[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28318-28319]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7375]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

May 9, 2006.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: A Subsequent License. (Minor Project).
    b. Project No.: 946-007.
    c. Date Filed: April 28, 2006.
    d. Applicant: Hyrum City.
    e. Name of Project: Hyrum City Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Blacksmith Fork River in Hyrum City, Cache 
County, Utah. The project affects about 17.03 acres of Federal lands 
within the Wasatch Cache National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Dean Howard, Mayor, Hyrum City, 83 West Main 
Street, Hyrum, Utah 84319; (435) 245-6033, or Ken Tuttle or Mike 
Wilcox, Sunrise Engineering, Inc., 25 East 500 North, Fillmore, UT 
84631; (435) 743-6151.
    i. FERC Contact: Gaylord Hoisington, (202) 502-6032 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 such requests 
described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the 
Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of 
the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 61,076 
(2001).
    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: June 27, 2006.
    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.
    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. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing Hyrum City's Hydropower Project was initially 
constructed in 1930-1931, after receiving an original license on 
November 27, 1929. The project has been licensed since that time with 
one amendment in 1977, and one renewal in 1981. The current license 
expires on April 30, 2008. The run-of-river, base-load plant operates 
on 85-cubic-foot-per-second of water diverted by a diversion dam 
located in Blacksmith Fork Canyon. The 3,419-foot-by-passed reach is 
not de-watered because the flows in the river exceeds the capacity of 
the plant, and during low flows, Hyrum City operates the plant at less 
than maximum flow to maintain a continuous flow throughout the river 
channel for aesthetic enjoyment in the city park that adjoins the 
powerhouse.
    The project includes the following constructed facilities: (1) A 
15-foot-high, 70-foot-long earth-fill concrete core embankment to the 
north, a 14-foot-high, 65-foot-long concrete spillway section, a 15-
foot-high, 125-foot-long earth-fill concrete core embankment to the 
north which makes the total length of the dam approximately 260-foot-
long; (2) a 16-foot-high, 8-foot-wide concrete intake structure with a 
20-foot-high, 8-foot-wide trash rack and fish ladder; (3) a 60-inch-
diameter concrete penstock inlet with head gate; (4) a 3,470-foot-long, 
48-inch-diameter concrete penstock going into a 130-foot-long, 42-inch-
diameter steel penstock; (5) a 37-acre-foot de-silting pond; (6) a 26-
foot-wide, 39-foot-long, 20-foot-high brick powerhouse; (7) a 400-
kilowatt Leffel horizontal shaft scroll case turbine; (8) a 100-foot, 
2.4-kV underground transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities.
    The average annual generation of the project is approximately 
3,083,000 kilowatt-hours and there are no proposed changes to the 
facilities or the current mode of operation at this time.
    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 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. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency letter--June 2006.
Issue Acceptance letter--July 2006.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--September 2006.
Request Additional Information--November 2006.
Issue Scoping Document 2--January 2007.
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--February 
2007.

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Notice of the availability of the environmental analysis--April 2007.
Ready for Commission's decision on the application--June 2007.

    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. E6-7375 Filed 5-15-06; 8:45 am]
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