[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 199 (Friday, October 15, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55909-55910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-26901]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Applications Tendered for Filing With The Commission
and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
October 8, 1999.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection:
a. Type of Applications: New major licenses.
b. Projects: Soda Project No. 20-019, Grace-Cove Project No. 2401-
007, and Oneida Project No. 472-017.
c. Date Filed: September 27, 1999.
d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.
e. Location: On the Bear River in Caribou and Franklin Counties,
Idaho. The projects are partially on United States lands administered
by the Bureau of Land Management.
f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
g. Applicant Contact: Randy Landolt, Managing Director, Hydro
Resources, PacifiCorp, 825 N.E. Multnomah Street, Suite 1500, Portland,
OR 97232, (503) 813-6650, or, Thomas H. Nelson, 825 Multnomah Street,
Suite 925, Portland, OR 97232, (503) 813-5890.
h. FERC Contact: Hector Perez, [email protected], (202) 219-
2843.
i. Deadline for Filing Additional Study Requests: November 26,
1999. 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
interveners 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 intervener 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.
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The existing Soda Project consists of: (1) the 103-foot-high and
433-foot-long concrete gravity Soda Dam with a 114-foot-long spillway
section; (2) the Soda Reservoir with a surface area of 1,100 acres, and
active storage capacity of 16,300 acre-feet, and a maximum water
elevation of 5,720 feet; (3) the Soda Powerhouse containing two units
with a total installed capacity of 14 megawatts (MW); and (4) other
appurtenances.
The existing Grace Development consists of: (1) a 51-foot-high and
180-foot-long rock filled timber crib dam that creates a 250 acre-feet
usable storage capacity forebay; (2) a 26,000-foot-long flowline and
surge tanks; and (3) a powerhouse with three units with total installed
capacity of 33 MW. The Cove Development consists of: (1) a 26.5-foot-
high and 141-foot-long concrete dam creating a 60-acre-foot forebay;
(2) a 6,125-foot-long concrete and wood flume; (3) a 500-foot-long
steel penstock; and (4) a powerhouse with a 7.5-MW unit.
The existing Oneida Project consists of: (1) the 111-foot-high and
456-foot-long concrete gravity Oneida Dam; (2) the Oneida Reservoir
with an active storage of 10,880 acre-feet and a surface area of 480
acres; (3) an 16-foot-diameter, 2,240-foot-long flowline; (4) a surge
tank; (5) three 12-foot-diameter, 120-foot-long steel penstocks; (6)
the Oneida Powerhouse with three units with a total installed capacity
of 30 MW; and (7) other appurtenances.
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l. 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) 208-222 for assistance). A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the address in item g above.
m. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State
Historic Preservation Officer as required by Sec. 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council
on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR at 800.4.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-26901 Filed 10-14-99; 8:45 am]
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