[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30805-30806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13276]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 12478-003]
Gibson Dam Hydroelectric Company, LLC; Notice Soliciting
Comments, and Final Terms and Conditions, Recommendations, and
Prescriptions
May 26, 2010.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application and
applicant-prepared environmental assessment (EA) has been filed with
the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Major Project--Existing Dam.
b. Project No.: P-12478-003.
c. Date filed: August 28, 2009.
d. Applicant: Gibson Dam Hydroelectric Company, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Gibson Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Sun River, near the towns of Augusta and
Fairfield, Lewis and Clark and Teton Counties, Montana. The project
would occupy 44.0 acres of Federal land administered by the U. S.
Forest Service and 24.5 acres of Federal land administered by the U.S.
Bureau of Land Management for a total of 68.5 acres of Federal land.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Steve C. Marmon, Thom A. Fischer, Whitewater
Engineering Corporation, 3633 Alderwood Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225,
(360) 738-9999.
i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, phone: (503) 552-2762, e-mail:
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and fishway prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date
of this notice. All reply comments must be filed with the Commission
within 105 days from the date of this notice.
All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web
site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at [email protected]; call toll-free at
(866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures 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.
k. Project Description: The proposed project would utilize the
existing facilities of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation's)
Gibson dam including the reservoir, existing valve house, and two
existing dam outlet pipes; and would consist of the following new
facilities: (1) Two new 72-inch-diameter penstocks extending 40 feet
from the existing outlet pipes to the powerhouse; (2) a new powerhouse
located near the toe of the dam with four turbine/generating units with
total installed capacity of 15 megawatts; (3) a new 26.2-mile, 34.5/69-
kV overhead and underground transmission line from the powerhouse to an
interconnection point with Sun River Electric Cooperative, Inc.'s
existing 69-kV transmission line at Jackson's Corner; (4) a new 34.5/69
kV step-up substation; (5) a new maintenance building located
approximately 1,400 feet downstream of the powerhouse adjacent to
existing Gibson dam operations facilities; and (6) appurtenant
facilities. The average annual generation is estimated to be 40
gigawatt-hours.
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. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
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.
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.
m. EA Preparation Schedule: The draft and final EA will be prepared
according to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be
made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Filing of Motions to Intervene and June 21, 2010.
Protests.
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Filing of Comments, Final .................................
Recommendations,.
Final Terms and Conditions, and July 26, 2010.
Fishway Prescriptions.
Reply Comments due................... September 9, 2010.
Issue Draft EA....................... December 8, 2010.
Comments on Draft EA due............. January 7, 2011.
Issue Final EA....................... May 17, 2011.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-13276 Filed 6-1-10; 8:45 am]
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