[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63777-63778]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00185]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

November 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.: 2114-116.
    c. Date Filed: October 29, 2003.
    d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, WA.
    e. Name of Project: Priest Rapids Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Columbia River in portions of Grant, Yakima, 
Kittitas, Douglas, Benton, and Chelan counties, Washington. The project 
occupies federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau 
of Reclamation, Department of Energy, Department of the Army, and Fish 
and Wildlife Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Laurel Heacock, Licensing Manager, Public 
Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, 30 C Street SW, Ephrata, 
Washington 98823, telephone (509) 754-6622.
    i. FERC Contact: Charles Hall, telephone (202) 502-6853, e-mail 
[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 Sec.  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 22, 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. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The project includes two developments with a total authorized 
capacity of 1,755 megawatts (MW) as follows:
    (a) The Wanapum development consisting of a dam 186.5 feet high and 
8,637 feet long with upstream fish passage facilities, a reservoir with 
an approximate surface area of 14,680 acres, a powerhouse with ten 
turbine-generator units with a total nameplate capacity of 900 MW, 
transmission lines, and appurtenant facilities.
    (b) The Priest Rapids development consisting of a dam 179.5 feet 
high and 10,103 feet long with upstream fish passage facilities, a 
reservoir with an approximate surface area of 7,725 acres, a powerhouse 
with ten turbine-generator units with a total nameplate capacity of 855 
MW, transmission lines, and 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.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
WASHINGTON STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by 
Section 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 letter: January 2004
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments: January 2004
Issue Scoping Document 2: April 2004
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis: April 2004
Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document: December 2004
Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document: August 2005
Ready for Commission's decision on the application: August 2005

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance

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date of the notice of ready for environmental analysis.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E3-00185 Filed 11-7-03; 8:45 am]
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