[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 87 (Monday, May 6, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30376-30377]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11145]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 637-022]


Notice of Application and Applicant-Prepared Environmental 
Assessment Accepted for Filing, Notice Soliciting Motions To Intervene 
and Protests, and Notice Soliciting Comments, Final Terms and 
Conditions, Recommendations and Prescriptions

April 29, 2002.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application and 
applicant-prepared environmental assessment have been accepted for 
filing with the Commission and are 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 interventions, protests, 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: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Documents may also 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

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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. Brief Project Description: 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. Locations of the application: 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. Cooperating agencies: We are asking Federal, state, local, and 
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect 
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the 
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating 
status should follow the instructions for filing comments described in 
item n. below.
    n. Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, Prescriptions, 
and Reply Comments: The Commission is requesting comments on the 
applicant's application and draft environmental assessment, final 
recommendations, terms and conditions, prescriptions, and final reply 
comments.
    Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedures, 
18 CFR 385.210, .211, .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, protest, or motions to intervene must be received on or 
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
    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 
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``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 protesting or 
intervening; (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. Any of 
these documents must be filed by providing the original and the number 
of copies required by the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must 
be served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the 
particular application.
    A copy of all other filings in reference to this application must 
be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed in the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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