[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 12828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6778]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis

March 10, 1997.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Minor License.
    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: 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, 
Sections 30-34; and T11S, R4W, Section 12 (South Santiam River, 
Calaoppoia River, and Albany-Santiam Canal in Linn County, Oregon and 
the cities of Albany, Oregon and Lebanon, Oregon).
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)-(825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Peter Harr, Civil Engineer II, City of 
Albany, 333 Broadalbin SW, P.O. Box 490, Albany, Oregon 97321-0144, 
(541) 917-7643.
    i. FERC Contact: Nicholas J. Jayjack, (202) 219-2825.
    j. Deadline for comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, 
and prescriptions: May 9, 1997.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: The application is now ready 
for environmental analysis--see attached paragraph D10.
    l. Brief Description of Project: The proposed project would consist 
of: (1) the existing 450-foot-long, 6-foot-high, flashboard-equipped 
concrete dam known as Lebanon dam that would be modified to have a 
fixed crest and a new height of 7.5 feet; (2) the existing 18-mile-long 
Albany-Santiam Canal that would be dredged and screened; (3) an 
existing 55-foot-long, 6-foot-diameter steel penstock; (4) an existing 
powerhouse that would be modified to have an installed capacity of 500 
kilowatts; (5) the existing 2.4-kilovolt, 300 foot-long transmission 
line; and (7) related appurtenances.
    m. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A4 and D10.
    n. A copy of the application is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at: 888 
First St., NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-
1371.
    A4. Development Application--Public notice of the filing of the 
initial development application, which has already been given, 
established the due date for filing competing applications or notices 
of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing 
development application must be filed in response to and in compliance 
with public notice of the initial development application. No competing 
applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to this 
notice.
    D10. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is 
requesting comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
within 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.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the 
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary 
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
    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. 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, 888 First 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, 
at the above address. 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-6778 Filed 3-17-97; 8:45 am]
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