[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 16, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47200-47201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-13364]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests

August 8, 2006.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: 12429-001.
    c. Date filed: August 1, 2006.
    d. Applicant: Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Beaverhead River, 18 miles southwest of the 
Town of Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana. The project would occupy 
3.5 acres of Federal land administered by the Bureau of Reclamation.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Brent L. Smith, Northwest Power Services, 
Inc., P.O. Box 535, Rigby, ID 83442, (208) 745-0834 or Dr. Vincent 
Lamarra, Ecosystems Research Institute, Inc., 975 South State Highway, 
Logan, UT 84321.
    i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 502-6077, 
[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. 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

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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: October 2, 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. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project would utilize the existing Bureau of 
Reclamation's Clark Canyon dam, and would consist of the following new 
facilities: (1) A steel liner in the existing 9-foot-diameter concrete 
outlet conduit; (2) a new outlet gate structure; (3) a 9-foot-diameter 
steel penstock bifurcating into an 8-foot diameter and a 6-foot 
diameter steel penstock directing flow to the turbine units about 70 
feet from the bifurcation; (4) a powerhouse containing two generating 
units with a combined capacity of 4.75 megawatts; (5) a 300-foot-long 
access road; (6) a switchyard; (7) about 0.1 mile of transmission line 
connecting the project to the local utility's transmission system; and 
(8) about 11 miles of existing transmission line that would be 
upgraded. The average annual generation is estimated to be 16.5 
gigawatthours.
    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. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Montana State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
Sec.  106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR, at Sec.  800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate.
    Issue Deficiency Letter: September 2006.
    Issue Acceptance Letter: December 2006.
    Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments: January 2007.
    Request Additional Information: March 2007.
    Issue Scoping Document 2: April 2007.
    Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis: April 
2007.
    Notice of the availability of the EA: October 2007.
    Ready for Commission's decision on the application: January 2008.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-13364 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]
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