[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40798-40799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17111]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2144-038]
City of Seattle; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental
Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms
and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions
July 6, 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.: 2144-038.
c. Date Filed: September 29, 2009.
d. Applicant: City of Seattle.
e. Name of Project: Boundary Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The existing project is located on the Pend Oreille
River in Pend Oreille County, Washington. The project currently
occupies 920.87 acres of Federal land managed by the U.S. Forest
Service and U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Agent Contact: Jorge Carrasco, Superintendent, Seattle City
Light, 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3200, Seattle, WA 98124-4023; (206) 615-
1091.
i. FERC Contact: David Turner (202) 502-6091.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance of this
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance 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 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. This application has been accepted and is now ready for
environmental analysis.
l. Project Description: The existing project consists of: (1) A
concrete arch dam with a crest elevation of 2,004 feet NGVD (North
American Vertical Datum), a structural height of 340 feet, a thickness
ranging from 8 feet at the crest to 32 feet at the base, and a crest
length of 508 feet, with a total length, including the spillways, of
740 feet; (2) two 50-feet-wide spillways fitted with 45-feet-high
radial gates, one on each abutment, which have a combined maximum
capacity of 108,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) at a forebay water
surface elevation of 1994 feet NGVD; (3) seven 21-foot-high by 17-foot-
wide, low-level vertical fixed-wheel sluice gates that provide an
additional discharge capacity of 252,000 cfs, for a total discharge
capacity at the dam of 360,000 cfs; (4) a 17.5-mile-long, 1,794-acre
reservoir at a normal full pool elevation of 1,994 feet NGVD with
87,913 acre-feet of gross storage; (5) power intake facilities
excavated on the left abutment area consisting of an approximately 300-
foot-wide by 800-foot-long forebay, a trash rack structure across the
entrance to the forebay, and the portal face with six 30-foot-wide by
34-foot-high horseshoe-shaped tunnels extending to intake gate
chambers; (6) six 315-feet-long penstocks lead from each of the intake
gates to one of the six turbine-generator units in the power plant; (7)
an underground power plant comprised of a 76-feet wide by 172-feet-high
by 477-feet-long machine hall; (8) two 204,506-horsepower (hp) Francis
turbines, with 158.4-megawatt (MW) generators, two 204,506-hp Francis
turbines, with 161.5-MW generators, and two 259,823-hp Francis
turbines, with 200-MW generators for a total authorized generating
capacity of 1,003 MW; (9) six draft tubes that discharge water into the
tailrace immediately below the dam; (10) six horseshoe-shaped
transformer bays; (11) six individual three-phase, 230-kilovolt (kV)
transmission lines up the vertical face of the left abutment of the dam
to six pairs of transmission towers on top of the abutment; and (12)
appurtenant equipment. The applicant proposes to install new high
efficiency turbines in Units 55 and 56, concurrently with
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planned generator rewinds and step-up transformer replacements.
m. 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.
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. All filings must (1) Bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY
TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY 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 on
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 email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
o. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of the notice of acceptance and ready for
environmental analysis provided for in Sec. 5.22: (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.
p. 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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Filing of Recommendations, September 6, 2010.
Preliminary Terms and Conditions,
and Fishway Prescriptions.
Reply Comments due.................. October 19, 2010.
Issue Draft EA...................... March 3, 2011.
Comments on Draft EA Due............ April 4, 2011.
Filing of Modified Mandatory Terms June 3, 2011.
and Conditions.
Issue Final EA...................... September 2, 2011.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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