[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 215 (Monday, November 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 60811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29128]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Accepted for Filing

November 2, 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.: 2071-013.
    c. Date filed: May 5, 1999.
    d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.
    e. Name of Project: Yale Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the North Fork Lewis River in Cowlitz, Clark, and 
Skamania Counties, Washington, about 45 miles northeast of Portland, 
Oregon. The project boundary includes about 84 acres of land managed by 
the Bureau of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: David L. Leonhardt, Project manager, 
PacifiCorp, 825 N.E. Multnomah Street, Suite 1500, Portland, Oregon 
97232 (503) 813-6658.
    i. FERC Contact: Vince Yearick at (202) 219-3073 or 
[email protected].
    j. Alternative Process: Consistent with out April 1, 1999, letter 
approving the use of an alternative licensing process on four Lewis 
River hydroelectric projects, including the Yale Project, we have 
conducted an initial adequacy review on the Yale application and will 
process it only so far as this acceptance notice which does not solicit 
interventions.
    k. Status of environmental analysis: The environmental analysis for 
the Yale Project is being coordinated with the environmental analysis 
of the Swift No. 1 (FERC No. 2111), Swift No. 2 (FERC 2213), and Merwin 
(FERC No. 935) hydroelectric projects through an alternative licensing 
process. Applications on those projects are due in 2004. Studies for 
all four projects are currently being coordinated through a 
collaborative group. Persons interested in participating in the 
collaborative group should contact Kristi M. Wallis, the groups 
facilitator, at (206) 726-1699.
    l. The project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a 
1,305-foot-long, zoned embankment dam known as Yale dam, and an 
adjacent 1,600-foot-long, earth-fill structure known as Saddle dam; (2) 
a 10.5-mile-long reservoir known as Yale Lake, (3) a concrete, chute-
type spillway; (4) a 1,530-foot-long diversion tunnel; (5) two 
penstocks; (6) a powerhouse located downstream of Yale dam, containing 
two generating units with a combined capacity of 134 megawatts; (7) a 
10.5-mile, 115-kilovolt transmission line, and (8) related 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, 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.
    n. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing 
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-29128 Filed 11-5-99; 8:45 am]
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