[Federal Register: August 26, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 166)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 12107-003]
Granite County; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With
the Commission, and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
August 19, 2008,
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: A New License. (Major Project).
b. Project No: 12107-003.
c. Date Filed: August 8, 2008.
d. Applicant: Granite County.
e. Name of Project: Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The proposed project would be located on Flint Creek
at the Georgetown Lake Dam, near Philipsburg, in Granite County and
Deer Lodge County, Montana. The proposed project would affect about
1266.33 acres of federal lands within the Beaverhead-Deer Lodge
National Forest.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Granite County, Maureen Connor, Chairman,
Board of County Commissioners, P.O. Box 925, Philipsburg, Montana
59858-0925; (406) 859-3817, or Roger Kirk, Agent, P.O. Box 1136,
Bozeman, Montana 59771; (406) 587-5086.
i. FERC Contact: Gaylord Hoisington, (202) 502-6032 or
gaylord.hoisington@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 such requests
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 agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from
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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 14, 2008.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Kimberly D. Bose, 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. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Flint Creek project consists of: (1) An existing 2,850 acre
reservoir with 31,034 acre-feet of storage at elevation 6,378 feet
above mean sea level; (2) an existing 330-foot-long and 44-foot-high
earth with masonry-core dam; (3) a new 36-inch-diameter by 6,282-foot-
long polymer and/or steel pipeline; (4) a surge tank; (5) a new 36-
inch-diameter by approximately 1,463-foot-long buried penstock
connecting the surge tank to the new powerhouse; (6) a new
approximately 30-foot by 40-foot powerhouse containing one Pelton
turbine-generator unit rated at 2 megawatts; (7) a new approximately
95-foot-long buried tailrace; (8) a new approximately 10-foot by 10-
foot fenced substation located next to the powerhouse; and (9) all
appurtenant structures. The average annual generation of the project is
approximately 10 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. 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 Deficiency Letter................. October 2008
Issue Acceptance letter................. November 2008
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments... January 2009
Request Additional Information.......... March 2009
Issue Scoping Document 2................ May 2009
Notice of application is ready for June 2009
environmental analysis.
Notice of the availability of the August 2009
environmental analysis.
Ready for Commission's decision on the September 2009
application.
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.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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