[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 181 (Wednesday, September 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53546-53547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-18424]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1005]


City of Boulder; Notice Soliciting Applications

September 13, 2007.
    On August 30, 2004, the City of Boulder (City), the licensee for 
the Boulder Canyon Hydroelectric Project No.1005, filed a notice of 
intent to file an application for a small conduit exemption for a 
reconfigured Boulder Canyon Project, pursuant to section 15(b)(1) of 
the Federal Power Act (FPA). The current license for Project No. 1005 
expires on August 31, 2009.
    The project is located on Boulder Creek, in Boulder County, near 
the City of Boulder, Colorado. The project occupies about 36 acres of 
U.S. Forest Service lands within Roosevelt National Forest. The 
licensed project consists of: (a) A concrete gravity dam about 720 feet 
long having a maximum height of 175 feet, including a spillway about 
127 feet long with a crest elevation of 8,181.5 feet mean sea level 
(msl), creating the Barker Reservoir which has

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a surface area of 200 acres and a gross storage capacity of 11,687 
acre-feet at normal pool elevation 8,180 feet msl; (b) an outlet gate 
control structure; (c) a 5-foot-by-5-foot concrete tunnel, about 225 
feet long and connecting by way of a valve house to an 11.7-mile-long, 
36-inch-diameter concrete gravity pipeline; (d) the Kossler Reservoir, 
a reregulating reservoir having a surface area of 12.25 acres and a 
gross storage capacity of 165 acre-feet at maximum pool elevation 
7,717.6 feet msl and formed by three earth embankment structures: (i) 
Southwest Dam, an earth-concrete core structure about 450 feet long and 
about 18 feet high; (ii) Northeast Dam, an earth embankment structure 
about 20 feet high and 180 feet long; and (iii) West Dam, an earth 
embankment structure 420 feet long, having a maximum height of about 5 
feet; (e) a concrete outlet structure with trash screens and a gate 
connecting to a 9,340-foot-long steel penstock varying in diameter from 
56 to 44 inches; (f) a powerhouse containing two generating units 
having a total installed capacity of 20 megawatts; (g) a 13-kV 
generator bus and two 13/115-kV step-up transformers; and (h) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The City did not file an application for a new license or an 
exemption application for the project. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.25 (2007), 
the Commission is soliciting license applications from potential 
applicants other than the existing licensee. This is necessary because 
the deadline for filing an application for new license or exemption and 
any competing applications, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.9 (2007) was August 
31, 2007, and no other applications for license for this project were 
filed.
    The licensee is required to make available certain information 
described in 18 CFR 16.7 (2007). Such information is available by 
contacting the City of Boulder, Director of Public Water Works for 
Utilities, P.O. Box 791, Boulder, CO 80306-0791, or by phone at (303) 
441-3266.
    A potential applicant that files a notice of intent within 90 days 
from the date of issuance of this notice: (1) May apply for a license 
under Part I of the FPA and Part 4 (except section 4.38) of the 
Commission's Regulations within 18 months of the date on which it files 
its notice; and (2) must comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 16.8 
and 16.10 of the Commissions regulations.
    Questions concerning this notice should be directed to Gaylord 
Hoisington, (202) 502-6032 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-18424 Filed 9-18-07; 8:45 am]
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