[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41737-41738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14757]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 925-010]
Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and
Prescriptions; City of Ottumwa, IA
July 24, 2007.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric license application
has been filed with the Commission and is available for public
inspection.
a. Type of Application: New License.
b. Project No.: P-925-010.
c. Date Filed: April 26, 2006.
d. Applicant: City of Ottumwa, Iowa.
e. Name of Project: Ottumwa Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Des Moines River in the City of Ottumwa,
Wapello County, Iowa. The project does not occupy federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Richard Wilcox, Ottumwa Water and Hydro, 230
Turner Drive, Ottumwa, Iowa 52501, (641) 684-4606.
i. FERC Contact: Tim Konnert, (202) 502-6359 or
[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 the issuance date of this
notice.
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 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 Ottumwa Project consists of: (1) A 18-foot-high dam
with a 641-foot-long spillway section equipped with eight tainter gates
and one bascule gate; (2) a reservoir with a normal water surface
elevation of 638.5 feet msl; (3) a powerhouse integral to the dam
containing three generating units with a combined installed capacity of
3,250 kW; (4) two 100-foot-long 2.4 kV generator leads routed
underground to transformers in the nearby substation; and (5)
appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that the average annual
generation would be 10,261,920 kilowatt hours.
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.
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You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscribenow.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.
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: November 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.
o. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request;
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-14757 Filed 7-30-07; 8:45 am]
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