[Federal Register: January 15, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 10)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos.: 12540-001, 12544-001, 12545-001, 12548-001, 12549-001]
Hydrodynamics Inc.; Notices of Intent To File License
Applications; Filing of Pre-Application Documents; and Notice of, and
Soliciting Comments on, the Request To Use the Traditional Licensing
Process and To Waive Certain Pre-Filing Consultation Requirements
December 18, 2007.
a. Type of Filing: Notices of Intent To File License Applications,
Pre-Application Documents, Request To Use the Traditional Licensing
Process, and Request To Waive Certain Pre-Filing Consultation
Requirements.
b. Project Nos.: 12540, 12544, 12545, 12548, 12549.
c. Dated Filed: November 27, 2007.
d. Submitted By: Hydrodynamics Inc.
e. Names of Projects: Woods, Knights, Johnson, Greenfield, A-Drop.
f. Location: On the Greenfields Main and South Irrigation Canals,
in Cascade and Teton Counties, Montana. The projects would occupy in
part lands of the United States administered by the Bureau of
Reclamation.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Jason Cohn, Hydrodynamics, 521 East
Peach, Suite 2B, Bozeman, MT 59715; (406) 587-5086;
e-mail_Jason@hydrodynamics.biz.
i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman at (202) 502-6077; or e-mail at
dianne.rodman@ferc.gov.
j. Hydrodynamics filed its request to use the Traditional Licensing
Process (TLP) on November 27, 2007. The filing also included a request
for waiver of certain of the pre-filing consultation requirements in
Sec. 4.38 of the Commission's regulations, specifically: (1) The
requirement that the potential applicant hold a joint meeting with all
pertinent agencies, Indian tribes, and members of the public no earlier
than 30 days from the date of the Commission's approval of the request
to use the TLP, Sec. 4.38(b)(3)(ii)(A); (2) the requirement that the
potential applicant conduct any studies requested during the 60-day
comment period after the joint meeting, Sec. 4.38(b)(5) and Sec.
4.38(c)(1); and (3) the requirement that the potential applicant allow
resource agencies and Indian tribes 90 days in which to review and
comment on the draft license applications, Sec. 4.38(c)(5).
Hydrodynamics provided public notice of its request to use the TLP on
November 20, 2007.
k. On December 11, 2007, Hydrodynamics clarified that it is
requesting that (1) the meeting it held on December 3, 2007, constitute
the joint meeting required by Sec. 4.38(b)(3)(i)(A)(1); (2) the pre-
application documents (PADs) serve as the draft license applications;
and (3) comments on the draft license applications be due within 60
days of the joint meeting (by February 3, 2008).
l. Comments on the request to use the TLP and to waive parts of the
Commission's regulations for pre-filing consultation are due to the
Commission and Hydrodynamics within 30 days from the date of this
notice. In accordance with Sec. 5.3(d)(2)(v) of the Commission's
regulations, comments on the request to use the TLP should address, as
appropriate, the following factors: (1) Likelihood of timely license
issuance; (2) complexity of the resource issues; (3) level of
anticipated controversy; (4) relative cost of the TLP compared to the
Integrated Licensing Process; (5) the amount of available information
and potential for significant disputes over studies; and (6) other
factors believed to be pertinent.
Comments must be filed with the Commission at the following
address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. All filings
with the Commission must include on the first page, the project names
(Woods, Knights, Johnson, Greenfield, and A-Drop Hydroelectric
Projects) and numbers (P-12540, P-12544, P-12545, P-12548, and P-
12549).
Comments 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. With this notice, we are waiving the requirement of 18 CFR
5.8(a) of the Commission's regulations for the Commission to act on
Hydrodynamics' request to use the TLP within 60 days from the notice of
intent.
n. Hydrodynamics filed PADs for the projects with the Commission,
pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
o. Copies of each of the PADs are available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov), using the ``eLibrary''
link. Enter the docket numbers, excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field to access the documents. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support at FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Copies are also available for
inspection and reproduction at the address in paragraph h.
p. Register online at http://ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be
notified via e-mail of new filings and issuances related to these or
other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-498 Filed 1-14-08; 8:45 am]
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