[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14933-14934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7451]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

March 22, 2002.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: New Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 2782-006.
    c. Date filed: October 30, 2001.
    d. Applicant: Parowan City.
    e. Name of Project: Red Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Red Creek, near the City of Paragonah, in Iron 
County, Utah. The project is partially on United States lands 
administered by the Bureau of Land Management.

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    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Alden C. Robinson, Sunrise Engineering, Inc., 
25 E. 500 N., Fillmore, Utah 84631-3513; (435) 743-1143.
    i. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking at [email protected] or (202) 
219-2656.
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: May 6, 2002.
    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.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure 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.
    Scoping comments 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, http://www.ferc.gov, under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Description of the Project: The existing project consists of: 
(1) The Red Creek diversion dam which is a concrete structure 8 feet 
high and 48 feet long; an intake with a radial gate and trash rack 
connected to a 16,098-foot-long, 16 to 18-inch diameter steel penstock, 
(2) the South Fork diversion dam which is a concrete structure 8 feet 
high and 29 feet long; an intake with a radial gate and trash rack 
connected to a 4,263-foot-long, 10-inch-diameter steel penstock, (3) a 
pump station at the junction of the South Fork and Red Creek penstocks 
housing a 15 horsepower and a 20 horsepower pump with control 
equipment, (4) a 27-foot by 32-foot concrete block powerhouse with a 
single 500-kilowatt (kW) generator; (5) two 270-foot-long transmission 
lines, and (6) appurtenant facilities.
    m. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is 
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). A copy 
is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in 
item h above.
    n. Scoping Process:
    The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) 
for the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy 
Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative 
environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed 
action.
    Commission staff do not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we will solicit comments, 
recommendations, information, and alternatives by issuing Scoping 
Document 1 (SD1).
    Copies of SD1 outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the EA 
were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list. 
Copies of SD1 may 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).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-7451 Filed 3-27-02; 8:45 am]
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