[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17038-17039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8457]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

April 1, 2003.
    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.: 12423-000.
    c. Date filed: November 25, 2002.
    d. Applicant: American Falls Reservoir District No. 2 and Big Wood 
Canal Company.
    e. Name of Project: Lateral 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. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance of this 
notice. Reply comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 
days from the date of this notice.
    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.
    Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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.
    k. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    l. 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 would 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 (kW) 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 would discharge into the North Gooding Main Canal; (7) a 2.4-
mile-long transmission line, and (8) appurtenant facilities. The annual 
generation would be approximately 5.8 gigawatt-hours.
    m. 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.
    n. Public notice of the filing of the initial development 
application, which has already been given, established the due date for 
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the 
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be 
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the 
initial development application. No competing applications or notices 
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``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 submitting the filing; and (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. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in

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accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-8457 Filed 4-7-03; 8:45 am]
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