[Federal Register: August 16, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 158)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and
Soliciting Additional Study Requests
August 8, 2006.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Major License.
b. Project No.: 12429-001.
c. Date filed: August 1, 2006.
d. Applicant: Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Beaverhead River, 18 miles southwest of the
Town of Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana. The project would occupy
3.5 acres of Federal land administered by the Bureau of Reclamation.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Brent L. Smith, Northwest Power Services,
Inc., P.O. Box 535, Rigby, ID 83442, (208) 745-0834 or Dr. Vincent
Lamarra, Ecosystems Research Institute, Inc., 975 South State Highway,
Logan, UT 84321.
i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 502-6077,
Dianne.rodman@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: We are asking Federal, state, local, and
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating
status should follow the instructions for filing comments 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
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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: October 2, 2006.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency
status may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The proposed project would utilize the existing Bureau of
Reclamation's Clark Canyon dam, and would consist of the following new
facilities: (1) A steel liner in the existing 9-foot-diameter concrete
outlet conduit; (2) a new outlet gate structure; (3) a 9-foot-diameter
steel penstock bifurcating into an 8-foot diameter and a 6-foot
diameter steel penstock directing flow to the turbine units about 70
feet from the bifurcation; (4) a powerhouse containing two generating
units with a combined capacity of 4.75 megawatts; (5) a 300-foot-long
access road; (6) a switchyard; (7) about 0.1 mile of transmission line
connecting the project to the local utility's transmission system; and
(8) about 11 miles of existing transmission line that would be
upgraded. The average annual generation is estimated to be 16.5
gigawatthours.
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 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.
You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.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.
p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the
Montana State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by
Sec. 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR, at Sec. 800.4.
q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule
will be made as appropriate.
Issue Deficiency Letter: September 2006.
Issue Acceptance Letter: December 2006.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments: January 2007.
Request Additional Information: March 2007.
Issue Scoping Document 2: April 2007.
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis: April
2007.
Notice of the availability of the EA: October 2007.
Ready for Commission's decision on the application: January 2008.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-13364 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]
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