[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5444]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests

March 1, 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.: 184-065.
    c. Date filed: February 22, 2000.
    d. Applicant: El Dorado Irrigation District.
    e. Name of Project: El Dorado Project.
    f. Location: Located on the South Fork of the American River and 
its tributaries in the counties of El Dorado, Alpine, and Amador, 
California, partially within the boundaries of the Eldorado National 
Forest. The project also diverts about 1,900 acre-feet of water from 
lower Echo Lake in the upper Truckee River Basin.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: William T. Hetland, General Manager, El 
Dorado Irrigation District, 2890 Mosquito Road, Placerville, California 
95667. Telephone (530) 622-4513.
    i. Commission Contact: Any questions on this notice should be 
addressed to Nan Allen, e-mail address [email protected], or 
telephone 202-219-2938.
    j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: April 24, 2000.
    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. Please include the project 
number (Project No. 184-065) on any comments or motions filed.
    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 whose name appears 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. Status of environmental analysis: This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of the Project: The project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) A 113-foot-long, 20-foot-high rubble 
and masonry main dam with a crest elevation of 8,210 feet mean sea 
level (msl) and 11 auxiliary dams, impounding Lake Aloha, a 5,179 acre-
foot reservoir; (2) a 320-foot-long, 14-foot-high roller-compacted 
concrete dam with a crest elevation of 7,413 feet msl, impounding lower 
Echo Lake, a 1,900 acre-foot reservoir; (3) a 6,125-foot-long conduit 
from lower Echo Lake to the South Fork of the American River; (4) a 
1,200-foot-long, 84.5-feet-high gunite-core earthfill main dam with a 
crest elevation of 7,959.5 feet msl and one auxilliary dam, impounding 
Caples Lake, a 22,490 acre-foot reservoir; (5) a 280-foot-long, 30-
foot-high rock and earthfill dam with a crest elevation of 7,261 feet 
msl, impounding Silver Lake, a 13,280 acre-foot reservoir; (6) a 271-
foot-long, 20-foot-high rickfill timber crib diversion dam with a crest 
elevation of 3,910.5 feet msl, impounding 200 acre-feet of the South 
Fork of the American River; (7) a 22.3-mile-long conveyance from the 
diversion dam to the forebay; (8) a 70-foot-long, 9.5-foot-high 
concrete diversion dam with a crest elevation of 4,007 feet msl on 
Alder Creek; (9) six small creeks that divert into the conveyance--Mill 
Creek, Bull Creek, Carpenter Creek, Ogilby Creek, Esmeralda Creek and 
an unnamed creek; (10) a 836-foot-long, 91-foot-high earthfill foregay 
dam with a crest elevation of 3,804 feet msl, impounding a 356-acre-
foot reservoir; (11) a 2.8-mile combination pipeline and penstock 
conveyance, with surge tank, from the forebay to the powerhouse; (12) a 
110-foot-long by 40-foot-wide steel frame powerhouse with reinforced 
concrete walls and an installed capacity of 21,000 kilowatts, producing 
about 106 gigawatthours annually when operational; and (13) other 
appurtenances. No transmission lines are included with the project. The 
project is not currently operational.
    m. 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, 
DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed 
on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/rims.htm. Call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance. A copy is also available for

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inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    n. 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 800.4.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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