[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 58578]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23622]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2195-011]


Portland General Electric Company; Notice of Extension of Time 
for Filing Comments on Settlement Agreement Modification

October 1, 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-2195-011.
    c. Date filed: August 26, 2004.
    d. Applicant: Portland General Electric Company.
    e. Name of Project: Clackamas River Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Clackamas River and Oak Grove Fork in Clackamas 
County, Oregon.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Julie A. Kiel, Director of Hydro Licensing, 
121 SW Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 97204.
    i.  FERC Contact: Nicholas Jayjack, 202-502-6073; 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments: October 21, 2008. Reply comments 
due by October 31, 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.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all interveners 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 
intervener 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.
    k. Background: On March 30, 2006, Portland General Electric Company 
(PGE) filed a settlement agreement signed by it and 32 other parties, 
including federal and state resource agencies, Indian tribes, and non-
governmental organizations to address issues associated with the 
relicensing of the Clackamas River Hydroelectric Project. The 
settlement agreement includes proposed license articles for the 
protection and enhancement of water quality, fishery resources, 
terrestrial resources, recreation resources, land uses, project area 
aesthetics, and cultural resources.
    On July 21, 2008, PGE filed a modification of Proposed License 
Article 14 to make the settlement agreement consistent with its 
proposal in a June 28, 2008, application to Oregon Department of 
Environmental Quality for certification pursuant to section 401 of the 
Clean Water Act. Specifically, the parties modified Proposed License 
Article 14 to stipulate that PGE file a plan for achieving certain 
water temperature reductions below the Faraday development tailrace 
through either seasonal drawdowns or channelization of Faraday Lake.
    Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.602, comments on the settlement agreement 
modification were required to be filed by August 11, 2008 (i.e., not 
later than 20 days after the filing of the settlement agreement 
modification) with reply comments due 10 days later. There were no 
comments filed.
    By this notice and pursuant to 18 CFR 385.602, additional 
opportunity is provided to submit comments and reply comments 
concerning the modified provisions of the settlement agreement. The 
deadline is as specified in item j above.
    l. 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.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-23622 Filed 10-6-08; 8:45 am]
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