Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County; Notice of Application Tendered For Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests, 52521 [2013-20605]
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Public Utility District No. 1 of
Snohomish County; Notice of
Application Tendered For Filing With
the Commission and Soliciting
Additional Study Requests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Unconstructed
Major Project.
b. Project No.: 13994–002.
c. Date filed: August 1, 2013.
d. Applicant: Public Utility District
No. 1 of Snohomish County.
e. Name of Project: Hancock Creek
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Hancock Creek,
near the Town of North Bend, King
County, Washington. The proposed
project would not occupy any federal
lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Kim D. Moore,
P.E., Assistant General Manager of
Generation, Water and Corporate
Services; Public Utility District No. 1 of
Snohomish County, 2320 California
Street, P.O. Box 1107, Everett, WA
98206–1107; (425) 783–8606;
KDMoore@snopud.com.
i. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott; (202)
502–6480; Kelly.wolcott@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state,
local, and tribal agencies with
jurisdiction and/or special expertise
with respect to environmental issues
that wish to cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental
document should follow the
instructions for filing such requests
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described in item l below. Cooperating
agencies should note the Commission’s
policy that agencies that cooperate in
the preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See, 94
FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18
CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if
any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or
person believes that an additional
scientific study should be conducted in
order to form an adequate factual basis
for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource
agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file
a request for a study with the
Commission not later than 60 days from
the date of filing of the application, and
serve a copy of the request on the
applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study
requests and requests for cooperating
agency status: September 30, 2013.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file additional
study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of
electronic filing, please send a paper
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC. 20426. The first
page of any filing should include docket
number P–13994–002.
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The Hancock Creek Hydroelectric
Project will consist of the following new
facilities: (1) An approximately 100foot-long, 12-foot-high diversion with a
45-foot-long, 6-foot-high spillway; (2) a
0.85-acre-foot impoundment; (3) a 200square-foot fish screen with 0.125-inchwide openings; (4) a 1.48-mile-long, 40inch-diameter penstock; (5) a
powerhouse containing a single 6megawatt two-jet horizontal-shaft Pelton
turbine generator; (6) a 12-foot-wide,
approximately 100-foot-long rip-raplined tailrace channel discharging into
Hancock Creek; (7) 1,200 feet of access
roads in addition to existing logging
roads; (8) a 0.3-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt
(kV) buried transmission line
connecting to the existing Black Creek
Hydroelectric Project (P–6221)
switching vault; and (9) appurtenant
facilities. The project is estimated to
provide 21.9 gigawatt-hours annually.
No federal lands are included in the
project.
o. A copy of the application is
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be
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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. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in item h above.
You may also register online at
http:
//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.
p. With this notice, we are initiating
consultation with the Washington State
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as
required by section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act and the
regulations of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
q. Procedural schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter (if
needed)—October 2013
Request for Additional Information—
October 2013
Issue Notice and Letter of Acceptance—
December 2013
Issue Scoping Document 1 for
comments—January 2014
Comments on Scoping Document 1—
March 2014
Issue Scoping Document 2—April 2014
Issue notice of ready for environmental
analysis—April 2014
Commission issues draft EA—October
2014
Comments on draft EA—November 2014
Commission issues final EA—January
2015
Dated: August 16, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 13994-002]
Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County; Notice of
Application Tendered For Filing With the Commission and Soliciting
Additional Study Requests
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Unconstructed Major Project.
b. Project No.: 13994-002.
c. Date filed: August 1, 2013.
d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County.
e. Name of Project: Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Hancock Creek, near the Town of North Bend,
King County, Washington. The proposed project would not occupy any
federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Kim D. Moore, P.E., Assistant General Manager
of Generation, Water and Corporate Services; Public Utility District
No. 1 of Snohomish County, 2320 California Street, P.O. Box 1107,
Everett, WA 98206-1107; (425) 783-8606; KDMoore@snopud.com.
i. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott; (202) 502-6480;
Kelly.wolcott@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: September 30, 2013.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202)
502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy
to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC. 20426. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-13994-002.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project will consist of the
following new facilities: (1) An approximately 100-foot-long, 12-foot-
high diversion with a 45-foot-long, 6-foot-high spillway; (2) a 0.85-
acre-foot impoundment; (3) a 200-square-foot fish screen with 0.125-
inch-wide openings; (4) a 1.48-mile-long, 40-inch-diameter penstock;
(5) a powerhouse containing a single 6-megawatt two-jet horizontal-
shaft Pelton turbine generator; (6) a 12-foot-wide, approximately 100-
foot-long rip-rap-lined tailrace channel discharging into Hancock
Creek; (7) 1,200 feet of access roads in addition to existing logging
roads; (8) a 0.3-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt (kV) buried transmission line
connecting to the existing Black Creek Hydroelectric Project (P-6221)
switching vault; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The project is
estimated to provide 21.9 gigawatt-hours annually. No federal lands are
included in the project.
o. 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. 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 email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the
Washington State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by
section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act and the
regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR
800.4.
q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter (if needed)--October 2013
Request for Additional Information--October 2013
Issue Notice and Letter of Acceptance--December 2013
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--January 2014
Comments on Scoping Document 1--March 2014
Issue Scoping Document 2--April 2014
Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis--April 2014
Commission issues draft EA--October 2014
Comments on draft EA--November 2014
Commission issues final EA--January 2015
Dated: August 16, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-20605 Filed 8-22-13; 8:45 am]
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