[Federal Register: July 3, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 128)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments
June 27, 2001.
a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement on New License
Application.
b. Project No.: 1927-008.
c. Date filed: June 21, 2001.
d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.
e. Name of Project: North Umpqua Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the North Umpqua River, in Douglas County, Oregon.
The project occupies about 2, 725 acres of land within the Umpqua
National Forest, and about 117 acres of land administered by the Bureau
of Land Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
h. Applicant Contact: Timothy C. O'Connor, Director, Hydro
Operations, PacifiCorp 825 Multnomah, Suite 1500, Portland, OR 97232,
(503) 813-6660, and James M. Lynch, Stoel Rives LLP, 600 University
Street, Suite 3600, Seattle, WA 98101-3197, (206) 624-0900.
i. FERC Contact: John Smith, 202-219-2460, john.smith@ferc.fed.us.
j. Deadline for filing comments: July 27, 2001. Reply comments due
August 11, 2001.
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 at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
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.
k. Description of Filing: PacifiCorp filed the Settlement Agreement
on behalf of itself and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest
Service, U.S. Department of Commerce's National Maritime Fisheries
Service, U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service
and Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and Oregon Water
Resources Department. The purpose of the Settlement Agreement is to
resolve among the signatories all issues regarding relicensing of the
North Umpqua Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 1927). The
signatories request that the Commission accept and incorporate, without
material modification, as license articles in the new license all of
the Governmental Parties' Final Terms and Conditions filed with the
Commission in connection with this agreement. Comments and reply
comments on the Settlement Agreement are due on the dates listed above.
l. Copies of the Settlement Agreement are available for inspection
and reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at
888 First Street, NE, Room 2-A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
(202) 208-1371. This filing may be viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/
online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for assistance). Copies are also
available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h
above.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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