[Federal Register: August 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 154)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 12455-004]
Borough of Leighton, PA, Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and Prescriptions
August 3, 2007.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric license application
has been filed with the Commission and is available for public
inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original License.
b. Project No.: 12455-004.
c. Date Filed: December 29, 2006.
d. Applicant: Borough of Leighton, Pennsylvania.
e. Name of Project: Beltzville Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project would be connected to the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers' Beltzville Dam, located on Pohopoco Creek, in the Borough
of Leighton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
g. Filed Pursuant to: The Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-
825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John Hanosek, P.E., Borough manager, P.O.
Box 29, Municipal Building, Second and South Street, Leighton, PA
18235, (610) 377-4002.
i. FERC Contact: Jack Hannula, (202) 502-8917 or
john.hannula@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this
notice.
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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 and Procedure require all
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person whose name appears 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.
Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The
Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``eFiling'' link.
k. This application has been accepted, and is ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. Description of Project: The project would be located on the
downstream side of the existing Corps of Engineers Beltzville Dam
consisting of: (1) A 175-foot-high, 4,600-foot-long earth-fill dam with
a 23-foot-high, 2,000-foot-long un-gated concrete spillway impounding;
(2) a 949-acre reservoir with a normal water surface elevation of 628.0
feet mean sea level with; (3) a 193-foot-high; 72-foot-long, 42-foot-
wide water intake tower equipped with four flood control service gates
and 8 water quality portals with gates connected to; (4) a 7-foot-
diameter, 1,175-foot-long conduit leading to; (5) a 110-foot-long, 34-
foot-wide stilling basin.
The proposed Beltzville Hydroelectric Project would consist of: (1)
An existing 84-inch conduit that would be modified to include; (2) a
new 78-inch-diameter steel pipe liner equipped with a 78-inch butterfly
valve and 84-inch slide gate; (3) an existing 16-inch-diameter, 36-
foot-long bypassed flow penstock; (4) a new 60-inch diameter, 37-foot-
long Y-branch penstock that bifurcates into a 36-inch-diameter, 43-
foot-long penstock and a 48-inch-diameter, 39-foot-long penstock
leading to; (5) a new powerhouse containing a 1,700 kilowatt (kW) and a
900 kW generating units for a total installed capacity of 2,600 kW; (6)
a 300-foot-long, 12-kilovolt transmission line; and (7) appurtenant
facilities.
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 http://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.
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.
You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscribenow.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. Procedural schedule: The Commission staff proposes to issue a
single Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than issuing a draft and
final EA. Staff intends to allow at least 30 days for entities to
comment on the EA, and will take into consideration all comments
received on the EA before final action is taken on the license
application. The application will be processed according to the
following schedule, but revisions to the schedule may be made as
appropriate:
Issue Notice of availability of the EA: January 2008.
Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
o. The license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-15629 Filed 8-9-07; 8:45 am]
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