[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63776-63777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00183]


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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

November 3, 2003.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) and is 
available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New License Application.
    b. Project No.: 2726-012.
    c. Date Filed: July 29, 2002.
    d. Applicants: Idaho Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Upper and Lower Malad Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Malad River in Gooding 
County, Idaho, near the town of Hagerman. The project does not occupy 
any federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Lewis Wardle, Project Manager, Hydro 
Relicensing Department, Idaho Power Company, PO Box 70, Boise, ID 
83707, (208) 388-2964.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to John Blair at (202) 502-6092 or e-mail at [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance 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 interveners 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 
interveners file 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 
(www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. This application has been accepted and is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The existing upper development consists of: (1) A concrete 
diversion dam consisting of a 100-foot-long gated spillway section and 
a 44-foot-wide flume intake section; (2) an impoundment approximately 
0.9 acre in surface area having a total volume of about 5 acre-feet; 
(3) a 4,635-foot-long, 15-foot-wide concrete flume having an 80-foot-
long overflow spillway with three reject siphons located 304.5 feet 
upstream of the penstock intake structure; (4) a 105-foot-long, 5-foot-
high diversion dam diverting Cove Creek flows to the flume via a 90-
foot-long, 3-foot-radius semi-circular steel aqueduct; (5) an 80.5-
foot-long, 21-foot-wide concrete intake structure; (6) a 238-foot-long, 
10-foot-diameter welded steel penstock; (7) a reinforced concrete 
powerhouse containing one vertical Francis turbine generator having an 
installed capacity of 8.27 megawatts (MW); (8) a 0.76-mile-long, 46-
kilovolt transmission line running from the powerhouse to the Hagerman 
substation; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
    The existing lower development consists of: (1) A concrete 
diversion dam located immediately downstream of the upper development 
powerhouse consisting of a 163-foot-long gated spillway section and a 
56-foot-wide flume intake section; (2) an impoundment approximately 0.7 
acre in surface area having a total volume of about 5 acre-feet; (3) a 
5,318-foot-long, 17-foot-wide concrete flume having a 250-foot-long 
reject overflow spillway located 2,194 feet upstream of the penstock 
intake structure and a reject overflow structure located 157 feet 
upstream of the penstock intake structure; (4) an 85-foot-long, 23-
foot-wide concrete intake structure; (5) a 301-foot-long, 12-foot-
diameter welded steel penstock; (6) a reinforced concrete powerhouse 
containing one vertical Francis turbine generator having an installed 
capacity of 13.5 MW; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
    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 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, call (866) 208-3676 or 
for TTY, call (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection 
and reproduction at the address in Item h above.
    n. The Commission directs, pursuant to section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the 
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary 
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
    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

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

Notice of the availability of the draft EA: April 2004
Initiate 10(j) process: April 2004
Notice of the availability of the final EA: August 2004
Ready for Commission decision on the application: October 2004

    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.
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