David E. Cereghino, Idaho County Light & Power Cooperative Association, Inc.; Notice of Transfer of Exemption, 60273 [2013-23880]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 190 / Tuesday, October 1, 2013 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 5865–015] David E. Cereghino, Idaho County Light & Power Cooperative Association, Inc.; Notice of Transfer of Exemption 1. By letter filed March 25, 2011, David E. Cereghino and Idaho County Light & Power Cooperative Association, Inc. informed the Commission that the exemption from licensing for the Cereghino Hydro Project, FERC No. 5865, originally issued April 6, 1984,1 has been transferred to Idaho County Light & Power Cooperative Association, Inc. The project is located on John Day Creek in Idaho County, Idaho. The transfer of an exemption does not require Commission approval. 2. Idaho County Light & Power Cooperative Association, Inc. is now the exemptee of the Cereghino Project, FERC No. 5865. Forward all mail to Mr. Jay G. Eimers, General Manager, Idaho County Light & Power Cooperative Association, Inc., P.O. Box 300, Grangeville, ID 83530. Dated: September 25, 2013. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. 2013–23880 Filed 9–30–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY For further information contact Mr. Jim Hartman, Corporate Services Office, Western Area Power Administration, A7400, P.O. Box 281213, Lakewood, CO 80228, telephone (720) 962–7255, or email: gppwgp@wapa.gov. For general information on DOE’s National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA) review process, please contact Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance, GC– 20, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585, telephone (202) 586–4600 or (800) 472–2756. One public scoping meeting was held on August 30, 2007. The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management were federal cooperating agencies on the EIS and Grand County was a local cooperating agency. The NOA for the Draft EIS was published in the Federal Register on March 30, 2012 (77 FR 19282). The NOA established a 60-day public comment period that ended May 29, 2012. A public meeting and hearing on the Draft EIS were held in Granby, Colorado on April 24, 2012. Notice of the meeting was provided through an advertisement in the local newspaper and direct mailing to approximately 1300 addressees. Six individuals provided oral comments during the public meeting and one individual provided an oral comment at the public hearing. Western received 43 comment letters, emails, or telephone comments on the Draft EIS during the comment period. Western received 135 unique comments from all comment sources. The NOA for the Final EIS was published in the Federal Register on July 5, 2013 (78 FR 40474). Approximately 1200 notifications were sent to landowners in the Project area and other stakeholders, and notices were published in online and printed versions of the local newspaper from June 21 to 28, 2013. Copies of the Final EIS were available for review at three local reading rooms and were available for download from Western’s Web site. A copy of the EIS was sent to those who requested one. Western markets and transmits wholesale electrical power generated at federal hydropower facilities through an integrated 17,000-circuit mile, highvoltage transmission system across 15 western states. At the beginning of the project, Western determined an environmental assessment (EA) would be the appropriate level of review under NEPA. In 2005, Western began to prepare the EA. Scoping for the EA started with notification in local newspapers and mailing to over 250 landowners, government officials, and persons known to be interested in similar projects. One public meeting was held in July 2005 and a second in November 2006. After reviewing public comments and concerns about potential impacts, Western determined an EIS would be appropriate for this project. The Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an EIS was published in the Federal Register on August 10, 2007 (72 FR 45040). Formal public scoping for the EIS began with the publication of the NOI and ended on September 17, 2007. Proposed Project Western needs to address electrical system deficiencies of their existing 70year-old transmission line in the Granby, Colorado area. Western also needs to ensure reliable power to the Granby Pumping Plant (also known as the Farr Pumping Plant) if the Adams Tunnel cable fails. The Adams Tunnel cable has exceeded its expected life and cannot be economically replaced. The purposes of the Project are to address the deficiencies in the existing system, ensure a reliable and safe electrical supply, and decrease maintenance costs. Western’s preferred alternative is to rebuild and upgrade the existing transmission line along Alternative D, (Option 1). This includes rebuilding and upgrading the existing single-circuit 69kV transmission line between the Windy Gap Substation and Stillwater Tap, and between the Stillwater Tap and the Granby Pumping Plant. The transmission line was constructed in 1939 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as part of the Colorado-Big Thompson Project. Much of the line has a 30-foot replace Western’s existing transmission line between the Windy Gap Substation and Stillwater Tap and provide a redundant feed from the tap to the Granby Pumping Plant to prepare for when the existing 69-kV cable located in the Alva B. Adams Tunnel is no longer operable. The second circuit was requested by Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (TriState) to improve reliability for their local customer, Mountain Parks Electric, Inc., and to minimize environmental effects by sharing a right-of-way (ROW). The Notice of Availability (NOA) of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was published in the Federal Register on July 5, 2013 (78 FR 40474). After considering the environmental impacts, Western has decided to construct, operate, and maintain the transmission line on the preferred alignment identified as Alternative D (Option 1), in the EIS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western Area Power Administration [DOE/EIS–0400] Granby Pumping Plant SwitchyardWindy Gap Substation Transmission Line Rebuild, Grand County, Colorado Western Area Power Administration, DOE. ACTION: Record of decision. AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration (Western), a power marketing administration in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), owns and operates the 69-kilovolt (kV) Granby Pumping Plant Switchyard-Windy Gap Substation (Project) transmission line in Grand County, Colorado. The transmission line is 13.6 miles long. Western proposes to rebuild the singlecircuit line as a double-circuit line, increase the voltage rating to 138-kV, and operate one circuit at 69-kV and the second at 138-kV. One circuit would emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: 1 27 FERC ¶ 61,052, Order Granting Exemption from Licensing of a Small Project of 5 MW or Less. VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:45 Sep 30, 2013 Jkt 232001 60273 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\01OCN1.SGM 01OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2013)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 5865-015]


David E. Cereghino, Idaho County Light & Power Cooperative 
Association, Inc.; Notice of Transfer of Exemption

    1. By letter filed March 25, 2011, David E. Cereghino and Idaho 
County Light & Power Cooperative Association, Inc. informed the 
Commission that the exemption from licensing for the Cereghino Hydro 
Project, FERC No. 5865, originally issued April 6, 1984,\1\ has been 
transferred to Idaho County Light & Power Cooperative Association, Inc. 
The project is located on John Day Creek in Idaho County, Idaho. The 
transfer of an exemption does not require Commission approval.
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    \1\ 27 FERC ] 61,052, Order Granting Exemption from Licensing of 
a Small Project of 5 MW or Less.
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    2. Idaho County Light & Power Cooperative Association, Inc. is now 
the exemptee of the Cereghino Project, FERC No. 5865. Forward all mail 
to Mr. Jay G. Eimers, General Manager, Idaho County Light & Power 
Cooperative Association, Inc., P.O. Box 300, Grangeville, ID 83530.

    Dated: September 25, 2013.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-23880 Filed 9-30-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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