[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26370]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Amendment to License

September 28, 1998.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Application Type: Amendment to License.
    b. Project No: 2114-071.
    c. Date Filed: September 21, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County.
    e. Name of Project: Priest Rapids Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Columbia River in Grant County, Washington.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 4.200.
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Douglas Ancona, Public Utility District 
No. 2 of Grant County, P.O. Box 878, Ephrata, WA 98823, (509) 754-3541.
    i. FERC Contact: Timothy Welch, (202) 219-2666.
    j. Comment Date: November 4, 1998.
    k. Description of Amendment: Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant 
County (licensee) filed an application to install flow deflectors at 
Wanapum Dam to reduce the level of downstream dissolved gases caused by 
water passing over the spillway. Currently, the licensee is 
constructing and testing the effectiveness of a prototype flow 
deflector in the Wanapum spillway for the purpose of dissolved gas 
abatement. In its proposal, the licensee presented its criteria for 
deciding whether or not to install permanent flow deflectors across the 
entire Wanapum Dam spillway. First, direct smolt survival associated 
with the prototype must be significantly lower than survival associated 
with the unmodified spillbay.
    Second, the average incremental increase in TDG from forebay to 
tailrace for the 1998 prototype at spillbay 4 must be no more than 4% 
greater than the average incremental increase in TDG from the 1996 
prototype at spillbay 2 at both the 5,000 and 10,000 cfs test 
conditions. If these criteria are met, the licensee would consider the 
1998 test a success and would commence construction of flow deflectors 
across the entire spillbay prior to the 1999 smolt outmigration in 
April.
    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 Rule 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.
    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, 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 comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26370 Filed 10-1-98; 8:45 am]
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