[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 67 (Monday, April 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16747-16748]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8403]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, 
Establishing Procedures for Relicensing and Deadline for Commenting, 
and Submission of Final Amendments

April 2, 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 License
    b. Project No.: 637-022
    c. Date Filed: March 28, 2002
    d. Applicant: Public Utility District No.1 of Chelan County (Chelan 
PUD)
    e. Name of Project: Lake Chelan Hydroelectric Project
    f. Location: On the Chelan River in Chelan County, Washington. The 
project occupies about 465 acres of federal lands administered by the 
U.S Forest Service and the National Park Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Gregg Carrington, Chelan PUD, 327 North 
Wenatchee Ave, Wenatchee WA 98801 or P.O. Box 1231, Wenatchee WA 98807-
1231, 509-663-8121 or within Washington State toll-free at 888-663-
8121, email: [email protected]
    i. FERC Contact: Vince Yearick, FERC, 888 First Street, NE, Room 
61-11, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 219-3073, email: 
[email protected]
    j. Deadline for filing comments: 30 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 Commissions, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 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 
at http://www.ferc.gov under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. The existing Lake Chelan Project consists of: Lake Chelan, a 
natural glacial lake that was raised 21 feet by construction of the dam 
to a current normal maximum water surface elevation of 1,100 feet; a 
40-foot-high, 490-foot-long, concrete gravity, steel-reinforced dam; a 
14-foot-diameter power tunnel, 2.2 miles long; a 45-foot-diameter-by-
125-foot-high steel surge tank located along the power tunnel 
approximately 700 feet upstream of the powerhouse; a 90-foot-long 
penstock transition that reduces from 14 feet in diameter to 12 feet in 
diameter and then bifurcates; two 9-foot-diameter, steel-lined, 
concrete-encased penstocks that reduce to 7.5 feet in diameter at the 
turbine shutoff valves; a 140-foot-long, 100-foot-wide and 124-foot-
high reinforced concrete powerhouse that contains two vertical-shaft, 
Francis-type turbines with a rated generating capacity of 24,000 
kilowatts (kW) each; and a 1,700-foot-long excavated tailrace channel 
adjacent to the mouth of the Chelan River that discharges into the 
Columbia River.
    l. A copy of the application is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance 
Branch, located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2-A, Washington, DC 
20426, or by calling (202) 219-1371. 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). A copy is also available for inspection 
and reproduction by contacting the applicant identified in item h 
above.
    m. Relicensing procedures and final amendments: The Commission 
staff proposes to issue a single Environmental Assessment (EA) rather 
than issuing a draft and final EA. Staff intends to allow at least 30 
days for entities to comment on the EA before final action is taken on 
the license application. If any person or organization objects to this 
staff proposed procedure, they should file comments as stipulated in 
item j above, explaining the basis for their objection.

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The application will be processed according to the following 
milestones, some of which may be combined to expedite processing:

Notice of application has been accepted for filing
Notice soliciting final terms and conditions
Notice of the availability of the NEPA document
Order issuing the Commission's decision on the application

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 45 days from the issuance date of the notice 
soliciting final terms and conditions.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-8403 Filed 4-5-02; 8:45 am]
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