[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8957-8958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4603]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting 
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests

February 21, 2002.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Application Type: Amendment of License.
    b. Project No.: 2114-105.
    c. Date Filed: February 11, 2002.
    d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County 
(Grant), WA.
    e. Name of Project: Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Columbia River, in Grant, Yakima, Kittitas, 
Douglas, Benton, and Chelan counties, Washington. The project occupies 
federal lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. 
Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Department of 
the Army, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Don Godard, Public Utility District No. 2 of 
Grant County, WA, P.O. Box 878, Ephrata, WA, 98823; (509) 754-3541.
    i. FERC Contact: Bob Easton (202) 219-2782, e-mail: 
[email protected]. The Commission cannot accept comments,

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motions to intervene or protests sent by e-mail; these documents must 
be filed as described below.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and 
protests: 14 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R. Salas, 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.gov under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person whose name appears 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. Description of Filing: Grant proposes to continue testing the 
use of a temporary overflow spill gate for passing juvenile salmon and 
steelhead downstream of Wanapum dam. The overflow spill gate is a 
bulkhead-type steel structure measuring 57 feet wide and 79 feet high. 
Flow through the overflow spill gate would be controlled by the forebay 
elevation and a weir structure and test flows would range up to 11,000 
cubic feet per second (cfs). In an environmental assessment issued in 
March 1996, the Commission evaluated the environmental effects of the 
temporary overflow spill gate for providing fish passage at Wanapum 
dam. In orders dated March 29, 1996, and June 20, 1997, the Commission 
approved the testing of this device. Both orders required Grant to file 
any plans for additional testing with the Commission for approval. The 
immediate amendment application requests approval for continued testing 
of the temporary overflow spill gate with minor modifications, 
including removal of three vertical partitions, increasing the test 
flows from approximately 5,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 11,000 
cfs, and controlling flow with a weir rather than the tainter gate. 
Comments on the Amendment of License are due on the date listed in item 
j above.
    l. A copy of the application is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room at 888 First 
Street NE., Room 2A, 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).
    m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing 
list should indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
    Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, 385.211, 385.214. In determining the appropriate action to 
take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments 
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 
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or 
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
    Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS,'' ``PROTEST,'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' as applicable, 
and the Project Number of the particular application to which the 
filing refers. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served 
upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular 
application.
    Federal, state, and local agencies are invited to file comments on 
the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by 
agencies directly from the applicant. If an agency does not file 
comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be 
presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must 
also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-4603 Filed 2-26-02; 8:45 am]
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