[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice Requesting Comments, Final Terms and Conditions, 
Recommendations and Prescriptions

November 13, 1998.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Original License for a Major Water 
Project--5 Megawatts or Less (filed as an Applicant-Prepared 
Environmental Assessment).
    b. Project No.: 11480-001.
    c. Date Filed: November 25, 1997.
    d. Applicant: Haida Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Reynolds Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Project Location: On the Southwest side of Prince of Wales 
Island in Southeast Alaska, about 10 miles east of Hydaburg. The 
project would not be located on federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant: Mr. John Bruns, Haida Corporation, P.O. Box 89, 
Hydaburg, AK 99922, (907) 285-3721. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael V. 
Stimac, HDR Engineering, Inc., 500 108th Avenue NE, Suite 1200, 
Bellevue, WA 98004-5538, (425) 453-1523.
    i. FERC Contact: Carl J. Keller, 202-219-2831.
    j. Brief Description of Project: The proposed project would consist 
of the following proposed facilities: (1) A 20-foot-long, 6-foot-high, 
concrete diversion dam; (2) a small concrete box-type intake structure 
with protective trash racks located on the left side of the diversion 
dam; (3) a 42-inch-diameter, 3,200-foot-long, steel penstock positioned 
above ground on saddled supports; (4) a 40-foot-wide, 100-foot-long, 
pre-engineered metal powerhouse, with one 1,500-kilowatt (kW) 
horizontal impulse turbine/generator (Phase 1) and a second 3,500-kW 
turbine/generator to be added (Phase 2); (5) an 80-foot-long tailrace; 
(6) access roads totaling 500 feet long; (7) an overhead 34.5-kilovolt, 
10.9-mile-long transmission line on 300 foot centers; and (8) related 
appurtenances.
    k. Deadlines for Filing Terms and Conditions, Recommendations, and 
Prescriptions; Applicant's Reply Comments; and Cost Statements under 
PURPA: See item (p) and standard paragraph D-10.
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A-4 and D-10.
    m. Location of Application: A copy of the application, applicant's 
Draft Environmental Assessment, responses to information requests, and 
subsequent filings are available for inspection or reproduction at the 
Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, located at 
888 First Street, NE, Room 2A-1, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling 
(202) 208-2326. Copies of this information may also be viewed or 
printed by accessing the Commission's WebSite on the Internet at 
www.ferc.fed.us. For assistance, users can call (202) 208-2222. Copies 
of the above information can also be inspected from the applicant's 
contact located in item h. above.
    n. PURPA: Haida Corporation intends to seek benefits under 
Sec. 2210 of the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act of 1978 
(PURPA), and believes that the proposed project meets the definition 
under Sec. 292.202(p) of 18 CFR for a new dam or diversion. As such, 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, 
and the state agency exercising authority over the fish and wildlife 
resources of the state have mandatory conditioning authority under the 
procedures provided for at Sec. 30(C) of the Federal Power Act.
    o. Submission of Cost Statements: Within 60 days after the date for 
filing mandatory terms and conditions, the fish and wildlife agencies 
must file with the Commission Secretary, a cost statement of the 
reasonable costs the agency incurred in setting mandatory terms and 
conditions for the proposed project.
    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 Commission is 
requesting comments; final recommendations, terms, conditions, and 
prescriptions; and applicant's reply comments.
    The Commission directs that all comments, and final 
recommendations, terms, conditions, and prescriptions concerning the 
application be filed with the Commission within 90 days from the 
issuance date of this notice. All reply comments by the applicant must 
be filed with the Commission within 135 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 findings 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 Licensing and 
Compliance, 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.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc 98-30919 Filed 11-18-98; 8:45 am]
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