Hydrodynamics, Inc.; Notice of Paper Scoping and Soliciting Scoping Comments and Errata to Tendering Notice, 39957-39958 [E8-15791]

Download as PDF pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 134 / Friday, July 11, 2008 / Notices h. Applicant Contact: Roger Kirk, Hydrodynamics, Inc., P.O. Box 1136, Bozeman, MT 59771, (406) 587–5086. i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426; telephone (202) 502–6077 or by e-mail at dianne.rodman@ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: August 4, 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 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 ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. The proposed Greenfield Project would be built at the Greenfields Main Canal’s Greenfield drop structure. The applicant proposes to construct: (1) An inflatable weir spanning the width of the canal; (2) an intake structure with trash rack and radial gate or stop-log shut off; (3) a buried, 84-inch-diameter, 650-foot-long steel or polyethylene penstock; (4) a powerhouse containing one Francis or propeller (Reaction) turbine and one generator with a rated output of 600 kilowatts; (5) a tailrace about 7 feet long, returning flows to the canal; (6) a switchyard; and (7) a 0.05mile-long, 12-kilovolt transmission line interconnecting with an existing powerline. Average annual generation would be 1.5 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, (202) 502–8659. A copy is also available VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:19 Jul 10, 2008 Jkt 214001 for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above. You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filings/ 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. n. Scoping Process: The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended.1 The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed action. Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping meetings at this time. Instead, we will solicit comments, recommendations, information, and alternatives in the Scoping Document (SD). 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. Copies of the SD may be viewed on the Web at https://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link (see item m above). o. The tendering notice issued April 14, 2008, incorrectly stated that the application for the Greenfield Project was filed on March 31, 2008. The correct filing date for the Greenfield Project application is April 1, 2008. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–15789 Filed 7–10–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12540–002] Hydrodynamics, Inc.; Notice of Paper Scoping and Soliciting Scoping Comments and Errata to Tendering Notice July 3, 2008. Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Minor unconstructed projects. b. Project No.: 12540–002, 12545–002, and 12549–002. c. Date Filed: March 31, 2008. 1 One EA will be prepared for the Woods Project (FERC No. P–12540), Johnson Project, (FERC No. P– 12545), Greenfield Project (FERC No. P–12548) and A-Drop Project (FERC No. P–12549). PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 39957 d. Applicant: Hydrodynamics, Inc. e. Name of Projects: Woods, Johnson, and A-Drop. f. Location: On the Greenfields Main Canal and the Greenfields South Canal, parts of the Bureau of Reclamation’s Sun River Irrigation Project, in Cascade and Teton Counties, Montana, near Fairfield, Montana. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Roger Kirk, Hydrodynamics, Inc., P.O. Box 1136, Bozeman, MT 59771, (406) 587–5086. i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426; telephone (202) 502–6077 or by e-mail at dianne.rodman@ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: August 4, 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 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 ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. k. These applications are not ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. The proposed Woods Project would be built at the Greenfields Main Canal’s Woods drop structure. The applicant proposes to construct: (1) An inflatable weir spanning the full width of the canal; (2) an intake structure with trash rack and radial gate or stop-log shut off; (3) a buried, 72-inch-diameter, 750-footlong steel or polyethylene penstock; (4) a powerhouse containing one Francis or propeller (Reaction) turbine and one generator with a rated output of 900 kilowatts (kW); (5) a tailrace about 12.5 feet long, returning flows to the canal; (6) a switchyard; and (7) a 0.1-mile-long, 69-kilovolt (kV) transmission line interconnecting with an existing powerline. Average annual generation would be 2.2 gigawatt hours (GWh). The proposed Johnson Project would be built at the Greenfields South Canal’s E:\FR\FM\11JYN1.SGM 11JYN1 pwalker on PROD1PC71 with NOTICES 39958 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 134 / Friday, July 11, 2008 / Notices consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed actions. Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping meetings at this time. Instead, the staff will solicit comments, recommendations, information, and alternatives in the Scoping Document (SD). 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. Copies of the SD may be viewed on the Web at https://www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link (see item m above). o. The tendering notice issued April 14, 2008, incorrectly stated that the application for the A-Drop Project was filed on April 1, 2008. The correct filing date for the A-Drop Project application is March 31, 2008. Johnson drop structure. The applicant proposes to construct: (1) An inflatable weir spanning the width of the canal; (2) an intake structure with trash rack and radial gate or stop-log shut off; (3) a buried, 60-inch-diameter, 900-foot-long steel or polyethylene penstock; (4) a powerhouse containing one Francis or propeller (Reaction) turbine and one generator with a rated output of 700 kW; (5) a tailrace about 11.25 feet long, returning flows to the canal; (6) a switchyard; (7) a 0.5-mile-long, 69-kV transmission line interconnecting with an existing powerline; and (8) a powerhouse access road. Average annual generation would be 1.7 GWh. The proposed A-Drop Project would be built at the Greenfields Main Canal’s Greenfield drop structure. The applicant proposes to construct: (1) An inflatable weir spanning the width of the canal; (2) an intake structure with trash rack and radial gate or stop-log shut off; (3) a buried, 96-inch-diameter, 570-foot-long steel or polyethylene penstock; (4) a powerhouse containing one Francis or propeller (Reaction) turbine and one generator with a rated output of 1,000 kW; (5) a tailrace returning flows to the canal; (6) a switchyard; (7) a 0.1-milelong, 12-kV transmission line interconnecting with an existing powerline; and (8) an approximately 570-foot-long powerhouse access road. Average annual generation would be 2.5 GWh. m. Copies of the applications are 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 each of the documents. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. Copies are also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above. You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filings/ 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. n. Scoping Process The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the projects in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as amended.1 The EA will Responsible Agency: Office of Federal Activities, General Information (202) 564–7167 or https://www.epa.gov/ compliance/nepa/. Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements. Filed 06/30/2008 through 07/02/2008. Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. EIS No. 20080259, Draft EIS, AFS, WY, Spruce Gulch Bark Beetle and Fuels Reduction Project, Proposes to Implement Bark Beetle Related Salvage and Suppression Vegetative Treatments and Hazardous Fuels Abatement Treatments, Laramie Ranger District, Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests, Albany and Carbon Counties, WY, Comment Period Ends: 08/25/2008, Contact: Melissa M. Martin 307–745–2371. This document is available on the Internet at: https://www.fs.fed.us/r2/mbr/projects/ foresthealth. EIS No. 20080260, Draft EIS, AFS, WI, Medford Aspen Project, To Implement a Number of Vegetation and Transportation Management Activities, Medford-Park Falls Ranger District, Chequamegon-Nicolet 1 One EA will be prepared for the Woods Project (FERC No. P–12540), Johnson Project, (FERC No. P– 12545), Greenfield Project (FERC No. P–12548) and A-Drop Project (FERC No. P–12549). VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:19 Jul 10, 2008 Jkt 214001 Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 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EIS No. 20080263, Draft EIS, COE, CA, Three Rivers Levee Improvement Authority, proposes construct and maintain the Feather River Levee Repair Project, Segment 2, Issuing 408 Permission and 404 Permit, Yuba County, CA, Comment Period Ends: 08/25/2008, Contact: John Suazo 916– 557–6719. EIS No. 20080264, Second Final Supplement, DOE, NV, Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada— Nevada Rail Transportation Corridor (DOE/EIS–0250F–S2D), Wait Period Ends: 08/11/2008, Contact: Dr. Jane R. Summerson 702–794–1493. EIS No. 20080265, Second Final EIS (Tiering), DOE, NV, Rail Alignment for the Construction and Operation of a Railroad in Nevada to a Geologic Repository (DOE/EIS–0369D) at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, NV, Wait Period Ends: 08/11/2008, Contact: Dr. Jane R. Summerson 702–794–1493. 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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 134 (Friday, July 11, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39957-39958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15791]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12540-002]


Hydrodynamics, Inc.; Notice of Paper Scoping and Soliciting 
Scoping Comments and Errata to Tendering Notice

July 3, 2008.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Minor unconstructed projects.
