[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46449-46450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22231]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Applications Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

August 29, 2001.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are 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, Utah.
    e. Names 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.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC Secs. 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] (202) 219-
2780.
    j. Deadline for Filing Comments, Recommendations, Terms and 
Conditions, and Prescriptions: 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 under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners filing documents with the Commission

[[Page 46450]]

to serve a copy of that document 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, the intervener also 
must serve a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: These applications have been 
accepted for filing and are ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Description of the Project: The project, which does not include 
a dam or reservoir, operates using relatively small quantities of water 
removed from underground springs or small creeks located at high 
elevations and then transported via buried 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, primarily 
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 gross head that drives one 200-kW generator.
    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 gross head. The turbine powers one 500-kW generator.
    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 gross head. The 
turbine drives one 1,000-kW generator.
    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 gross head. These turbines drive one 300-kW 
generator.
    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 Lower Bartholomew 
powerhouse to Springville City's electric distribution system.
    The City proposes to continue diverting water from underground 
springs in Bartholomew Canyon to generate hydropower and to obtain 
culinary quality water for the City's municipal water supply system. In 
addition, the City proposes to continue diverting flows from the left 
and right forks of Hobble Creek to generate electricity at its existing 
300-kilowatt (kW) Hobble Creek powerhouse.
    m. Locations of the Application: Copies of each of the application 
are available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's 
Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, 
Washington, D.C. 20246, or by calling (202) 208-1371. 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).
    n. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--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 60 days from the 
issuance date of this notice. All reply comments must be filed with the 
Commission within 105 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 letters the title 
``COMMENTS'', ``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 submitting the filing; 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. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-22231 Filed 9-4-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P