[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 112 (Friday, June 11, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 33289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14026]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2149-131]
Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County (Douglas PUD);
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and
Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
June 2, 2010.
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.: 2149-131.
c. Date Filed: May 27, 2010.
d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County
(Douglas PUD).
e. Name of Project: Wells Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Columbia River
in Douglas, Okanogan, and Chelan counties, Washington. The project
occupies 15.15 acres of Federal land managed by the U.S. Department of
the Interior and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: William C. Dobbins, General Manager, Douglas
PUD, 1151 Valley Mall Parkway, East Wenatchee, WA 98802; Telephone
(509) 881-2220.
i. FERC Contact: Bob Easton, (202) 502-6045 or
[email protected].
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The Project Description: The existing Wells Hydroelectric
Project consists of a single development with an installed capacity of
774,300 kilowatts. Average annual generation of the project is
4,364,959 megawatt-hours. In addition to providing electric service to
over 18,000 customers in Douglas County, power from the Wells Project
is used to meet both daily and seasonal peaks in power demand in the
Pacific Northwest region and contributes to the reliability and
stability of the regional electric system.
The Wells Project consists of: (1) A 1,130-foot-long and 168-foot-
wide concrete hydrocombine dam with integrated generating units,
spillways, switchyard and fish passage facilities; (2) a 2,300-foot-
long and 40-foot-high earth and rock-filled west embankment; (3) a
1,030-foot-long and 160-foot-high earth and rock-filled east
embankment; (4) eleven 46-foot-wide and 65-foot-high ogee-designed
spillway bays with 2 vertical lift gates (upper leaf is 46 feet by 30
feet and lower leaf is 46 feet by 35 feet); (5) five spillways modified
to accommodate the juvenile fish bypass system; (6) 10 generating units
each housed in a 95-foot-wide and 172-foot-long concrete structure with
an installed capacity of 774.3 megawatts (MW) and maximum capacity of
840 MW; (7) five 14.4-kilovolts (kV) power transformers each connected
to 2 generating units converting the power to 230 kV; (8) two 41-miles-
long 230-kV single-circuit transmission lines running parallel to each
other; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The Wells Project is operated as
a run-of-river facility with daily outflows to the Wells Reservoir
equaling daily inflows.
Douglas PUD is not proposing any changes to project operations or
the project boundary for the Wells Project. New facilities proposed by
Douglas PUD include new interpretive displays, new facilities and
infrastructure at the Wells and Methow fish hatcheries, new recreation
facilities, and participation in a white sturgeon hatchery and rearing
facility.
l. Locations of the Application: 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 [email protected]
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.
m. 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. Procedural Schedule:
The application will be processed according to the following Hydro
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as
appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for August 2010.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary October 2010.
terms and conditions, and fishway
prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft EA................ April 2011.
Comments on Draft EA...................... May 2011.
Modified Terms and Conditions............. June 2011.
Commission Issues Final EA................ September 2011.
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o. 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.
[FR Doc. 2010-14026 Filed 6-10-10; 8:45 am]
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