[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47921-47922]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1732]


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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

July 30, 2004.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major license.
    b. Project No.: 11945-001.
    c. Date Filed: June 30, 2004.
    d. Applicant: Symbiotics, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Dorena Lake Dam Project.
    f. Location: On the Row River, near the Town of Cottage Grove, Lane 
County, Oregon. The project would occupy less than 1 acre of Federal 
lands administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Brent L. Smith, Northwest Power Services, 
Inc., P.O. Box 535, Rigby, Idaho 83442, (208) 745-0834.
    i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 502-6077, 
[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: August 30, 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. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project would utilize the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers' existing Dorena Lake dam and reservoir, and would consist of 
the following facilities: (1) A 9-foot-diameter steel pipe, about 350 
feet long, extending from the reservoir through the north dam abutment; 
(2) a new powerhouse, near the existing spillway stilling basin 250 
feet downstream from the concrete section of the dam, having a total 
installed capacity of 8,300 kilowatts; (3) a new concrete-lined channel 
discharging flows into the river channel immediately below the existing 
stilling basin; (4) a new valve house near the existing stilling basin; 
(5) a new 15-kilovolt underground transmission line, about 500 feet 
long; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is 
estimated to be 17.5 gigawatthours.
    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

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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 e-mail 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 Oregon 
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: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate.
    Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter: August 2004.
    Request Additional Information: August 2004.
    Issue Acceptance Letter: December 2004.
    Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments: January 2005.
    Request Additional Information (if necessary): March 2005.
    Issue Scoping Document 2: March 2005.
    Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis: March 
2005.
    Notice of the availability of the draft EA: September 2005.
    Initiate 10(j) Process: November 2005.
    Notice of the availability of the final EA: March 2006.
    Ready for Commission's decision on the application: June 2006.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-1732 Filed 8-5-04; 8:45 am]
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