[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 143 (Friday, July 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44071-44072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18935]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

July 2, 2003.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric license application 
has been filed with the Commission and is available for public 
inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-2183-035.
    c. Date filed: June 2, 2003.
    d. Applicant: Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA).

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    e. Name of Project: Markham Ferry Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Grand (Neosho) River, in Mayes County, 
Oklahoma. This project would not use federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert W. Sullivan, Assistant General 
Manager, Risk Management & Regulatory Compliance, GRDA, P.O. Box 409, 
Vinita, Oklahoma 74301; (918)-256-5545.
    i. FERC Contact: John Ramer, [email protected], (202) 502-8969.
    j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, state, and local 
agencies and Indian tribes 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 factual basis for 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 after the 
application filing and serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: August 1, 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.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The Markham Ferry Hydroelectric Project 
consists of the following existing facilities: (1) The 3,744-foot-long 
by about 90-foot-high Robert S. Kerr dam, which includes an 824-foot-
long gated spillway, topped with 17, 40-foot-long by 27-foot-high, 
steel Taintor gates and two 80-ton capacity traveling gate hoists; (2) 
the 15-mile-long Lake Hudson, which has a surface area of 10,900 feet, 
200,300 acre-feet of operating storage, and 444,500 acre-feet total of 
flood storage capacity; (3) the 6,200-foot-long by 45-foot-high Salina 
Dike; (4) a concrete powerhouse containing four 35 horsepower Kaplan 
turbines with a total maximum hydraulic capacity of 28,000 cubic feet 
per second (cfs) and four generating units with a total installed 
generating capacity of 108,000 kilowatts (kW), and producing an average 
of 257,107,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) annually; (5) one unused 110-
kilovolt (kV) transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The 
dam and existing project facilities are owned by GRDA.
    o. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is 
available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the 
Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link--select ``Docket 
'' and follow the instructions. For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 
208-3676 or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available 
for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    p. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    q. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Oklahoma 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.
    r. 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. The Commission 
staff proposes to issue one environmental assessment rather than issue 
a draft and final EA. Comments, terms and conditions, recommendations, 
prescriptions, and reply comments, if any, will be addressed in an EA 
issued in early 2005.
    Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter: November 2003.
    Issue Scoping Document: April 2004.
    Notice that application is ready for environmental analysis: August 
2004.
    Notice of the availability of the EA: February 2005.
    Ready for Commission decision on the application: May 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 ready for environmental analysis.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-18935 Filed 7-24-03; 8:45 am]
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