[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57092-57093]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23061]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12775-001]


City of Spearfish, South Dakota; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, 
and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing

September 24, 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 Project.
    b. Project No.: P-12775-001.
    c. Date filed: September 10, 2008.
    d. Applicant: City of Spearfish, South Dakota.
    e. Name of Project: Spearfish Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Spearfish Creek in Lawrence County, South Dakota. 
The project occupies about 57.3 acres of United States lands within the 
Black Hills National Forest administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Cheryl Johnson, Public Works 
Administrator, City of Spearfish, 625 Fifth Street, Spearfish, SD 
57783; (605) 642-1333; or e-mail at [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking at (202) 502-8753; or e-mail at 
[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 an 
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 an environmental 
document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: November 10, 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.
    Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency 
status 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.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing Spearfish Project consists of: (1) A 130-foot-long, 
4-foot-high concrete gravity dam; (2) a 0.32-acre reservoir; (3) a 
gatehouse next to the dam that contains four 2-foot-high, 4-foot-wide 
steel intake gates; (4) a 4.5-mile-long, 6.5-foot-wide, 9-foot-high 
concrete-lined rock tunnel; (5) a forebay pond; (6) two 1,200-foot-
long, 48-inch diameter, wood stave pipelines; (7) four 36-inch-
diameter, 54-foot-high standpipe surge towers; (8) two 4,700-foot-long, 
30- to 34-inch diameter steel penstocks; (9) a reinforced concrete 
powerhouse containing two Pelton turbines and two, 2,000-kilowatt 
generators; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
    o. 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.
    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.
    p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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FERC issues any deficiency letter.....  October 10, 2008.
FERC issues acceptance notice and       December 1, 2008.
 Scoping Document 1 (SD1).
FERC holds scoping meetings...........  January, 2009.
All stakeholders: Interventions and     January 30, 2009.
 protests due.
All stakeholders: Comments on SD1 due.  February 13, 2009.
FERC issues ready for environmental     March 2, 2009.
 analysis notice and SD2.
All Stakeholders: Terms and conditions  May 1, 2009.
 due.
FERC issues single environmental        August 3, 2009.
 assess (EA) (no draft EA).

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All stakeholders: EA comments due.....  September 2, 2009.
All stakeholders: Modified terms and    November 2, 2009.
 conditions due.
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Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-23061 Filed 9-30-08; 8:45 am]
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