[Federal Register: August 16, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 159)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions
To Intervene and Protests
August 10, 2001.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Amendment of License Application.
b. Project No.: 2030-036.
c. Date Filed: June 29, 2001.
d. Applicants: Portland General Electric Company (PGE) and the
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (CTWS).
e. Name of Project: Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located on the Deschutes River in
Jefferson, Marion, and Wasco Counties, Oregon. The project occupies
lands of the Deschutes National Forest; Mt. Hood National Forest;
Willamette National Forest; Crooked River National Grassland; Bureau of
Land Management; and tribal lands of the Warm Springs Reservation of
Oregon.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contacts: Ms. Julie Keil, Director, Hydro Licensing,
Portland General Electric Company, 121 SW Salmon Street, Portland, OR
97204, (503) 464-8864; and Mr. James Manion, General Manager, Warm
Springs Power Enterprises, P.O. Box 690, Warm Springs, OR 97761, (541)
553-1046.
i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed
to Nan Allen at (202) 219-2839. E-mail address: nan.allen@ferc.fed.us.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: October
10, 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.
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.
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.
k. This application has been accepted, but is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The Round Butte development works consisting of: (1) The 440-
foot-high, 1,382-foot-long Round Butte dam; (2) a 535,000-acre-foot
reservoir with a normal pool elevation at 1,945.0 feet mean sea level;
(3) a spillway intake structure topped with a 30-foot-high, 36-foot-
wide radial gate, and a 1,800-foot-long, 21-foot-diameter spillway
tunnel; (4) an 85-foot-long, varying in height and width, powerhouse
intake structure; (5) a 1,425-foot-long, 23-foot-diameter power tunnel;
(6) a powerhouse containing three turbine generating units with a total
installed capacity of 247 megawatts (MW); (7) one 70-
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kilowatt (kW) turbine generating unit with a 30-inch-diameter pipe and
support structure, a 10-foot square platform, and a turbine discharge
pipe; (8) a 12.5-kilovolt (kV), 10.5-mile-long transmission line
extending to the Reregulation dam, and a 230-kV, 100-mile-long
transmission line extending to Portland General's Bethel substation;
and (9) appurtenant facilities.
The Pelton development consists of: (1) The 204-foot-high, 636-
foot-long thin-arch variable-radius reinforced concrete Pelton dam with
a crest elevation 1,585 feet msl; (2) a reinforced concrete spillway on
the left bank with a crest elevation of 1,558 feet msl; (3) Lake
Simtustus with a gross storage capacity of 31,000 acre-feet and a
normal maximum surface area of 540 acres at normal maximum water
surface elevation of 1,580 feet msl; (4) an intake structure at the
dam; (5) three 16-foot-diameter penstocks, 107 feet long, 116 feet
long, and 108 feet long, respectively; (6) a powerhouse with three
turbine/generator units with a total installed capacity of 108 MW; (7)
a tailrace channel; (8) a 7.9-mile-long, 230-kV transmission line from
the powerhouse to the Round Butte switchyard; and (9) other
appurtenances.
The Reregulating development consists of: (1) The 88-foot-high,
1,067-foot-long concrete gravity and impervious core rockfilled
Reregulating dam with a spillway crest elevation of 1,402 feet msl; (2)
a reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 3,500 acre feet and a
normal maximum water surface area of 190 acres at normal maximum water
surface elevation of 1,435 feet msl; (3) a powerhouse at the dam
containing a 18.9-MW turbine/generator unit; (4) a tailrace channel;
(5) a 3.2-mile-long, 69-kV transmission line from the development to
the Warm Springs substation; and (6) other appurtenances.
The project is estimated to generate an average of 1.613 billion
kilowatthours annually. The dams and existing project facilities are
owned by the co-applicants.
m. 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). Copies
are also available for inspection and reproduction at the addresses in
item h above.
n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified
deadline date for the particular application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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