[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52983-52984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20545]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedural 
Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final 
Amendments

August 7, 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 Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2726-012.
    c. Date Filed: July 29, 2002.
    d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Upper and Lower Malad Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Malad River in Gooding County, Idaho, 
approximately 3 miles north of Hagerman, Idaho.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825'').
    h. Applicant Contact: Robert W. Stahman, Idaho Power Company, P.O. 
Box 70, Boise, Idaho 83707, (208) 388-2676.
    I. FERC Contact: John Blair (202) 502-6092 or [email protected].
    j. 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 k below.
    k. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: September 26, 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 require all intervenors 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 
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.
    Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency 
status may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. 
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. 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.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing project consists of: (1) An upper diversion dam 
consisting of a gated spillway section 100 feet long and a flume 
section 123 feet long; (2) A concrete flume 4,635 feet long between the 
upper diversion dam and the upper intake structure; (3) The upper 
concrete intake structure 80.5 feet long and approximately 21 feet 
wide; (4) A steel penstock 10 feet in diameter and approximately 238 
feet long connected to the upper powerhouse; (5) The upper reinforced 
concrete powerhouse containing one generating unit having an installed 
nameplate capacity of 8.27 megawatts; (6) A lower diversion dam 
consisting of a gated spillway section 163 feet long and a flume 
section 136 feet long; (7) A concrete flume 5,318 feet long between the 
lower diversion dam and the lower intake structure; (8) The lower 
concrete intake structure 85 feet long and approximately 23 feet wide; 
(9) A steel penstock 12 feet in diameter and approximately 301 feet 
long connected to the lower powerhouse; (10) The lower reinforced 
concrete powerhouse containing one generating unit having an installed 
nameplate capacity of 13.5 megawatts; and (11) Other appurtenances.
    o. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is 
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for public inspection. This filing is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link. 
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket 
number field to access the document. For assistance, call (202) 502-
8222 or for Text Telephone (TTY) call (202) 208-1659. A copy is also 
available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h 
above.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Idaho 
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by Sec. 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Acceptance Letter--October 2002;
Request Additional Information--October 2002;
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--January 2003;
Request Additional Information--March 2003;
Issue Scoping Document 2--April 2003;
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--May 2003;
Notice of the availability of the draft EA--October 2003;
Notice of the availability of the final EA--January 2004;
Ready for Commission's decision on the application--February 2004;

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-20545 Filed 8-13-02; 8:45 am]
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