[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 4 (Friday, January 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2098-2101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-272]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project Nos. 11077-001, et al.]


Hydroelectric Applications [Alaska Power and Telephone Co., et 
al.]; Notice of Applications

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection:
    1a. Type of application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: 11077-001.
    c. Date filed: May 31, 1994.
    d. Applicant: Alaska Power and Telephone Company.
    e. Name of project: Goat Lake.
    f. Location: At the existing Goat Lake, near Skagway, Alaska. 
Sections 10, 11, 14, 15, and 16, Township 27 South, Range 60 West, CRM.
    g. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant contact: Mr. Robert S. Grimm, President, Alaska Power 
& Telephone Co., P.O. Box 222, Port Townsend, WA 98368, (206) 385-1733.
    i. FERC contact: Hector M. Perez, (202) 219-2839
    j. Deadline for protests, interventions, competing applications and 
notices of intent: February 13, 1995.
    l. Status of environmental analysis: This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time--see attached paragraph D8.
    m. Brief description of project: The proposed project would consist 
of: (1) Goat Lake, with a surface area of 204 acres and a storage 
capacity of 5,460 acre-feet at surface elevation of 2,915 feet; (2) a 
submerged wedge wire screen intake at elevation 2,875 feet; (3) a 600-
foot-long and 30-inch-diameter steel or HDPE siphon with a vacuum pump 
assembly; (4) a 6,200-foot-long and 22-inch-diameter steel penstock; 
(5) a powerhouse containing a 4-MW unit; (6) a 24.9-Kv and 3,400-feet-
long transmission line; and (7) other appurtenances.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraph: 
A2, A9, B1, and D8.
    o. Available locations of application: A copy of the application, 
as amended and supplemented, is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance 
Branch, located at 941 North Capitol Street, N.E., Room 3104, 
Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. A copy is also 
available for inspection and reproduction at the address shown in item 
h above.
    2a. Type of application: Amendment of License.
    b. Project No.: 2016-022. [[Page 2099]] 
    c. Date filed: October 24, 1994.
    d. Applicant: City of Tacoma.
    e. Name of project: Cowlitz River Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Cowlitz River, Lewis County, Washington.
    g. Filed pursuant to: Section 23(b) of the Federal Power Act, 16 
U.S.C. 817(b).
    h. Applicant contact: Paul H. Svoboda, City of Tacoma, P.O. Box 
11007, Tacoma, WA 98411, (206) 502-8340.
    i. FERC contact: Steve Hocking, (202) 219-2656.
    j. Comment date: January 30, 1995.
    k. Description of amendment: The City of Tacoma (City) filed an 
application to amend its license for the Cowlitz River Hydroelectric 
Project. The application seeks Commission approval of a settlement 
agreement between the City, the Washington Department of Fish and 
Wildlife, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In the agreement, the 
City and agencies agree to provisions for acquiring, improving, and 
maintaining about 14,000 acres of wildlife mitigation lands, most of 
which are near the project. The City applies to have these lands 
included in the project boundary.
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, and D2.
    3a. Type of application: Minor License--Existing (Notice of 
Tendering).
    b. Project No.: 11509-000.
    c. Date filed: December 5, 1994.
    d. Applicant: City of Albany, Oregon.
    e. Name of project: City of Albany, Oregon Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the South Santiam, Calapooia, and Willamette 
Rivers, and the Albany-Santiam Canal in Linn County, Oregon near the 
towns of Albany and Lebanon. T12S, R1W, section 19; T12S, R2W, sections 
2, 3, 11, 23 and 24; T11S, R3W, sections 6, 7, 15, 18, and 20-25; T11S, 
R2W, section 12; T11S, R4W, section 12.
    g. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant contact: Laura L. Hudson, Project Manager, David Evans 
and Associates, Inc., 2828 SW Corbett Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97201-
4830, (503) 223-6663;Richard M. Glick, Project Counsel, Davis Wright 
Tremaine, 2300 First Interstate Tower, 1300 SW Fifth Avenue, Portland, 
OR 97201-5682, (503) 241-2300.
    i. FERC contact: Ms. Deborah Frazier-Stutely, (202) 219-2842.
    j. Brief description of existing project: The existing project 
consists of: (1) the 450-foot-long, 6-foot-high existing Lebanon Dam, 
on the South Santiam River; (2) an unscreened canal inlet and headgate; 
(3) the 18-mile-long Albany-Santiam Canal; (4) a penstock intake with 
trashracks and a slide gate; (5) a 6-foot-diameter, 55-foot-long 
penstock; (6) a powerhouse containing two generating units with an 
installed capacity of 500 kilowatts; (7) a tailrace discharging project 
flows into the Calapooia River; and (8) related facilities.
    The applicant proposes modifications to the existing project.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State 
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by Sec. 106 of the 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    l. In accordance with section 4.32 (b)(7) of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, SHPO, Indian Tribe, or person 
