[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30636]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission

November 10, 1998.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: New Minor License.
    b. Project No.: P-696-010.
    c. Date filed: October 27, 1998.
    d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.
    e. Name of Project: American Fork Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On American Fork Creek, near the City of American 
Fork, Utah County, Utah, about 3 miles east of Highland, Utah. The 
project affects about 28.8 acres of federal lands within the Uinta 
National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Michael B. Burke, Projects Manager, 
PacifiCorp, 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1500, Portland, Oregon 97232, (503) 
813-6656.
    i. FERC Contact: Gaylord W. Hoisington (202) 219-2756.
    j. Comment Date: 60 days from the filing date in paragraph c.
    k. Brief Description of the Project: The existing project consists 
of: (1) A 29-foot 9-inch wide and 4.5-foot-high reinforced concrete 
diversion dam; (2) a 6-foot-wide 6-foot-long intake; (3) a 6-foot-long 
6-foot-wide manually operated sluice gate; (4) a 2-foot-long 2-foot-
wide manually operated upstream sluice gate; (5) a 28-inch-diameter 
welded steel pipe flowline approximately 1,666-foot-long which 
transitions into a 33-inch-diameter riveted steel penstock 253-foot-
long that transitions into a 20-inch-diameter riveted steel penstock 
61-foot-long; (6) an approximately 2,700-square-foot brick powerhouse; 
(7) one turbine generator unit with a rated capacity of 1,050 
kilowatts; and (8) other appurtenances.
    l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Utah 
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 
4.32(b)(7)), 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-30636 Filed 11-16-98; 8:45 am]
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