[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission

January 6, 2000.
    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.: 2016-044.
    c. Date filed: December 27, 1999.
    d. Applicant: City of Tacoma.
    e. Name of Project: Cowlitz River Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Cowlitz River, in Lewis County, Washington. 
About 5 acres are included within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Toby Freeman, Tacoma Power, 3628 South 35th 
Street, Tacoma, WA 98411; (253) 502-8862.
    i. FERC Contact: David Turner (202) 219-2844, Email: 
[email protected]
    j. Brief Project Description: The 462-megawatt (MW) project 
consists of the following: (1) 606-foot-high, 1,300-foot-long Moosyrock 
Dam and powerhouse containing two generating units with a combined 
capacity of 300 MW, (2) 11,830-acre Riffe Lake at maximum operating 
pool elevation of 778.5 feet, (3) 250 foot-high, 850-foot-long Mayfield 
Dam and powerhouse containing four generating units with a combined 
capacity of 162 MW, (4) 2,250-acre Mayfield Lake at maximum operating 
pool elevation of 425 feet, (5) 17.9 miles of 230 kilovolt transmission 
line, (6) Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery, (7) a 400-feet-long, 28-foot-high 
zoned earthen embankment that connects to a 320-foot-long, 12-foot-high 
concrete fish barrier at the Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery, known at Barrier 
Dam, (8) Cowlitz Trout Hatchery, (9) Mossyrock Park, (10) Taidnapam 
Park, and other associated facilities.
    k. Locations of the application: 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 the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-
2222 for assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-664 Filed 1-11-00; 8:45 am]
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