[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 55 (Tuesday, March 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15148-15149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-6887]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Notice Soliciting 
Motions To Intervene and Protests, and Notice Soliciting Comments, 
Final Terms and Conditions, Recommendations and Prescriptions

March 15, 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 
and about 59 acres are on lands owned by the Bureau of Land Management.
    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. Deadline for filing interventions, protests, comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions: 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 
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. Brief Project Description: The 462-megawatt (MW) project 
consists of the following: (1) 606-foot-high, 1,300-foot-long Mossyrock 
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-foot-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 as Barrier 
Dam; (8) Cowlitz Trout Hatchery; (9) Mossyrock Park; (10) Taidnapam 
Park; and other associated facilities.
    l. 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 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.
    m. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit 
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedures, 18 CFR 385.210, 
385.211, 385.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the 
Commission will consider all protests or other comments 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 comments, 
protest, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the 
specified comment date for the particular application.
    n. Filing and Service of Response Documents--The Commission is 
requesting final comments on the applicant's application and draft 
environmental assessment, final reply comments, final recommendations, 
terms and conditions, and prescriptions.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
within 60 days from

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the issuance date of this notice. All reply comments must be filed with 
the Commission within 105 days from the date of this notice.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the 
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary 
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
    All filings must: (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' 
``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' ``OR PRESCRIPTIONS;'' 
(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; (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 
385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions or prescriptions must set forth their evidentiary basis; and 
otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may 
obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. 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. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.
    A copy of all other filings in reference to this application must 
be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed in the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-6887 Filed 3-20-00; 8:45 am]
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