[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 154 (Friday, August 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45036-45037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15629]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12455-004]


Borough of Leighton, PA, Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms 
and Conditions, and Prescriptions

August 3, 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: Original License.
    b. Project No.: 12455-004.
    c. Date Filed: December 29, 2006.
    d. Applicant: Borough of Leighton, Pennsylvania.
    e. Name of Project: Beltzville Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project would be connected to the U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers' Beltzville Dam, located on Pohopoco Creek, in the Borough 
of Leighton, Carbon County, Pennsylvania.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: The Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John Hanosek, P.E., Borough manager, P.O. 
Box 29, Municipal Building, Second and South Street, Leighton, PA 
18235, (610) 377-4002.
    i. FERC Contact: Jack Hannula, (202) 502-8917 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.

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    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. Description of Project: The project would be located on the 
downstream side of the existing Corps of Engineers Beltzville Dam 
consisting of: (1) A 175-foot-high, 4,600-foot-long earth-fill dam with 
a 23-foot-high, 2,000-foot-long un-gated concrete spillway impounding; 
(2) a 949-acre reservoir with a normal water surface elevation of 628.0 
feet mean sea level with; (3) a 193-foot-high; 72-foot-long, 42-foot-
wide water intake tower equipped with four flood control service gates 
and 8 water quality portals with gates connected to; (4) a 7-foot-
diameter, 1,175-foot-long conduit leading to; (5) a 110-foot-long, 34-
foot-wide stilling basin.
    The proposed Beltzville Hydroelectric Project would consist of: (1) 
An existing 84-inch conduit that would be modified to include; (2) a 
new 78-inch-diameter steel pipe liner equipped with a 78-inch butterfly 
valve and 84-inch slide gate; (3) an existing 16-inch-diameter, 36-
foot-long bypassed flow penstock; (4) a new 60-inch diameter, 37-foot-
long Y-branch penstock that bifurcates into a 36-inch-diameter, 43-
foot-long penstock and a 48-inch-diameter, 39-foot-long penstock 
leading to; (5) a new powerhouse containing a 1,700 kilowatt (kW) and a 
900 kW generating units for a total installed capacity of 2,600 kW; (6) 
a 300-foot-long, 12-kilovolt transmission line; and (7) appurtenant 
facilities.
    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.
    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 a 
single 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: January 2008.
    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. The 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. E7-15629 Filed 8-9-07; 8:45 am]
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