[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62288-62289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00153]


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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

October 28, 2003.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Minor License Application.
    b. Project No.: 12063-001.
    c. Date filed: October 17, 2003.
    d. Applicant: William Arkoosh.
    e. Name of Project: Little Wood River Ranch II Hydroelectric 
Project.
    f. Location: On the Little Wood River, near the Town of Shoshone, 
Lincoln County, Idaho. No lands of the United States would be affected.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: William Arkoosh, 2005 Highway 26, Gooding, 
Idaho 83330, (208) 934-5387.
    i. FERC Contact: Gaylord W. Hoisington, (202) 502-6032, or e-mail 
at: [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: December 16, 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 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.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed new construction run-of-river project would consist 
of: (1) A 10-foot-high, 220-foot-long rock rubble diversion dam; (2) a 
2,800-foot-long open feeder canal; (3) a concrete intake structure 
having two parallel 5-foot-diameter, 250-foot-long steel penstocks; (4) 
a 60-foot-long, 20-foot-wide, 25-foot-high concrete and steel power 
house containing two hydraulic Francis turbines with a total installed 
capacity of 1,500 kilowatts; (5) a 3,500-foot-long tailrace channel; 
(6) a 10,500-foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt transmission line; (7) an access 
road and (8) appurtenant facilities.
    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 ``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/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

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    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Idaho 
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by (106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter--November 2003
Issue Acceptance letter--December 2003
Issue Scoping Document for comments--January 2004
Request Additional Information--February 2004
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--March 2004
Notice of the availability of the EA--May 2004
Ready for Commission's decision on the application--August 2004

    Note: This schedule will vary depending upon the circumstances 
of the project (deficiencies, additional information, etc.) See 
Guidance for Publishing Hydro Licensing Schedules.


Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E3-00153 Filed 10-31-03; 8:45 am]
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