[Federal Register: September 5, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 172)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Applications Ready for Environmental Analysis and
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and
Prescriptions
August 29, 2001.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 2031-046.
c. Date Filed: August 30, 2000.
d. Applicant: Springville City, Utah.
e. Names of Project: Bartholomew Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: Northeast of Springville City, within Bartholomew
Canyon and on Hobble Creek, in Utah County, Utah. The project is
partially situated on federal lands within the Uinta National Forest.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Matthew Cassel at Psomas Consultants, 2825
East Cottonwood Parkway, #120, Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 Telephone
(801) 270-5777.
i. FERC Contact: Jim Haimes, james.haimes@ferc.fed.us (202) 219-
2780.
j. Deadline for Filing Comments, Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and Prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this
notice.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. Comments, protests and
interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of
paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the
Commission's web site under the ``e-Filing'' link.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
interveners filing documents with the Commission
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to serve a copy of that document 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, the intervener also
must serve a copy of the document on that resource agency.
k. Status of Environmental Analysis: These applications have been
accepted for filing and are ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. Description of the Project: The project, which does not include
a dam or reservoir, operates using relatively small quantities of water
removed from underground springs or small creeks located at high
elevations and then transported via buried penstocks to three
powerhouses and a powerhouse addition having a combined installed
capacity of 2,000 kilowatts (kW). The project produces an average of
approximately 4,653,000 kilowatt-hours of energy per year, primarily
during the high runoff season each spring. Flows used to generate
electricity either are diverted to the licensee's water distribution
system for domestic and industrial consumption or are released into
Hobble Creek.
The project's generating facility at the highest elevation is Upper
Bartholomew powerhouse. Constructed in 1992, it is a 25-foot-long by
17-foot-wide, partially buried, concrete structure containing one
turbine with an hydraulic capacity of 10 cubic feet per second (cfs)
and a 900-foot gross head that drives one 200-kW generator.
Downhill, at the south end of Bartholomew Canyon, is the project's
original generating facility, Lower Bartholomew Powerhouse. Constructed
in 1948, this 80-foot-long by 28-foot-wide, brick and masonry structure
contains one turbine with an hydraulic capacity of 16 cfs and a 980-
foot gross head. The turbine powers one 500-kW generator.
Constructed in 1987, Lower Bartholomew Powerhouse Annex is a brick
and masonry addition to the original powerhouse containing one turbine
having an hydraulic capacity of 28 cfs and a 980-foot gross head. The
turbine drives one 1,000-kW generator.
The project facility at the lowest elevation is Hobble Creek
powerhouse, located in the lower portion of Hobble Creek Canyon.
Constructed in 1950, this 35-foot-long by 30-foot-wide, masonry
structure contains two turbines having a combined hydraulic capacity of
38 cfs and a 135-foot gross head. These turbines drive one 300-kW
generator.
The project also includes the following two transmission
facilities: (1) a 5.9-mile-long line, which includes one 1-mile-long,
underground segment and a 4.9-mile-long overhead segment, from Upper
Bartholomew powerhouse to Hobble Creek powerhouse; and (2) a 6.9-mile-
long, 12.47-kilovolt, underground cable from Lower Bartholomew
powerhouse to Springville City's electric distribution system.
The City proposes to continue diverting water from underground
springs in Bartholomew Canyon to generate hydropower and to obtain
culinary quality water for the City's municipal water supply system. In
addition, the City proposes to continue diverting flows from the left
and right forks of Hobble Creek to generate electricity at its existing
300-kilowatt (kW) Hobble Creek powerhouse.
m. Locations of the Application: Copies of each of the application
are available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's
Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A,
Washington, D.C. 20246, or by calling (202) 208-1371. Copies of this
filing are on file with the Commission and are available for public
inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the web at http://
www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link, select ``Docket#'' and follow the
instructions (call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
n. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The Commission
directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the Regulations (see Order No.
533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 1991) that all comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions concerning the
application be filed with the Commission within 60 days from the
issuance date of this notice. All reply comments must be filed with the
Commission within 105 days from the date of this notice.
Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
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 on the service
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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