[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4820-4821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-1432]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

January 11, 2001.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Conduit Exemption.
    b. Project No.: 11867-000.
    c. Date Filed: December 26, 2000.
    d. Applicant: The Metropolitan Water District of Southern 
California.
    e. Name of Project: Diamond Valley Lake Small Conduit Hydroelectric 
Project.
    f. Location: In Riverside County, California. The project would be 
located in the Wadsworth Pumping Plant and would utilize water from 
Diamond Valley Lake. Diamond Valley Lake, an off-stream reservoir, 
stores water from the Colorado River Aqueduct that the Wadsworth Plant 
pumps into it from a forebay on the San Diego Canal. The California 
Aqueduct will be a source of water for the Lake by gravity flow, when 
construction of the Inland Feeder pipeline is complete. The project 
would not occupy federal or tribal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Joseph E. Tait, Assistant General 
Manager, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, P.O. 
Box 54153, Los Angeles, CA 90054-0153, (213) 217-6860.
    i. FERC Contact: James Hunter, (202) 219-2839.

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    j. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time--see the following paragraphs about 
filing responsive documents.
    k. Deadline for filing motions to intervene, protests and comments: 
February 16, 2001.
    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. Comments and protests may be 
filed electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site 
at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
    Please include the project number (P-11867-000) on any comments, 
protests, or motions filed.
    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 in 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.
    l. Description of Project: The project would consist of modifying 
the 12 existing pumps in the Wadsworth Plant to operate in a reverse 
turbine-generating mode. Energy currently dissipated in pressure 
control valves as water is released from the Lake into the Canal could 
then be captured. Each pump/generator would have an installed capacity 
of 3.3 megawatts (MW), for a total installed capacity of 39.6 MW. The 
average annual generation would be 30 gigawatt hours.
    m. Available Locations of Application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, located at 888 First Street, 
NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. This 
filing may be viewed on 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 shown in item h above.
    Development Application--Any qualified applicant desiring to file a 
competing application must submit to the Commission, on or before the 
specified deadline date for the particular application, a competing 
development application, or a notice of intent to file such an 
application. Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an 
interested person to file the competing development application no 
later than 120 days after the specified deadline date for the 
particular application. Applications for preliminary permits will not 
be accepted in response to this notice.
    Notice of intent--A notice of intent must specify the exact name, 
business address, and telephone number of the prospective applicant, 
and must include an unequivocal statement of intent to submit, if such 
an application may be filed, either a preliminary permit application or 
a development application (specify which type of application). A notice 
of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in the public 
notice.
    Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest or a 
motion to intervene is 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 
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 30 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply 
comments must be filed with the Commission within 75 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 lettters the title 
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMMENTS,'' or 
``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; 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, 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.

David P. Boegers,
Secretary.
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