[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 246 (Monday, December 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 78226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32208]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

December 17, 2002.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Minor original license.
    b. Project No.: 12423-001.
    c. Date filed: November 25, 2002.
    d. Applicant: American Falls Reservoir District No. 2 and Big Wood 
Canal Company.
    e. Name of Project: 993 Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Juncture of the 993 Lateral and North Gooding Main 
Canal, Boise Meridian, 20 miles northwest of the Town of Shoshone, 
Lincoln County, Idaho. The initial diversion is the Milner Dam on the 
Snake River. The North Gooding Main Canal is part of a U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation (Bureau) project. The project would occupy about 10-15 
acres of Federal land managed by the Bureau.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Lynn Harmon, General Manager, American Falls 
Reservoir District No. 2 and Big Wood Canal Company, Box C, Shoshone, 
Idaho, 83352; (208) 886-2331.
    i. FERC Contact: Allison Arnold, (202) 502-6346 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 this notice, and serve a copy of the request on 
the applicant.
    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.
    l. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    m. The 993 Hydroelectric Power Project would consist of: (1) A new 
concrete diversion structure located across the North Gooding Main 
Canal with a maximum height of 10 feet; (2) a new 7,000-foot-long canal 
with a bottom width of 25 feet that is to be excavated from rock, with 
some earth embankment, having a hydraulic capacity of 350 cfs; (3) a 
10-foot-high gated concrete diversion structure that will divert up to 
350 cfs to a concrete intake structure; (4) a 2,900-foot-long steel 
pipe (or HDPE) penstock (72 inch diameter); (5) a 30 by 50-foot 
concrete with masonry or metal walled powerhouse containing two 750 
kilowatt turbines with a total installed capacity of 1,500 Kw; (6) an 
enlarged 100-foot-long tailrace channel with a bottom width of 40 feet 
that will discharge into the North Gooding Main Canal; (7) a 2.4-mile-
long transmission line, and (8) appurtenant facilities. The annual 
generation will be approximately 5.8 gigawatt-hours (GWh).
    n. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site 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, contact FERC 
Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free at 1-866-208-
3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    o. 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.
    p. 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 or Deficiency Letter--March 2003.
Issue Scoping Document--April 2003.
Notice that application is ready for environmental analysis--July 2003.
Notice of the availability of the EA--November 2003.
Ready for Commission decision on the application--January 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. 02-32208 Filed 12-20-02; 8:45 am]
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