[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24788-24789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12305]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Amendment of License
May 10, 1996.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Amendment of license.
b. Project No: 1494-123.
c. Date Filed: April 23, 1996.
d. Applicant: Grand River Dam Authority.
e. Name of Project: Pensacola Project.
f. Location: On the Grand (Neosho) River in Craig, Delaware, Mayes,
and Ottawa Counties, Oklahoma.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert W. Sullivan, Assistant General
Manager, Grand River Dam Authority, P.O. Box 409, Vinita, OK 74301-
0409, (918) 256-5545.
i. FERC Contact: Paul Shannon, (202) 219-2866.
j. Comment Date: June 27, 1996.
k. Description of Filing: Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) requests
authorization to modify the rule curve for the Pensacola Project's
reservoir as set forth in article 401 of the existing license by:
(1) Delaying the spring rise from 742 feet Pensacola datum (PD) by
two weeks from April 16 to May 1 to better accommodate runoff from
spring flows.
(2) Setting the rule curve's maximum water surface elevation at 744
feet PD instead of 745 feet PD to give a greater hedge against
flooding.
(3) Delaying the drawdown from 744 feet PD by about three weeks
from July 10 to August 1 and the drawdown from elevation 743 PD by
about two weeks from August 1 to August 16 to better coincide with the
recreational boating season.
The revised rule curve would appear as:
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Period Reservoir elevation, feet PD
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May 01-May 31......................... Raise elevation from 742 to 744.
Jun 01-July 31........................ Maintain elevation at 744.
Aug 01-Aug 15......................... Lower elevation from 744 to 743.
Aug 16-Aug 31......................... Lower elevation from 743 to 741.
Sep 01-Oct 15......................... Maintain elevation at 741.
Oct 16-Oct 31......................... Raise elevation from 741 to 742
Nov 01-Apr 30......................... Maintain elevation at 742.
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GRDA requests the modifications based on recommendations from the
Grand/Neosho River Committee's February 1996 Final Report. The
committee was formed in 1993 by congressional leaders concerned with
the management of the Grand/Neosho River System. The committee provides
a forum to make recommendations concerning issues about the Grand/
Neosho River Basin to GRDA and the U.S. Army Crops of Engineers, who
are authorized and responsible by public law to operate the Pensacola
Project in accordance with authorizing legislation. GRDA included a
copy of the Grand/Neosho River Committee's February 1996 Final Report
with its application to discuss the effects on resources from operating
the Pensacola Project according to the existing and revised rule
curves.
The Commission's staff will request additional information from
GRDA concerning the operational and environmental effects of the
propose change to the rule curve. We welcome all parties to submit
written comments that may be helpful in our analysis of the proposed
changes. We will use any comments we receive as a basis for the
additional information we request from GRDA. All parties can request a
copy of the application for amendment of license by calling the
applicant contact from item (h) of this notice.
1. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs:
B, C1, and D2.
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, protest, or motions
to intervene must be received on or before the specified comment date
for 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, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 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 comments must also
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be sent to the Applicants's representatives.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12305 Filed 5-15-96; 8:45 am]
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