[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 236 (Friday, December 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73229-73230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7142]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 9185-009]


Flambeau Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms 
and Conditions, and Prescriptions

December 2, 2005.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric license application 
has been filed with the Commission and is available for public 
inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: P-9185-009.
    c. Date Filed: April 1, 2005.
    d. Applicant: Flambeau Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Clam River Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Located on the Clam River in Burnett County, 
Wisconsin. This project does not occupy federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Scott Klabunde, North American Hydro, Inc., 
P.O. Box 167, Neshkoro, WI 54960; 920-293-4628 ext. 14.
    i. FERC Contact: Patrick Murphy, (202) 502-8755, 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from 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 and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person whose name appears 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 CFR 385.2001 
(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``eFiling'' link.
    k. This application has been accepted, and is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The existing Clam River Project consists of: (1) A 46-foot-high 
buttress-type concrete dam with a 54-foot-wide spillway with four 
sections, (three sections equipped with 8-inch-high stoplogs, and one 
section equipped with a 4-foot-high slide gate); (2) 898-foot-long and 
223-foot-long earthen dike connecting the left side and the right side 
of the concrete dam, respectively; (3) a 360-acre reservoir with a net 
storage capacity of 3,575 acre-feet at a normal water surface elevation 
of 898.6 feet mean sea level (msl); (4) two powerhouses built into the 
dam, containing three 400-kW turbine generating units with a total 
installed capacity of 1,200 kilowatt (kW); (5) a 100-foot-long, 2.4-kW 
transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The dam and existing 
project facilities are owned by Flambeau Hydro, LLC.
    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 ``e-Library'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the

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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/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.
    n. Procedural schedule: The Commission staff proposes to issue an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than issuing a draft and final EA. 
Staff intends to allow at least 30 days for entities to comment on the 
EA, and will take into consideration all comments received on the EA 
before final action is taken on the license application. The 
application will be processed according to the following schedule, but 
revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate:
    Issue Notice of availability of the EA: March 31, 2006.
    Ready for Commission decision on the application: May 30, 2006.
    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E5-7142 Filed 12-8-05; 8:45 am]
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