[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62974-62975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25136]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12429-001]


Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms 
and Conditions, and Prescriptions

October 16, 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.: 12429-001.
    c. Date Filed: August 1, 2006.
    d. Applicant: Clark Canyon Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Clark Canyon Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Beaverhead River, 18 air miles southwest of the 
Town of Dillon, Beaverhead County, Montana. The project would occupy 
1.15 acres of federal land administered by the Bureau of Reclamation.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Brent L. Smith, Northwest Power Services, 
Inc., P.O. Box 535, Rigby, ID 83442, (208) 745-0834, or Dr. Vincent 
Lamarra, Ecosystems Research Institute, Inc., 975 South State Highway, 
Logan, UT 84321.
    i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 502-6077, 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    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, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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. This application has been accepted and is now ready for 
environmental analysis.
    l. The proposed project would use the existing Bureau of 
Reclamation's Clark Canyon Dam, and would consist of the following new 
facilities: (1) Steel lining of the existing 9-foot-diameter concrete 
outlet conduit with a bifurcation to the new powerhouse; (2) a 30- by 
18-foot outlet gate structure constructed at the end of the existing 
outlet conduit, with an 84-inch-diameter flow-through valve and a 108-
inch-diameter isolation valve; (3) a 9-foot-diameter steel penstock 
that would divide into an 8-foot-diameter penstock and a 6-foot-
diameter steel penstock to direct flow to the turbine units; (4) a 30- 
by 50-foot concrete powerhouse, located at the toe of the dam adjacent 
to the spillway stilling basin, containing two vertical-type Francis 
turbines with a combined installed capacity of 4.75 megawatts; (5) a 
300-foot-long access road leading to a 30- by 30-foot concrete parking 
and transformer pad adjacent to the powerhouse; (6) a 0.3-mile-long, 
24.9-kilovolt overhead transmission line connecting the project to the 
local utility's existing transmission system at a proposed substation; 
and (7) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is 
estimated to be 16.5 gigawatt hours.
    m. 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

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[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.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed in the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.
    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.
    n. A license applicant must file not later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
    o. Public notice of the filing of the initial development 
application, which has already been given, established the due date for 
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the 
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be 
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the 
initial development application. No competing applications or notices 
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
    p. Procedural Schedule: The Commission staff proposes to issue a 
single Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than issuing a draft and 
final EA. Staff intends to allow at least 30 days for entities to 
comment on the EA. The Commission will take into consideration all 
comments received on the EA before taking final action on the license 
application. The application will be processed according to the 
following schedule, but revisions to the schedule may be made as 
appropriate:

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                Milestone                          Tentative date
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Comments, recommendations, terms and       December 15, 2008.
 conditions, and prescriptions due.
Reply comments due from applicant........  January 29, 2009.
EA issuance..............................  April 2009.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-25136 Filed 10-21-08; 8:45 am]
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