[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 159 (Thursday, August 16, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43007-43008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20615]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

August 10, 2001.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Amendment of License Application.
    b. Project No.: 2030-036.
    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).
    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 motions to intervene and protests: October 
10, 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.
    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.
    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 under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    k. This application has been accepted, but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The Round Butte development works consisting of: (1) The 440-
foot-high, 1,382-foot-long Round Butte dam; (2) a 535,000-acre-foot 
reservoir with a normal pool elevation at 1,945.0 feet mean sea level; 
(3) a spillway intake structure topped with a 30-foot-high, 36-foot-
wide radial gate, and a 1,800-foot-long, 21-foot-diameter spillway 
tunnel; (4) an 85-foot-long, varying in height and width, powerhouse 
intake structure; (5) a 1,425-foot-long, 23-foot-diameter power tunnel; 
(6) a powerhouse containing three turbine generating units with a total 
installed capacity of 247 megawatts (MW); (7) one 70-

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kilowatt (kW) turbine generating unit with a 30-inch-diameter pipe and 
support structure, a 10-foot square platform, and a turbine discharge 
pipe; (8) a 12.5-kilovolt (kV), 10.5-mile-long transmission line 
extending to the Reregulation dam, and a 230-kV, 100-mile-long 
transmission line extending to Portland General's Bethel substation; 
and (9) appurtenant facilities.
    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.
    The project is estimated to generate an average of 1.613 billion 
kilowatthours annually. The dams and existing project facilities are 
owned by the co-applicants.
    m. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and are 
available for public inspection. 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). Copies 
are also available for inspection and reproduction at the addresses 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-20615 Filed 8-15-01; 8:45 am]
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