[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 189 (Thursday, September 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58271-58273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24879]


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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 22, 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.: 2031-046.
    c. Date Filed: August 30, 2000.
    d. Applicant: Springville City.
    e. Name of Project: Bartholomew Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Northeast of Springville City, within Bartholomew 
Canyon and on Hobble Creek, in Utah County, Utah. The project is 
partially situated on federal lands within the Uinta National Forest, 
administered by the Forest Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Matthew Cassel at Psomas Consultants, 2825 
East Cottonwood Parkway, #120, Salt Lake City, Utah 84121. Telephone 
801-270-5777.
    i. FERC Contact: Jim Haimes, [email protected], Telephone 
202-219-2780.
    j. Deadline for Filing Additional Study Requests: October 30, 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.

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    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 whose name appears 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. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of the Project: Situated in a mountainous, mostly 
undeveloped area east of Springville City, approximately 60 miles south 
of Salt Lake City, the subject project does not include a dam or 
reservoir. Instead, it operates using relatively small quantities of 
water removed from underground springs or small creeks located at high 
elevations and then transported downhill via underground penstocks to 
three powerhouses and a powerhouse addition having a combined installed 
capacity of 2,000 kilowatts (kW). The project produces an average of 
approximately 4,653,000 kilowatt-hours of energy per year. Much of the 
project's generation is produced during the high runoff season each 
spring. Flows used to generate electricity either are diverted to the 
licensee's water distribution system for domestic and industrial 
consumption or are released into Hobble Creek.
    The project's generating facility at the highest elevation is Upper 
Bartholomew powerhouse. Constructed in 1992, it is a 25-foot-long by 
17-foot-wide, partially buried, concrete structure containing one 
turbine with an hydraulic capacity of 10 cubic feet per second (cfs) 
and a 900-foot head that drives one 200-kW generator. This facility 
operates using water collected from underground springs located in the 
left fork Bartholomew Canyon and transported to the powerhouse in a 10-
inch-diameter, 55-foot-long, ductile iron pipe to a diversion-head 
control structure, and then through a 10-inch-diameter, 5,800-foot-
long, ductile iron penstock to the powerhouse. Releases from this 
powerhouse travel through a 20-inch-diameter, 100-foot-long outlet pipe 
to a surge tank, and then through a 30-inch-diameter, steel pipe to a 
1.5 million-gallon-capacity storage tank.
    Downhill, at the south end of Bartholomew Canyon, is the project's 
original generating facility, Lower Bartholomew Powerhouse. Constructed 
in 1948, this 80-foot-long by 28-foot-wide, brick and masonry structure 
contains one turbine with an hydraulic capacity of 16 cfs and a 980-
foot head. The turbine powers one 500-kW generator. This unit currently 
operates intermittently with overflows from the licensee's 1.5 million-
gallon-capacity water tank, cited above. This water reaches the turbine 
in a 16-inch-diameter, 25,250-foot-long penstock, and it exits the 
powerhouse through a 24-inch-diameter, concrete pipe into a diversion 
canal, and then into the left fork Hobble Creek.
    Constructed in 1987, Lower Bartholomew Powerhouse Annex is a brick 
and masonry addition to the original powerhouse containing one turbine 
having an hydraulic capacity of 28 cfs and a 980-foot head. The turbine 
drives one 1,000-kW generator. Power is produced using culinary water 
released from the licensee's 1.5 million-gallon water tank, cited 
above, and transported downstream in a 20-inch-diameter, 25,250-foot-
long, steel penstock.
    Inflows to this water tank are obtained from two sources: Releases 
from the Upper Bartholomew powerhouse, discussed above; and underground 
springs located at the upper end of the right fork Bartholomew Canyon. 
This spring water is collected in buried perforated pipes connected to 
collection boxes and then transported via a 30-inch-diameter, 4,800-
foot-long, concrete pipe to the project's 1.5 million-gallon storage 
tank. After exiting the turbine, flows are transported through a 24-
inch-diameter, steel pipe to the licensee's non-project 2.0 million-
gallon Hobble Creek water storage tank for domestic and industrial 
customers in the Springville area.
    The project facility at the lowest elevation is Hobble Creek 
powerhouse, located in the lower portion of Hobble Creek Canyon. 
Constructed in 1950, this 35-foot-long by 30-foot-wide, masonry 
structure contains two turbines having a combined hydraulic capacity of 
38 cfs and a 135-foot head. These turbines drive one 300-kW generator. 
The development currently operates with surface flows diverted from the 
left fork Hobble Creek by a 5-foot-high, 25-foot-long, concrete 
diversion structure, and from the right fork Hobble Creek by a 4-foot-
high, 30-foot-long, concrete diversion structure. Flows diverted from 
these creeks are transported in 14-inch-diameter, steel pipes to a 
concrete flow-equalizing structure, and then through one 30-inch-
diameter, 8,500-foot-long, steel penstock to the powerhouse. Releases 
from the powerhouse are discharged directly into Hobble Creek.
    The project also includes the following two transmission 
facilities: (1) A 5.9-mile-long line, which includes one 1-mile-long, 
underground segment and a 4.9-mile-long overhead segment, from Upper 
Bartholomew powerhouse to Hobble Creek powerhouse; and (2) a 6.9-mile-
long, 12.47-kilovolt, underground cable from Hobble Creek powerhouse to 
Springville City's electric distribution system.
    Although there are no developed recreational facilities within the 
boundaries of the subject project, Springville City owns and operates a 
200-unit campground and a golf course in the project vicinity. In 
addition, the Forest Service operates two small campgrounds along the 
right fork Hobble Creek.
    m. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, Room 2A, located at 888 First Street, NE., 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.
    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 800.4.
    o. Under Section 4.32(b)(7) of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 
4.32(b)(7)), if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that the applicant should conduct an additional scientific study to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merits, they must file a request for the study with 
the Commission, not later than 60 days after the date the application 
is filed, and must serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
    p. 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 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; and
Order issuing the Commission's decision on the application

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission

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within 30 days of the notice that the application is ready for 
environmental analysis.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-24879 Filed 9-27-00; 8:45 am]
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