[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 47 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 12544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5550]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Intent Not To File Application for a New License

March 2, 2000. Take notice that the following notice of intent has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of filing: Notice of Intent Not to File an Application for 
New License.
    b. Project No.: 477.
    c. Date filed: November 12, 1999.
    d. Submitted By: Portland General Electric Company, current 
licensee.
    e. Name of Project: Bull Run.
    f. Location: On the Sandy, Little Sandy, and Bull Run Rivers in 
Clackamas County, Oregon.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the Federal Power Act, 18 CFR 
16.6.
    h. Pursuant to Section 16.19 of the Commission's regulations, the 
licensee is required to make available the information described in 
Section 16.7 of the regulations. Such information is available from the 
licensee at 121 SW Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 97204. Interested 
parties can contact Julie A. Keil, Director, Hydro Licensing, Portland 
General Electric Company, on (503) 464-8864.
    i. FERC Contact: Hector Perez, (202) 219-2843, 
[email protected].
    j. Effective Date of Current License: May 1, 1980.
    k. Expiration Date of Current License: November 16, 2004.
    l. The project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) 
The 40-foot-high and 345-foot-long roller compacted concrete Marmot 
Diversion Dam, on the Sandy River, with a concrete diversion structure 
at the right abutment; (2) a 16,280-foot-long flowline consisting of 
concrete-lined canals, tunnel sections, and a concrete flume; (3) the 
Little Sandy Dam; (4) a 16,810-foot-long flow line consisting of a 
treated wood-box flume, concrete-lined canals, and a tunnel section; 
(5) Roslyn Lake, with a usable storage capacity of 928 acre-feet at 
elevation 655.27 feet USGS, formed by approximately 8,000 feet of 
homogeneous earth fill dikes with a maximum height of 45 feet; (6) two 
1,400-foot-long penstocks from the outlet structure of Roslyn Lake; (7) 
a powerhouse containing four units with a rated capacity of 5,250 kW 
each; (8) a transformer building adjacent to the powerhouse; (9) a 2.8-
mile-long transmission line; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
    m. The licensee states its unequivocal intent not to submit an 
application for a new license for Project No. 477, and instead to cause 
the project to be decommissioned and removed as expeditiously as 
possible. If the licensee files an application to surrender the current 
project license and remove the project works, and if the Commission 
grants such application, there will be no relicense proceeding. Any 
surrender application filed by the licensee will be the subject of 
public notice and opportunity for hearing. If the licensee does not, by 
two years prior to the expiration of the current license, file an 
application to surrender the current license, the Commission will apply 
the relicense competition procedures set forth in its regulations at 18 
CFR 16.25 (1999).
    n. A copy of the notice of intent 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 notice may be viewed on 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.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-5550 Filed 3-8-00; 8:45 am]
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