[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 178 (Friday, September 12, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52974-52975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-21153]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Project No. 12569-001]


Public Utility District No. 1 of Okanogan County; Notice of 
Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission

September 5, 2008.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-12569-001.

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    c. Date filed: August 22, 2008.
    d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 1 of Okanogan County.
    e. Name of Project: Enloe Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Similkameen River, near the Town of Oroville, 
Okanogan County, Washington. The project occupies about 35.47 acres of 
federal lands under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Bureau of Land 
Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: John R. Grubich, General Manager, Public 
Utility District No. 1 of Okanogan County, P.O. Box 912, Okanogan, 
Washington 98840, (509) 422-8485.
    i. FERC Contact:

Dianne Rodman, 888 First Street, NE., Room 6B-02, Washington, DC 20426, 
(202) 502-6077, [email protected].
Kim A. Nguyen, 888 First Street, NE., Room 63-11, Washington, DC 20426, 
(202) 502-6105, [email protected].

    j. Cooperating agencies: We are asking Federal, state, local, and 
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect 
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the 
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating 
status should follow the instructions for filing comments described in 
item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission's policy 
that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental 
document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 61,076 (2001).
    k. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Deadline for requesting cooperating agency status is October 21, 
2008.
    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.
    m. The Enloe Project would consist of: (1) An existing 315-foot-
long and 54-foot-high concrete gravity arch dam with an integrated 276-
foot-long central overflow spillway with 5-foot-high flashboards; (2) 
an existing 76.6-acre reservoir (narrow channel of the Similkameen 
River) with a storage capacity of 775 acre-feet at 1049.3 feet mean sea 
level; (3) an 190-foot-long intake canal on the east abutment of the 
dam diverting flows into the penstock intake structure; (4) a 35-foot-
long by 30-foot-wide penstock intake structure; (5) two above-ground 
8.5-foot-diameter steel penstocks carrying flows from the intake to the 
powerhouse; (6) a powerhouse containing two vertical Kaplan turbine/
generator units with a total installed capacity of 9.0 megawatts; (7) a 
180-foot-long tailrace channel that would convey flows from the 
powerhouse to the Similkameen River, downstream of the Similkameen 
Falls; (8) a new substation adjacent to the powerhouse; (9) a new 100-
foot-long, 13.2-kilovolt primary transmission line from the substation 
connecting to an existing distribution line; (10) new and upgraded 
access roads, and (11) appurtenant facilities.
    The project is estimated to generate an average of 54 gigawatthours 
annually.
    n. 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.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.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.
    o. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Washington State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 
106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the 
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate.

Issue Deficiency Letter, if needed...........  September 2008.
Issue Acceptance letter......................  January 2009.
Issue Scoping Document 1.....................  February 2009.
Issue Scoping Document 2.....................  May 2009.
Notice that application is ready for           May 2009.
 environmental analysis.
Notice of availability of the draft            October 2009.
 Environmental Assessment.
Notice of availability of the final            March 2010.
 Environmental Assessment.
 


Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-21153 Filed 9-11-08; 8:45 am]
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