[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14460-14461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1226]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Comments, Recommendations, Terms 
and Conditions, and Prescriptions and Establishing a Revised Procedural 
Schedule for Relicensing

March 15, 2005.
    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.: 2195-011.
    c. Date filed: August 26, 2004.
    d. Applicant: Portland General Electric Company.
    e. Name of Project: Clackamas River Hydroelectric Project, P-2195 
(formerly Oak Grove, P-135 and North Fork, P-2195 projects).
    f. Location: On the Oak Grove Fork of the Clackamas River on Mount 
Hood National Forest, and on the Clackamas River in Clackamas County, 
Oregon, near Estacada, Oregon.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Julie Keil, Portland General Electric, 121 SW 
Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 97204, Phone: 503-464-8864.
    i. FERC Contact: John Blair at 202-502-6092; e-mail 
[email protected].
    j. Deadlines for filing license amendments, comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions are listed in item ``o'' of this 
notice, Procedural Schedule.
    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.

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    Amendments, 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 (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. This application has been accepted for filing.
    l. The existing 44-megawatt Oak Grove development consists of a 
100-foot-high dam at the lower end of Timothy Lake, and a 68-foot-high 
diversion dam below Lake Harriet, both on the Oak Grove Fork of the 
Clackamas River. The powerhouse is located on the Clackamas River. A 
115 kV transmission line runs 18.8 miles to the Faraday switchyard. The 
Oak Grove development is located on U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of 
Land Management land. The 129-megawatt North Fork development is 
located on the Clackamas River and is composed of: a 206-foot-high dam 
with powerhouse located at the lower end of North Fork Reservoir; a 47-
foot-high dam with powerhouse located at the lower end of Faraday Lake; 
and a 85-foot-high dam with powerhouse located at the lower end of 
Estacada Lake. A 115 kV transmission line runs 4 miles to the Faraday 
switchyard. The North Fork development is located on U.S. Forest 
Service and Bureau of Land Management land. On June 18, 2003, Oak Grove 
and North Fork licenses were amended combining the two projects into 
one license called the Clackamas River Project No. 2195.
    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 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.
    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 otherwise comply with the 
requirement 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 (supercedes Procedural Schedule notice dated 
October 22, 2004): The application will be processed according to the 
following schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as 
appropriate.

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              Milestone                               Date
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Application Acceptance...............  October 22, 2004.
Interventions & Protests due (60 days  December 20, 2004.
 after Application Acceptance).
Additional Information Due (90 days    January 19, 2005.
 from Application Acceptance).
Notice for Mandatory Terms &           March 15, 2005.
 Conditions, Recommendations,
 Application Amendments, Ready for
 Environmental Analysis.
Application Amendments Due...........  June 11, 2005.
Portland General Electric files        June 30, 2005.
 Settlement Agreement In Principle
 and Biological Evaluation, and
 resubmits 401 Water Quality
 Certificate application.
Mandatory Terms & Conditions &         July 11, 2005.
 Recommendations due.
Portland General Electric's reply to   August 24, 2005.
 Mandatory Terms & Conditions and
 Recommendations.
Issue Draft Environmental Impact       November 14, 2005.
 Statement (DEIS) and Biological
 Assessment; Initiate Endangered
 Species Act Consultation (ESA).
Comments due on DEIS (45 days after    December 28, 2005.
 issuance).
ESA Completed; Biological Opinion due  March 28, 2006.
 (135 days from initiation).
Final Environmental Impact Statement   May 29, 2006.
 (FEIS) Issued.
Forest Service files final 4(e)        June 27, 2006.
 conditions (30 days after FEIS).
Action due on 401 Water Quality        June 30, 2006.
 Certificate application (one year
 after submittal).
Ready for Commission Action..........  September 30, 2006.
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Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-1226 Filed 3-21-05; 8:45 am]
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