[Federal Register: June 24, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 121)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 12451-001]
SAF Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and Prescriptions; and Revised Schedule for Processing
Application
June 16, 2004.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
b. Project No.: 12451-001.
c. Date filed: January 20, 2004.
d. Applicant: SAF Hydroelectric, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Lower St. Anthony Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Mississippi River, in the Town of Minneapolis,
Hennepin County, Minnesota. The project affects federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.
791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Douglas A. Spaulding P.E., Spaulding
Consultants, 1433 Utica Avenue South Suite 162, Minneapolis, MN 55416,
(952) 544-8133 or Robert Larson, 33 South 6th Street, Minneapolis, MN
55402, (612) 343-2913.
i. FERC Contact: Kim Carter at (202) 502-6486, or
kim.carter@ferc.gov.
j. The deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance date of this
notice. Reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this
notice.
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 and Procedure 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
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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 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``eFiling'' link.
k. Status of environmental analysis: This application is ready for
environmental analysis.
l. Description of Project: The proposed Lower St. Anthony Falls
Hydroelectric Project would be located at the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (Corps) Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam and would
utilize 5.9 acres of Corps lands. The generation turbines would be
located in an auxiliary lock chamber adjacent to the Corp's main lock
chamber. An auxiliary building, storage yard, and buried transmission
line would occupy additional Corps lands. The project would operate
according to the Corp's current operating criteria which maintain a
constant water surface elevation of approximately 750.0 mean sea level
in the 33.5-acre reservoir.
The proposed project would consist of the following features: (1)
16 turbine/generator units grouped in eight 6.2-foot-wide by 12.76-
foot-high steel modules having a total installed capacity of 8,980
kilowatts, each module contains 2 turbine/generator sets (two
horizontal rows of 1 unit each) installed in eight stoplog slots on the
auxiliary lock structure; (2) trashracks located at the turbine intake;
(3) a 1,050-foot-long, 13,800-volt buried transmission line; (4) a 21-
foot by 81-foot control building to house switchgear and controls; (5)
a 20-foot by 30-foot project office and storage building; and (6)
appurtenant facilities.
The applicant estimates that the average annual generation would be
about 57,434,000 kilowatt-hours.
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 (866)
208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Copies are also available for
inspection and reproduction at the addresses in item h above.
Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be
notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or
other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
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.
n. Public notice of the filing of the initial development
application, which has already been given, established the due date for
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the
initial development application. No competing applications or notices
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
o. Procedures schedule: The Commission staff proposes to issue one
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. If any person
or organization objects to the staff proposed alternative procedure,
they should file comments as stipulated in item j above, briefly
explaining the basis for their objection.
The remaining schedule for processing this application is shown
below. Revisions to this schedule may be made as appropriate.
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Action Target date
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Issue Notice Ready for Environmental June 2004.
Analysis/Soliciting Final Comments,
Recommendations, Terms and Conditions.
Deadline for Agency Comments, August 2004.
Recommendations, Terms and Conditions.
Issue Notice of the availability of the Sept./Oct. 2004.
EA.
Public Comments on EA due............... Oct./Nov. 2004.
Ready for Commission decision on the December 2004.
application.
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Unless substantial comments are received in response to the EA,
staff intends to prepare a single EA in this case. If substantial
comments are received in response to the EA, a final EA will be
prepared with the following modifications to the schedule.
Notice of the availability of the final EA: January 2005.
Ready for Commission's decision on the application: March 2005.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-1395 Filed 6-23-04; 8:45 am]
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