[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37226-37227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17821]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing 
Procedures for Relicensing

July 11, 2001.
    Take notice that additional study requests are being solicited for 
the following hydroelectric applications.
    a. Type of Application: Amendment of License Application.
    b. Project No.: 2030-036.\1\
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    \1\ On December 16 and 17, 1999, PGE and the CTWS, respectively, 
filed competing applications for license for the Pelton Round Butte 
Project. On June 29, 2001, PGE and the CTWS filed a joint, final 
amendment to their applications for license to become co-applicants 
for license, thereby eliminating any competition for a new license 
for the project. Based on footnote No. 19 of the Commission's Order 
Approving Settlement and Amending Application, issued November 21, 
2000, we are merging both applications into one docket, 2030-036. 
Docket 11832-000, established for the CTWS license application, and 
docket 2030-031, established for PGE's application have been merged 
into docket P-2030-036.
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    c. Date Filed: June 29, 2001.
    d. Applicants: Portland General Electric Company (PGE) and the 
Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon (CTWS).

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    e. Name of Project: Pelton Round Butte Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Deschutes River in 
Jefferson, Marion, and Wasco Counties, Oregon. The project occupies 
lands of the Deschutes National Forest; Mt Hood National Forest; 
Willamette National Forest; Crooked River National Grassland; Bureau of 
Land Management; and tribal lands of the Warm Springs Reservation of 
Oregon.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contacts: Ms. Julie Keil, Director, Hydro Licensing, 
Portland General Electric Company, 121 SW Salmon Street, Portland, OR 
97204, (503) 464-8864; and Mr. James Manion, General Manager, Warm 
Springs Power Enterprises, P.O. Box 690, Warm Springs, OR 97761, (541) 
553-1046.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Nan Allen at (202) 219-2839. E-mail address: [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: August 28, 
2001.\2\
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    \2\ The Commission issued a tendering notice and solicitation 
for additional study requests for PGE's and the CTWS's license 
applications on December 28, 1999. On January 6, 2000, the 
Commission canceled the solicitation for additional study requests 
in anticipation of the joint final amendment filed on June 29, 2001. 
We now establish the deadline for additional study requests as 60 
days from the date of filing of the joint amendment.
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    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, additional study 
requests, 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 under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors 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 
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. The applications for license and the joint, final amendment 
application are not ready for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The Round Butte development consists of: (1) The 440-foot-high, 
1,382-foot-long compacted rock-filled Round Butte dam with a crest 
elevation of 1,955 feet above mean sea level (msl) with a spillway 
intake structure, a spillway tunnel and a modified flip bucket 
discharge; (2) Lake Billy Chinook with a gross storage capacity of 
535,000 acre-feet and a normal maximum water surface area of 4,000 
acres at normal maximum water elevation of 1,945 feet msl; (3) a 
powerhouse intake structure, with trashracks, on the left abutment 
about 700 feet upstream from the dam; (4) a 23-foot-diameter, 1,425-
foot-long steel-lined power tunnel; (5) a reinforced concrete-encased 
steel bifurcation consisting of three 14-foot-diameter penstocks; (6) 
the Round Butte powerhouse containing three turbine/generator units 
with a total installed capacity of 300 megawatts (MW); (7) a tailrace 
channel; (8) a 100-mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line from 
the switchyard to PGE's Bethel substation; (9) a 10.5-mile-long, 12.5-
kV transmission line from the switchyard to the Reregulating dam; and 
(10) other appurtenances.\3\
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    \3\ On June 18, 2001, PGE filed an application to amend the 
current project license to install a 70-kilowatt-turbine/generator 
unit on a pipeline that drains ground water from the lower grout 
tunnel on the west abutment of the Round Butte dam. The Commission 
has not yet acted on PGE's application.
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    The Pelton development consists of: (1) The 204-foot-high, 636-
foot-long thin-arch variable-radius reinforced concrete Pelton dam with 
a crest elevation 1,585 feet msl; (2) a reinforced concrete spillway on 
the left bank with a crest elevation of 1,558 feet msl; (3) Lake 
Simtustus with a gross storage capacity of 31,000 acre-feet and a 
normal maximum surface area of 540 acres at normal maximum water 
surface elevation of 1,580 feet msl; (4) an intake structure at the 
dam; (5) three 16-foot-diameter penstocks, 107 feet long, 116 feet 
long, and 108 feet long, respectively; (6) a powerhouse with three 
turbine/generator units with a total installed capacity of 108 MW; (7) 
a tailrace channel; (8) a 7.9-mile-long, 230-kV transmission line from 
the powerhouse to the Round Butte switchyard; and (9) other 
appurtenances.
    The Reregulating development consists of: (1) The 88-foot-high, 
1,067-foot-long concrete gravity and impervious core rockfilled 
Reregulating dam with a spillway crest elevation of 1,402 feet msl; (2) 
a reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 3,500 acre feet and a 
normal maximum water surface area of 190 acres at normal maximum water 
surface elevation of 1,435 feet msl; (3) a powerhouse at the dam 
containing a 18.9-MW turbine/generator unit; (4) a tailrace channel; 
(5) a 3.2-mile-long, 69-kV transmission line from the development to 
the Warm Springs substation; and (6) other appurtenances.
    m. A copy of PGE's and CTWS's applications for license and their 
joint, final amendment are available for inspection and 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. This 
filing may also be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the 
``RIMS'' link, select ``Docket#'' and follow the instructions (call 
202-208-2222 for assistance). A copy is also available for inspection 
and reproduction at the addresses in item h above.
    n. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the OREGON 
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by Sec. 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following milestones, some of which may be combined to expedite 
processing:

Notice of application being accepted for filing
Notice of NEPA Scoping
Notice of application being 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

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-17821 Filed 7-16-01; 8:45 am]
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