[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 112 (Thursday, June 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32535-32536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1307]


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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

June 3, 2004.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original major license under 5 megawatts 
(MW).
    b. Project No.: P-11879-001.
    c. Date filed: May 20, 2004.
    d. Applicant: Symbiotics, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Chester Diversion Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Henry's Fork of the Snake River, near the Town of 
Rexburg, in Fremont County, Idaho. The project would occupy 2-acres of 
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brent L. Smith, Northwest Power Services, 
Inc., P.O. Box 535, Rigby, ID 83442, (208) 745-0834 or Dr. Vincent A. 
Lamarra, Ecosystems Research Institute, 975 South State Highway, Logan, 
UT 84321, (435) 752-2580.
    i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter at (202) 502-6512, or 
[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: July 19, 2004.
    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. Status: The 
application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. 
The proposed Chester Diversion Hydroelectric Project would utilize the 
existing BOR Chester Dam on the Henry's Fork of the Snake River. The 
dam has an overall structural height of 17 feet and a total length of 
457 feet, spanning the river. Operation of the project would depend on 
flows in the Henry's Fork and would be dependant on the irrigation 
season. It would be operated run-of-river and no storage would occur at 
the project.
    The proposed project would consist of the following facilities: (1) 
A new three-foot-high inflatable rubber dam bolted to the crest of the 
existing spillway; (2) a new 50-foot-wide concrete spillway; (3) two 
new Kaplan-type turbine generator units with a combined generating 
capacity of 3.3 MW; (4) a new low-profile powerhouse; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The applicant estimates that the average annual generation would be 
about 16.8 gigawatthours.

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    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 Idaho 
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.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made if the Commission determines it necessary to do so.

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                  Action                           Tentative date
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Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter.....  July 2004.
Request Additional Information............  July 2004.
Issue Acceptance Letter (if necessary)....  October 2004.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.....  November 2004.
Hold Scoping Meetings.....................  December 2004.
Request Additional Information (if          February 2005.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2..................  February 2005.
Notice of Application Ready for             February 2005.
 Environmental Analysis.
Notice of the availability of the draft EA  August 2005.
Initiate 10(j) process (if necessary).....  October 2005.
Notice of the availability of the final EA  February 2005.
Ready for Commission decision on the        May 2006.
 application.
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Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-1307 Filed 6-9-04; 8:45 am]
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