[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 240 (Tuesday, December 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69070-69071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33140]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions 
to Intervene and Protests

December 9, 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 Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-2661-012.
    c. Date filed: September 24, 1998.
    d. Application: Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
    e. Name of Project: Hat Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Hat Creek in Shasta County, California. About 6.57 
acres of the project occupy lands of the U.S. Forest Service, Shasta 
National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. Secs. 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 94177, (415) 973-4603.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to David Turner, E-mail address, [email protected], or telephone 
(202) 219-2844.
    j. Deadline for filing interventions and protests: 60 days from the 
issuance date of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person whose name appears on the official service 
list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or 
documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that 
may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they 
must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of Project: The run-of river project consists of two 
developments: that Creek No. 1 and Hat Creek No. 2.
    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 evaluation of 3,188 feed (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 by 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 an 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.
    m. Locations of Application: A copy of the application is available 
for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference 
Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington, D.C. 20426, 
or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application maybe viewed on the web 
at www.ferc.fed.us. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance. A copy is also 
available for inspection an reproduction at the address in item h 
above.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B1 and E1.
    B1. Protests or Motions to Intervene-- Anyone may submit a protest 
or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules 
of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In 
determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will 
consider all protests 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 protests or motions to intervene must be 
received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular 
application.
    E1. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
not ready for environmental analysis at this time; therefore, the 
Commission is not now requesting comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, or prescriptions.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
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, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. An additional

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copy must be sent to Director, Division of Project Review, Office of 
Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at the 
above address. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be 
served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the 
particular application.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-33140 Filed 12-14-98; 8:45 am]
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