[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 85 (Thursday, May 3, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 24581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8409]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12646-001]


City of Broken Bow, OK; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

April 26, 2007.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-12646-001.
    c. Date filed: July 6, 2006.
    d. Applicant: City of Broken Bow.
    e. Name of Project: Pine Creek Lake Dam Hydropower Project.
    f. Location: On the Little River in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. The 
project would be located at the United States Army Corps of Engineers' 
(Corps) Pine Creek Lake Dam and would occupy several acres of land 
administered by the Corps.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Olen Hill, City Manager, City of Broken Bow, 
Oklahoma; 210 North Broadway; Broken Bow, Oklahoma 74728; (405) 584-
2282.
    i. FERC Contact: Allyson Conner, (202) 502-6082 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: May 24, 2007.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Kimberly D. Bose, 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.
    Scoping comments 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 ``eFiling'' link.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The proposed Pine Creek Lake Dam Hydropower project would be 
located at the Corps' Pine Creek Lake Dam and Reservoir, and would 
consist of the following facilities: (1) A diversion structure 
connecting to the existing outlet conduit; (2) a penstock connecting 
the diversion structure to the powerhouse; (3) a 112-foot-wide by 73-
foot-long powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units, having a 
totaled installed capacity of 6.4 megawatts; (4) a tailrace returning 
flows to the Little River; (5) a one-mile-long, 14.4-kilovolt 
transmission line or a 6.5-mile-long, 13.8 kilovolt transmission line 
connecting to an existing distribution line; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities. The Applicant estimates that the average annual generation 
from the Project would be 16,200 megawatt-hours and that the Project 
would have an installed generating capacity of 6.4 megawatts (MW). All 
generated power would be sold to a local utility connected to the grid.
    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 address 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 available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in Item H above.
    n. 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.
    o. Scoping Process
    The Commission staff intends to prepare a single Environmental 
Assessment (EA) for the Pine Creek Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project in 
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will 
consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and 
reasonable alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we are soliciting comments, 
recommendations, and information, on the Scoping Document (SD) issued 
on April 20, 2007.
    Copies of the SD outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the 
EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list and 
the applicant's service list. Copies of the SD may be viewed on the web 
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, call 1-866-208-3676 or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-8409 Filed 5-2-07; 8:45 am]
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