Miners Ranch
Reservoir; (5) Miners Ranch Dam--a 55-foot-high, 1,650-foot-long,
earth-filled off-stream dam with a crest elevation of 895 feet and with
an 1,175-foot-long uncontrolled spillway that forms an 896 af storage
reservoir covering 48 acres at a normal maximum water surface elevation
of 890 feet; (6) Kelly Ridge Power Tunnel--a 6,736-foot-long, 9-foot by
8-foot-diameter, pressurized tunnel controlled by one 4-foot-high by 8-
foot-long fixed wheel gate that diverts up to 260 cfs of water from
Miners Ranch Reservoir to Kelly Ridge Penstock: (7) Kelly Ridge
Penstock--a 6,064-foot-long 69-inch reducing to 57-inch-inside-
diameter, exposed steel penstock that delivers water to Kelly Ridge
Powerhouse; (8) Kelly Ridge Powerhouse--a semi-outdoor reinforced
concrete above ground powerhouse that releases water to CDWR Feather
River Project's Thermalito Diversion Pool downstream of Oroville Dam
and that contains one vertical reaction Francis turbine rated at 13,000
hp directly connected to a 11,000 kVA generator; and (5) Kelly Ridge
Powerhouse Switchyard--a switchyard adjacent to the Kelly Ridge
Powerhouse that contains one 11,000 kVA transformer. Power generated at
the Kelly Ridge Powerhouse is delivered from the switchyard to the grid
via Pacific Gas and Electric Company's 60 kV Kelly Ridge-Elgin Junction
transmission line. The Kelly Ridge Development does not include any
recreation facilities or roads.
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.
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. All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on
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the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in
accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.
o. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-3281 Filed 2-21-08; 8:45 am]
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