[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26833]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing with the Commission

October 1, 1998.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major License-Existing Dam.
    b. Project No.: P-2661-012.
    c. Date filed: September 24, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
    e. Name of Project: Hat Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Hat Creek in Shasta County, California.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Terry Morford, Manager, Hydro Generation, 
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, P.O. Box 770000, N11C, San Francisco, 
California, (415) 973-4603.
    i. FERC Contact: David Turner (202) 219-2844.
    j. Comment Date: 60 days from the filing date in paragraph c.
    k. Description of Project: The run-of-river project consists of two 
developments: Hat Creek No. 1 and Hat Creek No. 2. About 6.57 acres of 
the project occupy lands of the U.S. Forest Service, Shasta National 
Forest.
    Hat Creek No. 1 consists of: (1) a 12-foot-high, 231-foot-long 
concrete buttress overflow diversion dam impounding a 13-acre reservoir 
at a water surface elevation of 3,188 feet (referred to as Cassel 
Pond); (2) a 2,270-foot-long, 9-foot-deep, 30-foot-wide canal with a 
hydraulic capacity of about 600 cfs; (3) a 14-foot-high, 750-foot-long 
shotcreted earthfill forebay with an overflow spillway, having a 
surface area of about 2 acres; (4) a 1,600-foot-long, riveted steel 
penstock that varies in inside diameter from 12 feet at the intake to 7 
feet-six inches at the powerhouse; (5) a 43 foot x 56.5 foot reinforced 
concrete powerhouse containing a Francis/Vertical shaft turbine with a 
generating capacity of 10,000 kilowatt (kW).
    Hat Creek No. 2 consists of: (1) Crystal Lake, a natural lake with 
a surface area of 115 acres at a water surface elevation of 2,980 feet; 
(2) a 29-foot-high, 120-foot-long concrete gravity overflow diversion 
dam impounding a 89-acre reservoir at a water surface elevation of 
2,975 feet (referred to as Baum Lake); (3) a 4,520 foot-long, 7-foot-
deep, 18-foot-wide reinforced concrete flume, with a hydraulic capacity 
of 600 cfs; (4) a 414-foot-long riveted steel penstock with an inside 
diameter varying from 14 feet at the intake to 7 feet-six inches at the 
powerhouse; and (5) a 43 foot by 56.5 foot reinforced concrete 
powerhouse containing a Francis/Vertical shaft turbine with a 
generating capacity of 10,000 kW.
    l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
Sec. 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR 800.4.
    m. Under Section 4.32 (b)(7) of the Commission's regulations (18 
CFR), if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that the 
applicant should conduct an additional scientific study to form an 
adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on 
its merits, they must file a request for the study with the Commission, 
not later than 60 days after the date the application is filed, and 
must serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26833 Filed 10-6-98; 8:45 am]
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