    b. Project No.: 12540-002, 12545-002, and 12549-002.
    c. Date Filed: March 31, 2008.
    d. Applicant: Hydrodynamics, Inc.
    e. Name of Projects: Woods, Johnson, and A-Drop.
    f. Location: On the Greenfields Main Canal and the Greenfields 
South Canal, parts of the Bureau of Reclamation's Sun River Irrigation 
Project, in Cascade and Teton Counties, Montana, near Fairfield, 
Montana.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Roger Kirk, Hydrodynamics, Inc., P.O. Box 
1136, Bozeman, MT 59771, (406) 587-5086.
    i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426; telephone 
(202) 502-6077 or by e-mail at dianne.rodman@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: August 4, 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 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 ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. These applications are not ready for environmental analysis at 
this time.
    l. The proposed Woods Project would be built at the Greenfields 
Main Canal's Woods drop structure. The applicant proposes to construct: 
(1) An inflatable weir spanning the full width of the canal; (2) an 
intake structure with trash rack and radial gate or stop-log shut off; 
(3) a buried, 72-inch-diameter, 750-foot-long steel or polyethylene 
penstock; (4) a powerhouse containing one Francis or propeller 
(Reaction) turbine and one generator with a rated output of 900 
kilowatts (kW); (5) a tailrace about 12.5 feet long, returning flows to 
the canal; (6) a switchyard; and (7) a 0.1-mile-long, 69-kilovolt (kV) 
transmission line interconnecting with an existing powerline. Average 
annual generation would be 2.2 gigawatt hours (GWh).
    The proposed Johnson Project would be built at the Greenfields 
South Canal's

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Johnson drop structure. The applicant proposes to construct: (1) An 
inflatable weir spanning the width of the canal; (2) an intake 
structure with trash rack and radial gate or stop-log shut off; (3) a 
buried, 60-inch-diameter, 900-foot-long steel or polyethylene penstock; 
(4) a powerhouse containing one Francis or propeller (Reaction) turbine 
and one generator with a rated output of 700 kW; (5) a tailrace about 
11.25 feet long, returning flows to the canal; (6) a switchyard; (7) a 
0.5-mile-long, 69-kV transmission line interconnecting with an existing 
powerline; and (8) a powerhouse access road. Average annual generation 
would be 1.7 GWh.
    The proposed A-Drop Project would be built at the Greenfields Main 
Canal's Greenfield drop structure. The applicant proposes to construct: 
(1) An inflatable weir spanning the width of the canal; (2) an intake 
structure with trash rack and radial gate or stop-log shut off; (3) a 
buried, 96-inch-diameter, 570-foot-long steel or polyethylene penstock; 
(4) a powerhouse containing one Francis or propeller (Reaction) turbine 
and one generator with a rated output of 1,000 kW; (5) a tailrace 
returning flows to the canal; (6) a switchyard; (7) a 0.1-mile-long, 
12-kV transmission line interconnecting with an existing powerline; and 
(8) an approximately 570-foot-long powerhouse access road. Average 
annual generation would be 2.5 GWh.
    m. Copies of the applications are 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 each of the documents. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free 
at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Copies are also 
available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h 
above.
    You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filings/
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 projects in accordance with the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969, as amended.\1\ The EA will consider both site-specific and 
cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the 
proposed actions.
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    \1\ One EA will be prepared for the Woods Project (FERC No. P-
12540), Johnson Project, (FERC No. P-12545), Greenfield Project 
(FERC No. P-12548) and A-Drop Project (FERC No. P-12549).
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    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, the staff will solicit comments, 
recommendations, information, and alternatives in the Scoping Document 
(SD).
    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. 
Copies of the SD may be viewed on the Web at https://www.ferc.gov using 
the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above).
    o. The tendering notice issued April 14, 2008, incorrectly stated 
that the application for the A-Drop Project was filed on April 1, 2008. 
The correct filing date for the A-Drop Project application is March 31, 
2008.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-15791 Filed 7-10-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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