[Federal Register: August 14, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 157)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission,
Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedural
Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final
Amendments
August 7, 2002.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 2726-012.
c. Date Filed: July 29, 2002.
d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company.
e. Name of Project: Upper and Lower Malad Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Malad River in Gooding County, Idaho,
approximately 3 miles north of Hagerman, Idaho.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825'').
h. Applicant Contact: Robert W. Stahman, Idaho Power Company, P.O.
Box 70, Boise, Idaho 83707, (208) 388-2676.
I. FERC Contact: John Blair (202) 502-6092 or john.blair@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 k below.
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 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: September 26, 2002.
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.
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.
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. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing project consists of: (1) An upper diversion dam
consisting of a gated spillway section 100 feet long and a flume
section 123 feet long; (2) A concrete flume 4,635 feet long between the
upper diversion dam and the upper intake structure; (3) The upper
concrete intake structure 80.5 feet long and approximately 21 feet
wide; (4) A steel penstock 10 feet in diameter and approximately 238
feet long connected to the upper powerhouse; (5) The upper reinforced
concrete powerhouse containing one generating unit having an installed
nameplate capacity of 8.27 megawatts; (6) A lower diversion dam
consisting of a gated spillway section 163 feet long and a flume
section 136 feet long; (7) A concrete flume 5,318 feet long between the
lower diversion dam and the lower intake structure; (8) The lower
concrete intake structure 85 feet long and approximately 23 feet wide;
(9) A steel penstock 12 feet in diameter and approximately 301 feet
long connected to the lower powerhouse; (10) The lower reinforced
concrete powerhouse containing one generating unit having an installed
nameplate capacity of 13.5 megawatts; and (11) Other appurtenances.
o. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is
available
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for public inspection. This filing is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link.
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket
number field to access the document. For assistance, call (202) 502-
8222 or for Text Telephone (TTY) call (202) 208-1659. A copy is also
available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h
above.
p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Idaho
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 800.4.
q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule.
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Acceptance Letter--October 2002;
Request Additional Information--October 2002;
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--January 2003;
Request Additional Information--March 2003;
Issue Scoping Document 2--April 2003;
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--May 2003;
Notice of the availability of the draft EA--October 2003;
Notice of the availability of the final EA--January 2004;
Ready for Commission's decision on the application--February 2004;
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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-20545 Filed 8-13-02; 8:45 am]
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