[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 79075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30565]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: 13301-001]


Town of Afton; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the 
Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

December 17, 2008.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: small hydroelectric exemption.
    b. Project No.: 13301-001.
    c. Date filed: November 25, 2008.
    d. Applicant: Town of Afton.
    e. Name of Project: Town of Afton Culinary Water System 
Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: In Swift Creek Canyon, near the town of Afton, Lincoln 
County, Wyoming. The project would occupy 10.5 acres of federal land 
managed by the Forest Service within the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public utility Regulatory Policies Act 1978, 
16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
    h. Applicant Contact: Town of Afton, James K. Sanderson, 416 
Washington Street, P.O. