[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 132 (Thursday, July 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41127-41128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17496]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2630-004]


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

July 3, 2003.
    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.: 2630-004.
    c. Date Filed: June 27, 2003.
    d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.
    e. Name of Project: Prospect Nos. 1, 2, and 4 Hydroelectric 
Project.
    f. Location: On the Rogue River, Middle Fork Rouge River, and Red 
Blanket Creek in Jackson County, near Prospect, Oregon. The project 
would not utilize federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Toby Freeman, Hydro Licensing, 825 NE 
Multnomah Avenue, Suite 1500, Portland, OR 97232, (503) 813-6208.
    i. FERC Contact: Nick Jayjack at (202) 502-6073 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 l 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: August 26, 2003.
    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 may be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing.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. After logging into the e-Filing system, select ``Comment 
on Filing'' from the Filing Type Selection screen and continue with the 
filing process.''
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing Prospect Nos. 1, 2, and 4 Hydroelectric Project 
consists of: (1) A 10-foot-high, 165-foot-long concrete gravity-type 
overflow diversion dam on the Middle Fork Rogue River; (2) a 10-foot-
high, 1,160-foot-long concrete and earth-fill diversion dam on Red 
Blanket Creek; (3) a 50-foot-high, 384-foot-long concrete gravity 
diversion dam on the Rogue River; (4) a 260-acre-foot impoundment 
behind the North Fork diversion dam (the other two dams form minimal 
impoundments); (5) non-functional fishways at the Red Blanket Creek and 
Middle Fork Rogue River diversion dams; (6) a 9.25-mile-long water 
conveyance system composed of gunite-lined canals (24,967 feet), 
unlined earthen canals (4,426 feet), open-top woodstave flumes (6,609 
feet), woodstave flow lines (7,139 feet), and steel penstocks (1,796 
feet); (7) three powerhouses with a combined installed capacity of 
41,560-kilowatts; (8) three

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69-kilovolt (kV) transmission lines (0.26, 0.28, and 0.31 miles in 
length) and one 2.3-kV transmission line (0.6 miles in length); (9) a 
developed recreation area known as North Fork Park; and (10) 
appurtenant facilities. The applicant is proposing certain non-power 
resource enhancements. The applicant estimates that the total average 
annual generation is 280,657 megawatt-hours. Power from the project 
serves the applicant's residential and commercial customers in the 
communities of northern Jackson County and southern Douglas County, 
Oregon.
    o. 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.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the OREGON 
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 or deficiency letter: September 2003.
    Request additional information: September 2003.
    Issue acceptance letter: December 2003.
    Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments: January 2004.
    Request additional information (if necessary): March 2004.
    Issue Scoping Document 2: April 2004.
    Notice of application ready for environmental analysis: April 2004.
    Notice of the availability of the draft EA: October 2004.
    Notice of the availability of the final EA: January 2005.
    Ready for Commission's decision on the application: January 2005.
    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of application ready for environmental analysis.

Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-17496 Filed 7-9-03; 8:45 am]
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