[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46670-46671]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22134]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

August 20, 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 License.
    b. Project No.: 11563-002.
    c. Dated filed: May 3, 1994.
    d. Applicant: Utica Power Authority.
    e. Names of Project: Utica Project.
    f. Location: On the North Fork Stanislaus River and Silver Creek in 
Alpine and Toulumne Counties, California. The project is on lands of 
the Stanislaus National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Dennis Dickman, Utica Power Authority, PO 
Box 430, San Andreas, CA 95249, (209) 754-4230.
    i. FERC Contact: Hector Perez, [email protected], (202)-219-
2843.
    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. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    l. The project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) 
Lake Alpine, with a surface area of 172 acres and a gross storage 
capacity of 4,115 acre-feet at a normal maximum water surface elevation 
of 7,302 feet created by; (2) the 49-foot-high and 400.5-foot-long 
masonry/rock filled gunite faced Alpine main dam, the 11-foot-high, 33-
foot-long masonry/rock filled gunite faced Alpine dam No. 2, the 11-
foot-high, 166-gfoot-long masonry/rock filled gunite faced Alpine dam 
No. 3, the 11-foot-high, 97.4-foot-long masonry/rock gunite faced 
Alpine dam No. 4, and a 12-foot-high, 140-foot-long earth filled 
section; (3) Union Reservoir, with a surface area of 218 acres and a 
gross storage capacity of 3,130 acre-feet at normal maximum water 
surface elevation of 6,850.2 feet created by; (4) the 33-foot-high, 
1,142-foot-long rock filled Union main dam and seven auxiliary small 
rock filled dams; (5) Utica Reservoir, with a surface area of 233.5 
acres and a gross storage capacity of 2,350 acre-feet at a normal 
maximum water surface elevation of 6,819.6 feet created by; (6) the 44-
foot-high, 373-foot-long rock filled concrete faced Utica main dam and 
four auxiliary small rock filled dams; and (7) other appurtenances. 
There are no hydroelectric generation facilities at the project.
    m. 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, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371. The application may be viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/rims/
htm (call (202) 208-2222 for assistance). A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address 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,

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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 with 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.
    All 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 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 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 listed prepared by the 
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and 
385.2010.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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