[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 67161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6114]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

October 28, 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.: 1971-079.
    c. Date Filed: July 21, 2003.
    d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Hells Canyon Hydropower Project.
    f. Location: On the Snake River in Washington and Adams, Counties, 
Idaho; and Wallowa and Baker Counties, Oregon. About 5,270 acres of 
Federal lands administered by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
Management (Payette and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests and Hells 
Canyon National Recreational Area) are included within the project 
boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  
791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert W. Stahman, Vice President, 
Secretary, and General Counsel, Idaho Power Company, P.O. Box 70, 
Boise, Idaho 83707.
    i. FERC Contact: Alan Mitchnick, (202) 502-6074, 
[email protected]; Emily Carter, (202) 502-6512, 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions is 90 days from the issuance of this 
notice; reply comments are due 135 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    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.
    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, and is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The existing Hells Canyon Project consists of three 
developments: Brownlee Development consists of a 395-foot-high earth 
and rockfill dam, a 14,621-acre impoundment, and a powerhouse with five 
generating units producing 585.4 megawatts (MW); Oxbow Development 
consists of a 209-foot-high earth and rockfill dam, a 1,150-acre 
impoundment, and a powerhouse with four generating units producing 460 
MW; and Hells Canyon Development consists of a 320-foot-high concrete 
gravity dam, a 2,412-acre impoundment, and a powerhouse with three 
generating units producing 391.5 MW. Idaho Power also operates four 
fish hatcheries and four adult fish traps.
    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.
    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 
requirements 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.
    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.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E5-6114 Filed 11-3-05; 8:45 am]
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