[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 9, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30983-30984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14569]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting 
Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

June 3, 1999.
    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.: 10942-001.
    c. Date filed: March 8, 1994.
    d. Applicant: Skykomish River Hydro.
    e. Name of Project: Martin Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Kelley and Martin Creeks, Kings County, about 7 
miles east of Skykomisk, Washington; the project is within the Mt. 
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791-(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contacts: Scott Jacobs, Skykomish River Hydro, 1422 
130th Avenue N.E., Bellevue, Washington, 98005, (425) 3455-0234 and 
Frank Frisk, Jr., 1054 31st St. NW, Suite 125, Washington, D.C. 20007, 
(202) 333-8433.
    i. FERC Contact: David Turner, [email protected], (202) 219-
2844.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions and prescriptions: 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 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 has been 
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The proposed project would consist of: (1) a 60-foot-long and 9-
foot-high rock-rubble water diversion structure on Martin Creek with a 
gated sluiceway, (2) a 42-foot-long, 9-foot-high rock-rubble water 
diversion structure on Kelley Creek with a gated sluiceway, (3) a 0.14-
Acre impoundment on Martin Creek and a 0.025-acre impoundment on Kelley 
Creek, (4) a 10,436-footlong buried penstock, (5) a 40-foot by 50-foot 
concrete powerhouse containing one single Pelton wheel turbine 
generating 10.2-megawatt total rated capacity, (6) a 25-foot by 35-foot 
transformer substation located adjacent to the powerhouse, (7) 20-foot-
wide groveled access roads totaling 4,200 feet, and (8) a 2.3-mile-
long, buried 35.1-kilovolt transmission line connecting the project to 
Pudget Sound Power and Light Company's Skykomish substation, and (9) 
appurtenant facilities.
    m. A copy of the application is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 888 
First Street, N.E., Room 2A, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling

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(202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed on the web at http://
www.ferc.fed.us/rims.htm. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance. A copy is 
also available for inspection in item h above.
    Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is 
requesting comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply 
comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 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.
    Any filings 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 358.2001 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, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. 
An additional copy must be sent to the Director, Division of Project 
Review, 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-14569 Filed 6-8-99; 8:45 am]
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