believes that an additional scientific study should be conducted in 
order to form an adequate, factual basis for a complete analysis of 
this application on its merits, they must file a request for the study 
with the Commission, together with justification for such request, not 
later than 60 days from the filing date and serve a copy of the request 
on the Applicant.
    4a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.
    b. Project No.: 11504-000.
    c. Date filed: November 1, 1994.
    d. Applicant: Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District.
    e. Name of Project: Lake Elsinore Pumped Storage.
    f. Location: On Lake Elsinore, in Riverside County (near town of 
Elsinore), California; in the Cleveland National Forest. Sections 22 
and 23, in Township 6 South, Range 5 West.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC Secs. 791(a)-825(r)
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John E. Hoagland, Elsinore Valley 
Municipal, Water District, 31315 Chaney Street, Lake Elsinore, CA 
92531, (909) 674-3146.
    i. FERC Contact: Surender M. Yepuri, P.E., (202) 218-2847.
    j. Comment Date: March 1, 1995.
    k. Description of Project: The proposed pumped storage project 
would consist of: (1) an upper reservoir (elevation 2,860 MSL) created 
by a 120-foot-high concrete-face rockfill type dam and a 50-foot-high 
rockfill type dike; (2) the existing Lake Elsinore reservoir with a 
pool elevation 1,249 MSL; (3) a high-head water conductor system which 
includes three penstock tunnels; (4) a 70-foot-wide, 350-foot-long, and 
160-foot-high underground powerhouse containing three pump-turbine 
units with a total rated capacity of 80 MW; (5) an access tunnel from 
the powerhouse cavern to the surface; (6) a transmission line; and (7) 
appurtenant structures.
    The lake bed of Lake Elsinore is owned by the City of Lake 
Elsinore, and the water rights to the lake water is owned by the 
Elsinore Valley Municipal District.
    The project would generate an estimated 520 GWh of energy annually. 
The estimated cost of the studies to be conducted under the preliminary 
permit is $500,000. No new roads would be needed for conducting studies 
under the preliminary permit.
    l. Purpose of Project: Project power would be sold to a local 
utility.
    m. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A5, A7, A9, A10, B, C, and D2.
    5a. Type of Application: Amendment of License.
    b. Project No.: 803-039.
    c. Date Filed: November 29, 1994.
    d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
    e. Name of Project: De Sabla--Centerville.
    f. Location: On Butte Creek and West Branch Feather River in Butte 
County, California.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, Secs. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Shan Bhattacharya, Manager, Pacific Gas and 
Electric Company, Hydro Generation Department, P. O. Box 770000, P10A, 
San Francisco, CA 94177, (415) 973-4603.
    i. FERC Contact: Donald H. Wilt, (202) 219-2676.
    j. Comment Date: February 6, 1995.
    k. Description of Amendment of License: Pacific Gas and Electric 
Company proposes to amend its license by deleting all requirements 
associated with the construction of the New Centerville Powerhouse as 
authorized by Commission order issued January 31, 1992 (58 FERC  
62,093). Pacific Gas and Electric Company states that it is not 
economically feasible to replace the existing Centerville Powerhouse 
and perform the capacity upgrade. Because the term of the license was 
extended for construction of the New Centerville Powerhouse, the term 
may be revised to reflect the deletion of the New Centerville 
Powerhouse.
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, and D2.
    6a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.
    b. Project No.: 11508-000.
    c. Date filed: December 5, 1994.
    d. Applicant: Alaska Power and Telephone Company.
    e. Name of Project: Wolf Lake.
    f. Location: On the Wolf Creek in Prince of Wales Island (S.E. 
Alaska), near the Association of Hollis, Alaska. [[Page 2100]] 
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert S. Grimm, President, Alaska Power 
& Telephone Co., P.O. Box 222, Port Townsend, WA 98368, (206) 385-1733.
    i. FERC Contact: Hector M. Perez, (202) 219-2843.
    j. Comments Date: March 7, 1995.
    k. Brief Description of Project: The proposed project would consist 
of: (1) A 15-foot-high and 30-foot-long concrete or wood crib diversion 
structure and a screened intake a short distance downstream from the 
natural outlet of Wolf Lake; (2) a 24-inch-diameter and 7,000-foot-long 
penstock; (3) a prefabricated metal powerhouse with a 2.5-MW unit; (4) 
a 50-foot-long tailrace channel; (5) a 12.5-Kv transmission line; and 
(6) other appurtenances.
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraph: 
A5, A7, A9, A10, B, C, and D2.
    m. Available Locations of Application: A copy of the application, 
as amended and supplemented, is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance 
Branch, located at 941 North Capitol Street, NE., room 3104, 
Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. A copy is also 
available for inspection and reproduction at the address shown in item 
h above.

