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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.
j. The proposed project would consist
of: (1) A 1,000-foot-long, 160-foot-high
concrete-faced, rock-fill dam; (2) an
impoundment with a 950-acre surface
area at a full pool elevation of 550 feet
mean sea level; (3) a 2.5-mile-long, 14foot-wide access road from the dam to
the marine access facilities, with a 100foot-long bridge across the Soule River;
(4) marine access facilities along the
Portland Canal near the mouth of the
Soule River; (5) an 18-foot-diameter
11,100-foot-long power tunnel; (6) a 50foot by 120-foot powerhouse containing
two Francis-type generating units,
having a total installed capacity of
75,000 kilowatts; (7) a tailrace within
the tidewater area of the Soule River
confluence with Portland Canal; (8) a
10.5-mile-long, 138 kilovolt (kV)
submarine cable and a 0.5-mile-long 138
kV overhead transmission line that
would interconnect in Stewart, British
Columbia with British Columbia
Transmission Corporation’s existing
electrical transmission system; 1 and (9)
appurtenant facilities.
k. Scoping Process
Alaska Power & Telephone Company
(AP&T) is utilizing the Commission’s
alternative licensing procedures (ALP).
Under the ALP, AP&T will prepare an
Applicant-Prepared Environmental
Assessment (APEA) and license
application for the Soule River
Hydroelectric Project.
AP&T expects to file, with the
Commission, the APEA and the license
application for the Soule River
Hydroelectric Project by June 30, 2009.
Although AP&T’s intent is to prepare an
APEA, there is the possibility that an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
will be required. Nevertheless, this
meeting will satisfy the scoping
requirements, pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended, irrespective of whether an EA
or EIS is issued by the Commission.
The purpose of this notice is to inform
you of the opportunity to participate in
the upcoming scoping meetings
identified below, and to solicit your
scoping comments.
1 Only the portion of the transmission line that
would be located in the United States is under the
Commission’s jurisdiction.
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Scoping Meetings
AP&T and the Commission staff will
hold two scoping meetings, one in the
daytime and one in the evening, to help
us identify the scope of issues to be
addressed in the APEA.
The daytime scoping meeting will
focus on resource agency concerns,
while the evening scoping meeting is
primarily for public input. All
interested agencies, Indian tribes,
individuals, and organizations are
invited to attend one or both of the
meetings, and to assist staff in
identifying the environmental issues
that should be analyzed in the APEA.
The times and locations of these
meetings are as follows:
Daytime Meeting
Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 9 a.m. (PST),
Federal Building, 709 W. 9th Street,
First Floor, Room #150, Juneau, Alaska.
Evening Meeting
Thursday, June 19, 2008, 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. (PST), Public Library—Hyder
Community Center, Main Street, Hyder,
Alaska,
Site Visit
AP&T, Commission staff, and state
and federal resource agencies will
participate in an aerial tour of the
project site on Thursday, June 19, 2008.
Anyone with questions about the aerial
tour should contact Glen Martin, AP&T,
at (360) 385–1733 x122. Those
individuals planning to participate in
the aerial tour should notify Mr. Martin
of their intent no later than May 19,
2008.
To help focus discussions, Scoping
Document 1 (SD1) was mailed in May
2008, outlining the subject areas to be
addressed in the APEA to the parties on
the mailing list. Copies of the SD1 also
will be available at the scoping
meetings. SD1 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.
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.
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Based on all written comments
received, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2)
may be issued. SD2 will include a
revised list of issues, based on the
scoping meetings.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1)
Summarize the environmental issues
tentatively identified for analysis in the
APEA; (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
APEA, including viewpoints in
opposition to, or in support of, staff’s
preliminary views; (4) determine the
resource issues to be addressed in the
APEA; 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 will be recorded by a
stenographer and will become part of
the formal record of the Commission
proceeding for the project.
Individuals, organizations, agencies,
and Indian tribes with environmental
expertise and concerns are encouraged
to attend the meetings and to assist
AP&T and Commission staff in defining
and clarifying the issues to be addressed
in the APEA.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 1403–056]
Pacific Gas and Electric Company;
Notice of Application for Temporary
Amendment of License and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Protests
May 16, 2008.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Request for
Temporary Amendment of Article 402
Supplemental Flow Requirements.
b. Project No.: 1403–056.
c. Date Filed: May 15, 2008.
d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric
Company.
e. Name of Project: Narrows
Hydroelectric Project.
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f. Location: At the U. S. Army Corps
of Engineers’ Englebright Reservoir
(Upper Narrows Debris Dam) on the
Yuba River, in Nevada County,
California.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Erich Nolan,
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Mail
Code N11C, P.O. Box 770000, San
Francisco, CA 94177, Telephone: (415)
973–0344.
i. FERC Contact: Antonia Lattin,
antonia.lattin@ferc.gov, Telephone:
(415) 369–3334.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene and protests: June
6, 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 intervenors
filing documents with the Commission
to serve a copy of that document on
each person whose name appears 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. A copy of any
motion to intervene must also be served
upon each representative of the
Applicant specified in the particular
application.
k. Description of Request: The Pacific
Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is
requesting a temporary amendment of
the supplemental flow requirements of
article 402 under the project license.
