[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 15, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40559-40560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16049]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Project No. P-12589-001]


Public Service Company of Colorado; Notice of Application 
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural 
Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

July 8, 2008.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-12589-001.
    c. Date Filed: June 25, 2008.
    d. Applicant: Public Service Company of Colorado.
    e. Name of Project: Tacoma Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on Cascade Creek, 
Little Cascade Creek and Elbert Creek in La Plata and San Juan 
Counties, Colorado. The Tacoma Project occupies 221 acres of the San 
Juan National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Randy Rhodes, Public Service Company of 
Colorado, 4653 Table Mountain Drive, Golden Colorado 80403; telephone 
(720) 497-2123.
    i. FERC Contact: David Turner (202) 502-6091 or via e-mail at 
[email protected].
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The existing project consists of the 
following: (1) A 30-foot-long, 10-foot-high concrete diversion dam on 
Cascade Creek; (2) a 4,200-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter, semi-circular, 
elevated wooden flume; (3) a 1,400-foot-long, 60-inch-diameter steel 
inverted siphon; (4) a 14,500-foot-long, 64-inch-diameter steel 
pipeline; (5) the open channel of Little Cascade Creek; (6) a 0.5-mile-
long, 5-foot-deep lake (Columbine Lake) formed by a small, partially 
breached timber dam on Little Cascade Creek; (7) the open channel of 
Little Cascade Creek downstream of Columbine Lake; (8) the 4-acre 
Aspaas Lake; (9) a 274-foot-long, 27-foot-high, earth-filled Aspaas 
dam; (10) a 14-foot-wide, rock-cut open diversion channel that diverts 
flow from Aspaas Lake to Electra Lake; (11) the 800-acre Electra Lake; 
(12) a 140-foot-long, 20-foot-high, rock-filled, timber crib dam 
(Stagecoach dam) serving as the spillway for Electra Lake; (13) a 
1,270-foot-long, 62-foot-high, rock-filled dam (Terminal dam), with an 
impermeable asphalt membrane on the upstream face and an asphalt-paved 
crest; (14) a 429-foot-long, 54-inch-diameter steel pipe intake under 
the Terminal dam that leads project flows from Electra Lake to a valve 
vault; (15) the valve vault; (16) a 9,590-foot-long, 66-inch-diameter 
welded steel penstock, with a 12-foot-diameter, 116-foot-high surge 
tank; (17) a bifurcated penstock structure that diverts flow to a 
2,050-foot-long, 30-inch-diameter welded steel penstock that enters the 
powerhouse and a 2,050-foot-long, 54-inch diameter welded steel 
penstock that branches to a 46-inch diameter pipe immediately prior to 
entering the power house; (18) a 108-foot-long, 64-foot-wide, steel 
frame, brick powerhouse containing three generating units with a total 
installed capacity of 8 megawatts (MW); (19) a 44 kV substation 
adjacent to the powerhouse; and (20) appurtenant facilities. The 
project is operated both as a base-load plant and a peaking plant 
depending on the time of the year. The applicant proposes the following 
changes to project facilities: (1) project boundary modifications to 
reflect lands needed for project operations; (2) rehabilitation and 
addition of the 6-foot-high Canyon Creek diversion to supply potable 
water, emergency cooling water, and fire protection; (3) the addition 
of 4 MW turbine-generator (Unit 4); and (4) several recreation and 
environmental measures.
    l. Locations of the Application: 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 (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.
    m. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
may be made as appropriate. For example, issuance of the Ready for 
Environmental Analysis Notice is based on the assumption that there 
will be no additional information.

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                  Milestone                               Date
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Application Deficiency Determination Letter    July 2008.
 and Issuance of Additional Information
 Requests (AIRs).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready for       August 2008.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing of Interventions, Recommendations,      October 2008.
 Terms and Conditions, and Fishway
 Prescriptions.
Reply Comments Due...........................  December 2008.
Issuance of Draft EA.........................  January 2009.
Comments on Draft EA Due.....................  February 2009.
Filing of Modified Terms and Conditions......  April 2009.
Issuance of Final EA.........................  July 2009.
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    o. 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.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-16049 Filed 7-14-08; 8:45 am]
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