[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65326-65327]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22620]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. P-11879-002]


Symbiotics, LLC; Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting 
Comments

November 9, 2007.
    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project No.: P-11879-002.
    c. Date filed: October 26, 2007.
    d. Applicant: Symbiotics, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Chester Diversion Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Henry's Fork of the Snake River, near the Town of 
Rexburg, in Fremont County, Idaho. The project would occupy 2 acres of 
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brent L. Smith, Northwest Power Services, 
Inc., PO Box 535, Rigby, ID 83442, (208) 745-0834 or Dr. Vincent A. 
Lamarra, Ecosystems Research Institute, 975 South State Highway, Logan, 
UT 84321, (435) 752-2580.
    i. FERC Contact: Emily Carter at (202) 502-6512, or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments: 20 days from the notice date. 
Reply comments are due 30 days from the notice date.
    k. 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.
    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 ``e-Filing'' link.
    l. Symbiotics, LLC (Symbiotics) filed the Settlement Agreement on 
behalf of itself and the other signatories to the Settlement Agreement. 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture--Forest Service, U.S. Department of 
Interior--Fish and Wildlife Service, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 
Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, Trout Unlimited, the Henry's 
Fork Foundation, and the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. The purpose of 
the Settlement Agreement is to resolve among the signatories all issues 
regarding fish, wildlife, recreational, and aesthetic resources 
associated with issuance of an original license for the proposed 
project. The parties, through Symbiotics, request that the Commission 
consider the protection, mitigation, and enhancement measures outlined 
in the Settlement Agreement in the Final Environmental Assessment for 
the proposed project and that the Commission includes them in any 
license issued for the proposed Chester Hydroelectric Project.
    m. A copy of the settlement agreement is available for review at 
the Commission on 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 
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related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-22620 Filed 11-19-07; 8:45 am]
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