[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 152 (Monday, August 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48233-48234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20074]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Acceptance for Filing and Soliciting 
Motions To Intervene and Protests

July 14, 2000.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: A New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2042-013.
    c. Date filed: January 21, 2000.
    d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County.
    e. Name of Project: Box Canyon Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Pend Oreille River, in Pend Oreille County, 
Washington and Bonner County, Idaho. About 709 acres within the project 
boundary are located on lands of the United States, including Kalispel 
Indian Reservation (493 acres), U.S. Forest Service Colville National 
Forest (182.93 acres), U.S. Department of Energy, Bonneville Power 
Administration (24.14 acres), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2.45 
acres), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (5.29 acres), and U.S. Bureau of 
Land Management (1.44 acres).
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(1)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Gedds, Public Utility District No. 
1 of Pend Oreille County, 130 North Washington St., Newport, WA 99156; 
(509) 447-3137.
    i. FERC Contact: Mr. Timothy Welch, E-mail: 
[email protected] or telephone 202-219-2666.
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protest: October 6, 
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.
    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 Box Canyon Project is located in 
the northeast corner of Washington state in Pend Oreille County. The 
project dam is located at river mile 34.4 from the Pend Oreille River's 
confluence with the Columbia River. The site is 13 miles form the 
Canadian border, 14 miles from the Idaho border, and 90 miles north of 
city of Spokane, WA. The existing Box Canyon Project consists of: (1) 
46-foot-high, 160-foot-long reinforced concrete dam with integral 
spillway, (2) 217-foot-long, 35-foot-diameter diversion tunnel, (3) 
1,170-foot-long forebay channel, (4) auxiliary spillway, (5) powerhouse 
containing four generating units with a combined capacity of 72 MW, (6) 
8,850-acre reservoir at maximum operating pool elevation of 2030.6 
feet, and other associated facilities. PUD No. 1 operates the project 
in a run-of-river mode.
    PUD No. 1 purposes to upgrade all four turbines with new high 
efficiency, fish-friendly runners and to rewind the four generators to 
increase generating

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capacity to 90 MW. No new structures will be built and no construction 
in the river will be required. No operational changes will be needed 
although peak flow through each turbine will be increased from 6,850 
cfs to 8,100 cfs which will ultimately result in an 8% increase in 
average annual energy output.
    m. Location 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 20246, or by calling (202) 208-1371. This filing 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.
    n. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following milestones, some of which may 
be combined to expedite processing:

Notice of NEPA scoping
Notice that the application is ready for environmental analysis
Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document
Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document
Order issuing the Commission's decision on the application

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission within 30 days of the Notice that the application is ready 
for environmental analysis.
    Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest or a 
motion to intervene in accordance with 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 issue a public notice requesting comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
    All filing 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. 
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. An additional copy must be 
sent to Director, Division of Environmental and Engineering Review, 
Office of Energy Projects, 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.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-20074 Filed 8-4-00; 8:45 am]
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