[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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