[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 140 (Thursday, July 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45049-45050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18334]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Applications Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

July 14, 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. Project Nos.: 1975-014; 2061-004; 2777-007; 2778-005.
    c. Dates filed: December 20, 1995 and May 27, 1997.
    d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company.
    e. Name of Projects: Bliss, Lower Salmon Falls, Upper Salmon Falls, 
Shoshone Falls Water Power Projects.
    f. Locations:
    Bliss Project--On the mainstem Snake River, about 6 miles west of 
the town of Bliss, in Gooding, Twin Falls, and Elmore Counties, Idaho. 
The project is partially located within federal lands administered by 
the Bureau of Land Management.
    Lower Salmon Falls--On the mainstem Snake River, about 2 miles 
north of the town of Hagerman, in Gooding and Twin Falls Counties, 
Idaho. The project is partially located within federal lands 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
    Upper Salmon Falls--On the mainstem Snake River, about 3 miles 
south of the town of Hagerman, in Gooding and Twin Falls Counties, 
Idaho. The project does not involve any federal lands.
    Shoshone Falls--On the mainstem Snake River, about 4 miles east of 
the town of Twin Falls, in Jerome and Twin Falls Counties, Idaho. The 
project is partially located within federal lands administered by the 
Bureau of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Robert W. Stahman, Idaho Power Company, 1221 
West Idaho street, P.O. Box 70, Boise, ID 83707, (208) 388-2676.
    i. FERC Contact: John Blair, [email protected], (202)-219-
2845.
    j. Deadline for filing 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 
interveners 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 agency.
    k. These applications has been accepted for filing and are now 
ready for environmental analysis.
    l. The Bliss project consists of the following existing facilities: 
(1) a 364-foot-long, 38-foot-high concrete dam

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with a 216-foot-long spillway; (2) a 5-mile-long, 255-acre reservoir 
with a water surface elevation of 2,654.0 feet above mean sea level 
(msl), with a total storage capacity of 11,100 acre-feet; (3) a 
powerhouse (integral with the dam) with a total installed capacity of 
75 megawatts, producing about 493 gigawatthours (GWh) annually; (4) a 
10.5-mile-long, 138-kilovolt primary transmission line; and other 
appurtenances.
    The Lower Salmon Falls project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 700-foot-long, 38-foot-high concrete dam with a 312-
foot-long spillway; (2) a 6.6-mile-long, 750-acre reservoir with a 
water surface elevation of 2,798 feet msl, with a total storage 
capacity of 11,100 acre feet; (3) a powerhouse with a total installed 
capacity of 60 megawatts, producing about 343 GWh annually; (4) two 
138-kV primary transmission lines (0.10- and 0.15-mile-long).
    The Upper Salmon Falls project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 1,620-foot-long, 14-foot-high concrete dam with a 
240-foot-long spillway; (2) a 5.8-mile-long, 50 acre reservoir with a 
surface elevation of 2,878 feet msl, with a total storage capacity of 
600 acre feet; (3) a powerhouse with a total installed capacity of 34 
megawatts, producing about 32l GWh annually.
    The Shoshone Falls project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 779-foot-long, 16-foot-high dam with a 380-foot-long 
spillway; (2) a 1.8 mile long, 86 acre reservoir with a water surface 
elevation of 3,354 feet msl with a total storage capacity of 11,100 
acre feet; (3) a powerhouse with a total installed capacity of 12.5 
megawatts, producing about 110 GWh annually
    m. A copy 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, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371. The applications 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 ``h'' 
above.
    Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is 
requesting comments, reply comments, 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 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 capital letters the title ``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 submitting the filing; and (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, N.E., Washington, DC 20426. An additional copy must 
be sent to Director, Division of Environmental Engineering Review, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at the above address. Each filing 
must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on 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.
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