[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 181 (Monday, September 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56303-56304]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23869]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests

September 12, 2000.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: 2652-007.
    c. Date filed: August 30, 2000.
    d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.
    e. Name of Project: Bigfork Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Swan River/Flathead Lake, Flathead County, Montana. 
The project does not occupy any federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC Sec. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Michael B. Burke, Project Manager, 
PacifiCorp, 825 NE. Multnomah, Suite 1500, Portland, OR 97232.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Steve Hocking, e-mail address [email protected]. or 
telephone (202) 219-2656.
    j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: October 29, 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

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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 project consists of (1) a 12-
foot-high, 300-foot-long concrete diversion dam with a 235-foot-long 
spillway; (2) a reservoir with 73 surface acres; (3) a water intake 
structure and 1-mile-long flowline; (4) a forebay structure that 
directs water into three steel penstocks; (5) a brick powerhouse with 
three turbine/generator units with a total installed capacity of 4,150 
kilowatts; (6) a fish ladder on the right abutment (north end of the 
dam) and; (7) appurtenant facilities.
    m. 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, 
D.C. 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.
    n. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State 
Historic Preservation Officer as required by Sec. 106, National 
Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council 
on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.3.
    o. 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 that the application has been accepted for filing
Notice of National Environmental Policy Act (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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-23869 Filed 9-15-00; 8:45 am]
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