[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 25, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20800-20801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10193]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

April 19, 2001.
    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 for Minor Project.
    b. Project No.: 719-007.
    c. Date filed: October 31, 2000.
    d. Applicant: Trinity Conservancy, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Trinity Power Project.
    f. Location: On Phelps Creek and James Creek in the Columbia River 
Basin in Chelan County, near Leavenworth, Washington. The project 
occupies 47.9 acres of federal lands in Wenatchee National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Reid L. Brown, President, Trinity 
Conservancy, Inc., 3139 E. Lake Sammamish SE, Sammamish, WA 98075-9608, 
(425) 392-9214.
    i. FERC Contact: Charles Hall, (202) 219-2853 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 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. Comments, protests and 
interventions 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.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice 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. This application has been accepted, but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The Trinity Project consists of: (1) A deteriorated wooden 
diversion dam, 70-foot-long flume and settling tank on James Creek, and 
a 3,350-foot-long, partially destroyed steel penstock, all of which is 
proposed for decommissioning with this license application; (2) a 45-
foot-long, 10-foot-high timber crib diversion dam and screened intake 
on Phelps Creek; (3) a 24-inch-diameter, 6,000-foot-long, gravity-flow, 
steel pipe aqueduct; (4) a 20-foot-long, 14-foot-wide, 9-foot-deep, 
reinforced concrete settling tank; (5) a 42-inch- to 12-inch-diameter, 
2,750-foot-long, riveted spiral-wound penstock; (6) a 145-foot-long, 
34-foot-wide, wood-frame powerhouse building containing a single Pelton 
impulse turbine and 240-kilowatt synchronous generator; (7) a tailrace; 
and (8) appurtenant facilities. The generator supplies the electricity 
needs of four residences, a cabin and shed; the project is not 
connected to the electric transmission grid. The licensee proposes to 
decommission the inoperable James Creek diversion facilities and adjust 
the project boundary accordingly.
    m. A copy of the application is available for inspection and

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reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 888 
First Street, NE., Room 2-A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371. The application 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 in item h 
above.
    n. 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.
    All filings 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. 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. 01-10193 Filed 4-24-01; 8:45 am]
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