[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15147-15148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6886]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions 
To Intervene and Protests

March 15, 2000.
    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 located on United States lands 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
    f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    g. Applicant Contacts: Randy Landolt, Managing Director, Hydro 
Resources, PacificCorp, 825 NE 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, E-mail address 
[email protected], or (202) 219-2843.
    i. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protest: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    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 
intervener 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 energy.
    j. Status of environmental analysis: 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, an 
active storage capacity of 16,300 acre-feet, and a maximum water 
surface 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-foot 
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 Department consists of: (1) a 26.5-foot-
high and 141-foot-long conrete dam creating a 60-acre-foot capacity 
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) a 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 and three units with a total installed capacity 
of 30 MW; and (7) other appurtenances.
    l. Copies of the applications are 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 http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for assistance). Copies are also 
available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item g 
above.
    Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest or a 
motion to intervene in accordance with

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the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 
385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, 
the Commission will consider all protests filed, but only those who 
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules 
may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to 
intervene must be received on or before the specified deadline date for 
the particular application.
    Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is not 
ready for environmental analysis at this time; therefore, the 
Commission is not now requesting comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, or prescriptions.
    When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the 
Commission will notify all persons on the service list and affected 
resource agencies and Indian tribes. If any person wishes to be placed 
on the service list a motion to intervene must be filed by the 
specified deadline date herein for such motions. All resource agencies 
and Indian tribes that have official responsibilities that may be 
affected by the issues addressed in this proceeding, and persons on the 
service list will be able to file comments, terms and conditions, and 
prescriptions within 60 days of the date the Commission issues a 
notification letter that the application is ready for an environmental 
analysis. All reply comments must be filed with the Commission within 
105 days from the date of that letter.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION to INTERVENE'' (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Any 
of these documents must be filed by providing the original and the 
number of copies required by the Commission's regulations to: The 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. An additional copy must be sent to Director, 
Division of Project Review, Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, at the above address. A copy of any 
protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative 
of the applicant specified in the particular application.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-6886 Filed 3-20-00; 8:45 am]
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