[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 46672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22146]


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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 Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2019-017.
    c. Date filed: May 3, 1994.
    d. Applicant: Utica Power Authority.
    e. Name of Project: Utica Project.
    f. Location: On Mill and Angels Creeks in Calaveras, California. 
The project is partially on lands of the Stanislaus National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Dennis Dickman, Utica Power Authority, 
P.O. 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 existing project consists of: (1) The Mill Creek Tap which 
delivers water from the Collierville Tunnel (part of Project No. 2409, 
licensed to CCWD) to the Upper Utica Conduit; (2) the 0.7-mile-long 
Upper Utica Conduit (an open channel); (3) the 58.5-foot-high and 389-
foot-long concrete arch and gravity Hunters dam; (4) Hunters Reservoir 
with a surface area of 19 acres and a gross storage capacity of 253 
acre-feet; (5) the 13.41 mile-long Lower Utica Conduit (a metal-line 
wooden box flume and natural earth, and gunite canal sections); (6) the 
2.8-acre surface area and 56.9-acre-foot gross storage capacity Murphys 
Forebay impounded by a 27-foot-high, 415-foot-long earthfill South dam 
and a 67-foot-high, 316-foot-long earthfill West dam; (7) the 24-inch 
to 48-inch and 4,048-foot-long shop welded steel Murphys Penstock; (8) 
the 33-foot-wide by 36-foot-long concrete Murphys Powerhouse, housing a 
semi-enclosed vertical impulse turbine-generator unit with an installed 
capacity of 4 MW; (9) Murphys Afterbay, with a surface area of 2.7 
acres and a gross storage capacity of 31.3 acre-feet impounded by a 42-
foot-high, 340-foot-long earthfill dam topped by a concrete parapet 
wall; (10) an access road network used to provide maintenance to the 
conduits; and (11) other appurtenances. The average annual generation 
of the project is 27 GWH.
    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, D.C. 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, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to Sec. 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.
    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 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.
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