Idaho Power Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement and Notice of Scoping Meetings and Soliciting Scoping Comments, 2583-2584 [E9-752]
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For more information, contact Patrick
Clarey, Office of Energy Markets
Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission at (317) 249–5937 or
patrick.clarey@ferc.gov, or Christopher
Miller, Office of Energy Markets
Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission at (317) 249–5936 or
christopher.miller@ferc.gov.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No.: 503–048]
Idaho Power Company; Notice of Intent
To Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement and Notice of Scoping
Meetings and Soliciting Scoping
Comments
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January 9, 2009.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 503–048.
c. Date filed: June 26, 2008.
d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company.
e. Name of Project: Swan Falls
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The Swan Falls
Hydroelectric Project is located on the
Snake River at river mile (RM) 457.7 in
Ada and Owyhee counties of
southwestern Idaho, about 35 miles
southwest of Boise. The project
occupies 528.8 acres of lands of the
United States within the Snake River
Birds of Prey National Conservation
Area.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Tom
Saldin, Senior Vice President and
General Counsel, Idaho Power
Company, P.O. Box 70, Boise, Idaho
83707, (208) 388–2550.
i. FERC Contact: James Puglisi,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426; telephone (202) 502–6241 or by
e-mail at james.puglisi@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: March 13, 2009.
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.
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The Commission’s Rules of Practice
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 existing Swan Falls Project
consists of: (1) A 1,218-foot-long
concrete gravity and rock-fill dam
composed of an abutment embankment,
a spillway section, a center island, the
old powerhouse section, the
intermediate dam, and the new
powerhouse; (2) a 12-mile-long 1,525acre reservoir with a normal maximum
water surface elevation of 2,314 feet
mean sea level (msl); (3) twelve equalwidth, concrete spillways with a
capacity of 105,112 cubic feet per
second (cfs) at reservoir elevation 2,318
msl, divided into two sections (western
and eastern)—the western section,
contiguous with the abutment
embankment, is a gated, concrete ogee
section with eight radial gates, and the
eastern section, which is adjacent to the
island, contains four radial gates; (4)
two concrete flow channels (instead of
penstocks); (5) two pit-bulb turbine
generators with a nameplate rating of 25
megawatts; (6) a powerhouse completed
in 1994; (7) a 1,400-foot-long, 120-footwide excavated tailrace channel; (8) a
33,600-kilovolt ampere main power
transformer; (9) a 1-mile-long, 138kilovolt transmission line; and (10)
appurtenant equipment.
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.
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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 Impact Statement
(EIS) on the project in accordance with
the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA). The EIS will consider both sitespecific and cumulative environmental
impacts and reasonable alternatives to
the proposed action. Our intent is for
the planned scoping meetings to satisfy
the NEPA scoping requirements.
Scoping Meetings
Commission staff will conduct two
scoping meetings. 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 EIS. The times and
locations of these meetings are as
follows:
Daytime Scoping Meeting
When: February 11, 2009, 9–11 a.m.
(MST).
Where: Doubletree Hotel—Boise
Riverside, 2900 Chinden Blvd., Boise,
Idaho.
Evening Scoping Meeting
When: February 10, 2009, 7–9 p.m.
(MST).
Where: Doubletree Hotel—Boise
Riverside, 2900 Chinden Blvd., Boise,
Idaho.
Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which
outlines the subject areas to be
addressed in the environmental
document, was distributed to the parties
on the Commission’s mailing list.
Copies of SD1 will be available at the
scoping meetings, or may be viewed on
the Web at https://www.ferc.gov using
the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link (see item m above).
Based on all oral and written comments,
a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) will be
issued. SD2 will include a list of issues
identified through the scoping process.
Site Visit
The Applicant and FERC staff will
conduct a project site visit beginning at
9 a.m. on February 10, 2008.
Participants will meet at the overlook
above Swan Falls dam at 9 a.m. To
reach the meeting site, take I–84 from
Boise, turn south at Exit 44 onto S.
Meridian Road (ID–69) toward Kuna,
follow ID–69 as it becomes E. Avalon
Road in Kuna, turn south onto S. Swan
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Falls Road, and follow Swan Falls Road
about 19 miles to the overlook above the
dam. Allow 60 to 75 minutes for the
drive from Boise. All participants are
responsible for their own transportation.