Standard Paragraph:

    A2. Development Application--Any qualified applicant desiring to 
file a competing application must submit to the Commission, on or 
before the specified deadline date for the particular application, a 
competing development application, or a notice of intent to file such 
an application. Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an 
interested person to file the competing development application no 
later than 120 days after the specified deadline date for the 
particular application. Applications for preliminary permits will not 
be accepted in response to this notice.
    A5. Preliminary Permit--Anyone desiring to file a competing 
application for preliminary permit for a proposed project must submit 
the competing application itself, or a notice of intent to file such an 
application, to the Commission on or before the specified comment date 
for the particular application (see 18 CFR 4.36). Submission of a 
timely notice of intent allows an interested person to file the 
competing preliminary permit application no later than 30 days after 
the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing 
preliminary permit application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) (1) and 
(9) and 4.36.
    A7. Preliminary Permit--Any qualified development applicant 
desiring to file a competing development application must submit to the 
Commission, on or before a specified comment date for the particular 
application, either a competing development application or a notice of 
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of 
intent to file a development application allows an interested person to 
file the competing application no later than 120 days after the 
specified comment date for the particular application. A competing 
license application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) (1) and (9) and 
4.36.
    A9. Notice of intent--A notice of intent must specify the exact 
name, business address, and telephone number of the prospective 
applicant, and must include an unequivocal statement of intent to 
submit, if such an application may be filed, either a preliminary 
permit application or a development application (specify which type of 
application). A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) 
named in this public notice.
    A10. Proposed Scope of Studies under Permit--A preliminary permit, 
if issued, does not authorize construction. The term of the proposed 
preliminary permit will be 36 months. The work proposed under the 
preliminary permit would include economic analysis, preparation of 
preliminary engineering plans, and a study of environmental impacts. 
Based on the results of these studies, the Applicant would decide 
whether to proceed with the preparation of a development application to 
construct and operate the project.
    B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit 
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, 
.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission 
will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who 
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules 
may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 
motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
comment date for the particular application.
    B1. Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest 
or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules 
of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In 
determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will 
consider all protests filed, but only those who file a motion to 
intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party 
to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to intervene must be 
received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular 
application.
    C. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``NOTICE OF INTENT 
TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION'', ``COMPETING APPLICATION'', 
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', as applicable, and the Project 
Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. Any of 
the above-named documents must be filed by providing the original and 
the number of copies provided by the Commission's regulations to: The 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. An additional copy must be sent to 
Director, Division of Project Review, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Room 1027, at the above-mentioned address. A copy of any 
notice of intent, competing application or motion to intervene must 
also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in 
the particular application.
    C1. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS 
FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS'', ``PROTEST'', OR ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', as 
applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to 
which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed 
by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the 
Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy 
of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative 
of the Applicant specified in the particular application.
    D2. Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited 
to file comments on the described application. A copy of the 
application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If 
an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing 
comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an 
agency's must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.
    D8. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
not [[Page 2101]] ready for environmental analysis at this time; 
therefore, the Commission is not now requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' or ``COMPETING APPLICATION;'' (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 protesting or intervening; 
and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 
through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain copies of the application 
directly from the applicant. Any of these documents must be filed by 
providing the original and the number of copies required by the 
Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. An 
additional copy must be sent to Director, Division of Project Review, 
Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
room 1027, at the above address. A copy of any protest or motion to 
intervene must be served upon each representative of the applicant 
specified in the particular application.


    Dated: December 30, 1994.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-272 Filed 1-5-95; 8:45 am]
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