[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55386-55387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24232]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2630-004]


Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions 
To Intervene and Protests

September 17, 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. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests and 
requests for cooperating agency status: 60 days from the issuance 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.
    Motions to intervene and protests 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. k. This 
application has been accepted, but is not ready for environmental 
analysis at this time.
    l. 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),

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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 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.
    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 ``eLibrary'' 
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.
    n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate 
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but 
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests 
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
deadline date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-24232 Filed 9-24-03; 8:45 am]
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