[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51667-51668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-1875]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

August 13, 2004.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed

[[Page 51668]]

with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original major license.
    b. Project No.: 11925-002.
    c. Date Filed: July 30, 2004.
    d. Applicant: Symbiotics, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Arthur R. Bowman Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Crooked River, in the town of Prineville, Crook 
County, Oregon. The project occupies approximately one acre of land 
owned by the United States Bureau of Reclamation (BOR).
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Brent L. Smith, President; Northwest Power 
Services, Inc.; P.O. Box 535; Rigby, ID 83442; (208) 745-0834; or 
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: September 28, 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 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 an intervener 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 may be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing. 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. After logging into the e-Filing system, select ``Comment 
on Filing'' from the Filing Type Selection screen and continue with the 
``filing process.''
    m. Status: This application is not ready for environmental analysis 
at this time.
    n. Description of Project: The proposed Arthur R. Bowman 
Hydroelectric Project would utilize the existing BOR Arthur R. Bowman 
dam and be operated in a run-of-river mode with fully automated control 
of the turbine generators and associated systems. The proposed project 
would consist of the following features: (1) A 800-foot-long, 245-foot-
high earthfill embankment dam; (2) a 3,030-acre reservoir, with a 
storage capacity of 154,700 acre-feet; (3) a 30-foot-long, 45-foot-wide 
powerhouse, containing two turbine and generating units (Horizontal 
Francis), having a total installed capacity of 6800 kilowatts; (4) a 
25,000-volt transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
    The applicant estimates that the average annual generation would be 
about 18,500,000 kilowatt-hours.
    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 (P-11925), 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/esubscribenow.htm 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 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 if the Commission determines it 
necessary to do so:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  Action                           Tentative date
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Issue Deficiency Letter/Additional          October 2004.
 Information Requests.
Issue Acceptance letter...................  December 2004.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.....  January 2005.
Request Additional Information (if          April 2005.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2..................  April 2005.
Notice of application is ready for          April 2005.
 Environmental Analysis.
Notice of the availability of the Draft EA  October 2005.
Initiate 10(j) process....................  December 2005.
Notice of the availability of the Final EA  May 2006.
Ready for Commission's decision on the      July 2006.
 application.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-1875 Filed 8-19-04; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P