[Federal Register: October 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 195)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2195-011]
Portland General Electric Company; Notice of Extension of Time
for Filing Comments on Settlement Agreement Modification
October 1, 2008.
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.: P-2195-011.
c. Date filed: August 26, 2004.
d. Applicant: Portland General Electric Company.
e. Name of Project: Clackamas River Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: Clackamas River and Oak Grove Fork in Clackamas
County, Oregon.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)--825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Julie A. Kiel, Director of Hydro Licensing,
121 SW Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 97204.
i. FERC Contact: Nicholas Jayjack, 202-502-6073;
Nicholas.Jayjack@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments: October 21, 2008. Reply comments
due by October 31, 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.
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all interveners 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
intervener 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 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.
k. Background: On March 30, 2006, Portland General Electric Company
(PGE) filed a settlement agreement signed by it and 32 other parties,
including federal and state resource agencies, Indian tribes, and non-
governmental organizations to address issues associated with the
relicensing of the Clackamas River Hydroelectric Project. The
settlement agreement includes proposed license articles for the
protection and enhancement of water quality, fishery resources,
terrestrial resources, recreation resources, land uses, project area
aesthetics, and cultural resources.
On July 21, 2008, PGE filed a modification of Proposed License
Article 14 to make the settlement agreement consistent with its
proposal in a June 28, 2008, application to Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality for certification pursuant to section 401 of the
Clean Water Act. Specifically, the parties modified Proposed License
Article 14 to stipulate that PGE file a plan for achieving certain
water temperature reductions below the Faraday development tailrace
through either seasonal drawdowns or channelization of Faraday Lake.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.602, comments on the settlement agreement
modification were required to be filed by August 11, 2008 (i.e., not
later than 20 days after the filing of the settlement agreement
modification) with reply comments due 10 days later. There were no
comments filed.
By this notice and pursuant to 18 CFR 385.602, additional
opportunity is provided to submit comments and reply comments
concerning the modified provisions of the settlement agreement. The
deadline is as specified in item j above.
l. 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. 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.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-23622 Filed 10-6-08; 8:45 am]
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