The site visit will take 3 to 4 hours.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will:
(1) Summarize the environmental issues
tentatively identified for analysis in the
EIS; (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
EIS, including viewpoints in opposition
to, or in support of, the staff’s
preliminary views; (4) determine the
resource issues to be addressed in the
EIS; and (5) identify those issues that
require a detailed analysis, as well as
those issues that do not require a
detailed analysis.
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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 meetings and to assist the staff in
defining and clarifying the issues to be
addressed in the EIS.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No.: 503-048]
Idaho Power Company; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement and Notice of Scoping Meetings and Soliciting Scoping
Comments
January 9, 2009.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 503-048.
c. Date filed: June 26, 2008.
d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company.
e. Name of Project: Swan Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The Swan Falls Hydroelectric Project is located on the
Snake River at river mile (RM) 457.7 in Ada and Owyhee counties of
southwestern Idaho, about 35 miles southwest of Boise. The project
occupies 528.8 acres of lands of the United States within the Snake
River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Tom Saldin, Senior Vice President and
General Counsel, Idaho Power Company, P.O. Box 70, Boise, Idaho 83707,
(208) 388-2550.
i. FERC Contact: James Puglisi, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426; telephone
(202) 502-6241 or by e-mail at james.puglisi@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: March 13, 2009.
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 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 existing Swan Falls Project consists of: (1) A 1,218-foot-
long concrete gravity and rock-fill dam composed of an abutment
embankment, a spillway section, a center island, the old powerhouse
section, the intermediate dam, and the new powerhouse; (2) a 12-mile-
long 1,525-acre reservoir with a normal maximum water surface elevation
of 2,314 feet mean sea level (msl); (3) twelve equal-width, concrete
spillways with a capacity of 105,112 cubic feet per second (cfs) at
reservoir elevation 2,318 msl, divided into two sections (western and
eastern)--the western section, contiguous with the abutment embankment,
is a gated, concrete ogee section with eight radial gates, and the
eastern section, which is adjacent to the island, contains four radial
gates; (4) two concrete flow channels (instead of penstocks); (5) two
pit-bulb turbine generators with a nameplate rating of 25 megawatts;
(6) a powerhouse completed in 1994; (7) a 1,400-foot-long, 120-foot-
wide excavated tailrace channel; (8) a 33,600-kilovolt ampere main
power transformer; (9) a 1-mile-long, 138-kilovolt transmission line;
and (10) appurtenant equipment.
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-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 Impact Statement
(EIS) on the project in accordance with the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA). The EIS will consider both site-specific and
cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the
proposed action. Our intent is for the planned scoping meetings to
satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements.
Scoping Meetings
Commission staff will conduct two scoping meetings. 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 EIS. The
times and locations of these meetings are as follows:
Daytime Scoping Meeting
When: February 11, 2009, 9-11 a.m. (MST).
Where: Doubletree Hotel--Boise Riverside, 2900 Chinden Blvd.,
Boise, Idaho.
Evening Scoping Meeting
When: February 10, 2009, 7-9 p.m. (MST).
Where: Doubletree Hotel--Boise Riverside, 2900 Chinden Blvd.,
Boise, Idaho.
Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which outlines the subject areas to be
addressed in the environmental document, was distributed to the parties
on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of SD1 will be available at
the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the Web at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above). Based on
all oral and written comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) will be
issued. SD2 will include a list of issues identified through the
scoping process.
Site Visit
The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project site visit
beginning at 9 a.m. on February 10, 2008. Participants will meet at the
overlook above Swan Falls dam at 9 a.m. To reach the meeting site, take
I-84 from Boise, turn south at Exit 44 onto S. Meridian Road (ID-69)
toward Kuna, follow ID-69 as it becomes E. Avalon Road in Kuna, turn
south onto S. Swan
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Falls Road, and follow Swan Falls Road about 19 miles to the overlook
above the dam. Allow 60 to 75 minutes for the drive from Boise. All
participants are responsible for their own transportation. The site
visit will take 3 to 4 hours.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EIS;
(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 EIS, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource
issues to be addressed in the EIS; and (5) identify those issues that
require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not
require a detailed analysis.
Meeting 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 meetings and to
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed
in the EIS.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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