[Federal Register: October 22, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 205)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 12429-001]
Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms
and Conditions, and Prescriptions
October 16, 2008.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Major License.
b. Project No.: 12429-001.
c. Date Filed: August 1, 2006.
d. Applicant: Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Beaverhead River, 18 air miles southwest of the
Town of Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana. The project would occupy
1.15 acres of federal land administered by the Bureau of Reclamation.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Brent L. Smith, Northwest Power Services,
Inc., P.O. Box 535, Rigby, ID 83442, (208) 745-0834, or Dr. Vincent
Lamarra, Ecosystems Research Institute, Inc., 975 South State Highway,
Logan, UT 84321.
i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 502-6077,
Dianne.rodman@ferc.gov.
j. 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:
Kimberly D. Bose, 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, 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 ``e-Filing'' link.
k. This application has been accepted and is now ready for
environmental analysis.
l. The proposed project would use the existing Bureau of
Reclamation's Clark Canyon Dam, and would consist of the following new
facilities: (1) Steel lining of the existing 9-foot-diameter concrete
outlet conduit with a bifurcation to the new powerhouse; (2) a 30- by
18-foot outlet gate structure constructed at the end of the existing
outlet conduit, with an 84-inch-diameter flow-through valve and a 108-
inch-diameter isolation valve; (3) a 9-foot-diameter steel penstock
that would divide into an 8-foot-diameter penstock and a 6-foot-
diameter steel penstock to direct flow to the turbine units; (4) a 30-
by 50-foot concrete powerhouse, located at the toe of the dam adjacent
to the spillway stilling basin, containing two vertical-type Francis
turbines with a combined installed capacity of 4.75 megawatts; (5) a
300-foot-long access road leading to a 30- by 30-foot concrete parking
and transformer pad adjacent to the powerhouse; (6) a 0.3-mile-long,
24.9-kilovolt overhead transmission line connecting the project to the
local utility's existing transmission system at a proposed substation;
and (7) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is
estimated to be 16.5 gigawatt 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
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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.
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 in the service
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
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.
n. A license applicant must file not later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
o. 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.
p. Procedural Schedule: The Commission staff proposes to issue a
single 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. The Commission will take into consideration all
comments received on the EA before taking final action on the license
application. The application will be processed according to the
following schedule, but revisions to the schedule may be made as
appropriate:
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Milestone Tentative date
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Comments, recommendations, terms and December 15, 2008.
conditions, and prescriptions due.
Reply comments due from applicant........ January 29, 2009.
EA issuance.............................. April 2009.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-25136 Filed 10-21-08; 8:45 am]
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