Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions, 62974-62975 [E8-25136]

Download as PDF 62974 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 205 / Wednesday, October 22, 2008 / Notices Issued in Washington, DC, October 16, 2008. Renee Miller, Director, Forms Clearance and Information Quality Division, Energy Information Administration. [FR Doc. E8–25156 Filed 10–21–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PR08–27–001] Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.; Notice of Amendment To Petition for Rate Approval sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES October 15, 2008. Take notice that on October 9, 2008, Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc. (DEKentucky) filed an amendment to its application for rate approval pursuant to section 284.123 and 284.224 of the Commission’s regulations for service under its blanket certificate. DEKentucky proposes to revise the provisions of its Operating Statement to reflect a firm daily rate and to clarify the availability of firm service. Any person desiring to participate in this rate proceeding must file a motion to intervene or to protest this filing 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). 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. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:50 Oct 21, 2008 Jkt 217001 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 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 Monday 27, 2008. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–25080 Filed 10–21–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12429–001] Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions October 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: 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 1.15 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 comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance date of this notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this notice. All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: Kimberly PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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. 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 now ready for environmental analysis. l. The proposed project would use the existing Bureau of Reclamation’s Clark Canyon Dam, and would consist of the following new facilities: (1) Steel lining of the existing 9-foot-diameter concrete outlet conduit with a bifurcation to the new powerhouse; (2) a 30- by 18-foot outlet gate structure constructed at the end of the existing outlet conduit, with an 84-inch-diameter flow-through valve and a 108-inch-diameter isolation valve; (3) a 9-foot-diameter steel penstock that would divide into an 8-foot-diameter penstock and a 6-foot-diameter steel penstock to direct flow to the turbine units; (4) a 30- by 50-foot concrete powerhouse, located at the toe of the dam adjacent to the spillway stilling basin, containing two vertical-type Francis turbines with a combined installed capacity of 4.75 megawatts; (5) a 300-foot-long access road leading to a 30- by 30-foot concrete parking and transformer pad adjacent to the powerhouse; (6) a 0.3-mile-long, 24.9kilovolt overhead transmission line connecting the project to the local utility’s existing transmission system at a proposed substation; and (7) 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 E:\FR\FM\22OCN1.SGM 22OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 205 / Wednesday, October 22, 2008 / Notices FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (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. 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 in the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010. You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 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. A license applicant must file not 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. o. Public notice of the filing of the initial development application, which has already been given, established the due date for filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the Commission’s regulations, any competing development application must be filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the initial development application. No competing applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to this notice. p. Procedural Schedule: The Commission staff proposes to issue a single Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than issuing a draft and final EA. Staff intends to allow at least 30 days for entities to comment on the EA. The Commission will take into consideration all comments received on the EA before taking final action on the license application. The application will be processed according to the following schedule, but revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate: Milestone Tentative date Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions due ...... Reply comments due from applicant ..................................................................... EA issuance ........................................................................................................... Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–25136 Filed 10–21–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 785–018] Consumers Energy Company; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES October 15, 2008. Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: New License. b. Project No.: 785–018. c. Date filed: April 4, 2008. d. Applicant: Consumers Energy Company. e. Name of Project: Calkins Bridge Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Kalamazoo River in Allegan County, Michigan. The project does not affect federal lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: James R. Coddington, Consumers Energy Company, One Energy Plaza, Jackson, MI 49201, (517) 788–2455. VerDate Aug<31>2005 17:50 Oct 21, 2008 Jkt 217001 62975 December 15, 2008. January 29, 2009. April 2009. i. FERC Contact: Timothy Konnert, (202) 502–6359 or timothy.konnert@ferc.gov. j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: November 14, 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. k. This application has been accepted, but is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. l. As licensed, the existing Calkins Bridge Project consists of a 42-foot-high, 1,330-foot-long dam, consisting of 1,100 feet of earth embankment and a 230-foot concrete integral powerhouse-spillway section, creating an 8.5-mile-long, 1,550acre reservoir with a normal water surface elevation of 615.0 feet above mean sea level, a powerhouse containing three generating units with a total installed capacity of 2,550 kilowatts, and appurtenant facilities. 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- PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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/docs-filing/ 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. o. Scoping Process The Commission staff intends to prepare a single environmental assessment (EA) for the Calkins Bridge Hydroelectric Project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will consider both sitespecific 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 are soliciting comments, recommendations, and information on the scoping document issued on October 15, 2008. Copies of the scoping document 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 distribution list. Copies of the scoping document may be viewed on the Web at https:// www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number excluding the E:\FR\FM\22OCN1.SGM 22OCN1

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12429-001]


Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms 
and Conditions, and Prescriptions

October 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: 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 
1.15 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 comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    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.
    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 now ready for 
environmental analysis.
    l. The proposed project would use the existing Bureau of 
Reclamation's Clark Canyon Dam, and would consist of the following new 
facilities: (1) Steel lining of the existing 9-foot-diameter concrete 
outlet conduit with a bifurcation to the new powerhouse; (2) a 30- by 
18-foot outlet gate structure constructed at the end of the existing 
outlet conduit, with an 84-inch-diameter flow-through valve and a 108-
inch-diameter isolation valve; (3) a 9-foot-diameter steel penstock 
that would divide into an 8-foot-diameter penstock and a 6-foot-
diameter steel penstock to direct flow to the turbine units; (4) a 30- 
by 50-foot concrete powerhouse, located at the toe of the dam adjacent 
to the spillway stilling basin, containing two vertical-type Francis 
turbines with a combined installed capacity of 4.75 megawatts; (5) a 
300-foot-long access road leading to a 30- by 30-foot concrete parking 
and transformer pad adjacent to the powerhouse; (6) 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 (7) 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

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FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (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.
    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 in the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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. A license applicant must file not 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.
    o. Public notice of the filing of the initial development 
application, which has already been given, established the due date for 
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the 
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be 
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the 
initial development application. No competing applications or notices 
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
    p. Procedural Schedule: The Commission staff proposes to issue a 
single Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than issuing a draft and 
final EA. Staff intends to allow at least 30 days for entities to 
comment on the EA. The Commission will take into consideration all 
comments received on the EA before taking final action on the license 
application. The application will be processed according to the 
following schedule, but revisions to the schedule may be made as 
appropriate:

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                Milestone                          Tentative date
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Comments, recommendations, terms and       December 15, 2008.
 conditions, and prescriptions due.
Reply comments due from applicant........  January 29, 2009.
EA issuance..............................  April 2009.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-25136 Filed 10-21-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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