Because of dry conditions in the project
area and the need to manage river flows
to protect federally listed Chinook
salmon and steelhead trout in the Yuba
River below Englebright Dam, PG&E
requests that it be allowed to operate the
Narrows Project without releasing from
1,500 to 2,000 cubic feet per second (cfs)
of supplemental flows from Englebright
Dam from May 16 to June 30, 2008.
Instead, flows would be released by the
Yuba County Water Agency (licensee of
FERC Project No. 2246) to the Yuba
River so that flows below irrigation
diversions are 900 cfs from May 16 to
May 31, 2008, and 500 cfs during June
2008, at the downstream Marysville
Gage. Under this arrangement, flows
from Englebright Dam would be
approximately 1,500 cfs from May 16 to
May 31, 2008, and 1,100 cfs from June
1 to June 30, 2008. The Marysville Gage
is located about 15 miles below
Englebright Dam. Included in PG&E’s
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request were letters of concurrence from
the state and federal resource agencies.
l. Location of the Application: The
filing is available for inspection and
reproduction at the Commission’s
Public Reference Room, located at 888
First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington,
DC 20426 or by calling (202) 502–8371,
or by calling (202) 502–8371. This filing
may also be viewed on the
Commission’s Web site at https://ferc.gov
using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the
docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to
access the document. You may also
register online at https://www.ferc.gov/
docsfiling/esubscription.asp to be
notified via e-mail or new filings and
issuances related to this or other
pending projects. For assistance, call 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. Individuals desiring to be included
on the Commission’s mailing list should
so indicate by writing to the Secretary
of the Commission.
n. 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.
o. 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.
p. 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
Applicant. 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 Applicant’s representatives.
q. Comments, protests and
interventions may be filed electronically
via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(I)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission’s Web
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site at https://www.ferc.gov under the
‘‘e-Filing’’ link.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings #1
May 16, 2008.
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Docket Numbers: RP01–205–016.
Applicants: Southern Natural Gas
Company.
Description: Southern Natural Gas
Company submits its Master Firm
Transportation Service Agreement with
Southern Company Services, Inc.
Filed Date: 05/14/2008.
Accession Number: 20080515–0313.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, May 27, 2008.
Docket Numbers: RP08–376–000.
Applicants: MIGC LLC.
Description: MIGC, LLC submits
Original Sheet 1 et al. to its revised
FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised
Volume 1 et al., to become effective
6/13/08.
Filed Date: 05/14/2008.
Accession Number: 20080515–0190.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time
on Tuesday, May 27, 2008.
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://
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1403-056]
Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Application for
Temporary Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Protests
May 16, 2008.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Request for Temporary Amendment of Article
402 Supplemental Flow Requirements.
b. Project No.: 1403-056.
c. Date Filed: May 15, 2008.
d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
e. Name of Project: Narrows Hydroelectric Project.
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f. Location: At the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers' Englebright
Reservoir (Upper Narrows Debris Dam) on the Yuba River, in Nevada
County, California.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Erich Nolan, Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, Mail Code N11C, P.O. Box 770000, San Francisco, CA 94177,
Telephone: (415) 973-0344.
i. FERC Contact: Antonia Lattin, antonia.lattin@ferc.gov,
Telephone: (415) 369-3334.
j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene and protests:
June 6, 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
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person whose name appears 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. A copy
of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative
of the Applicant specified in the particular application.
k. Description of Request: The Pacific Gas and Electric Company
(PG&E) is requesting a temporary amendment of the supplemental flow
requirements of article 402 under the project license. Because of dry
conditions in the project area and the need to manage river flows to
protect federally listed Chinook salmon and steelhead trout in the Yuba
River below Englebright Dam, PG&E requests that it be allowed to
operate the Narrows Project without releasing from 1,500 to 2,000 cubic
feet per second (cfs) of supplemental flows from Englebright Dam from
May 16 to June 30, 2008. Instead, flows would be released by the Yuba
County Water Agency (licensee of FERC Project No. 2246) to the Yuba
River so that flows below irrigation diversions are 900 cfs from May 16
to May 31, 2008, and 500 cfs during June 2008, at the downstream
Marysville Gage. Under this arrangement, flows from Englebright Dam
would be approximately 1,500 cfs from May 16 to May 31, 2008, and 1,100
cfs from June 1 to June 30, 2008. The Marysville Gage is located about
15 miles below Englebright Dam. Included in PG&E's request were letters
of concurrence from the state and federal resource agencies.
l. Location of the Application: The filing is available for
inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room,
located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426 or by
calling (202) 502-8371, or by calling (202) 502-8371. This filing may
also be viewed on the Commission's Web site at https://ferc.gov using
the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three
digits in the docket number field to access the document. You may also
register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp to
be notified via e-mail or new filings and issuances related to this or
other pending projects. For assistance, call 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. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
n. 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.
o. 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.
p. 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 Applicant. 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 Applicant's representatives.
q. Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically
via the Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(I)(iii) and
the instructions on the Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov
under the ``e-Filing'' link.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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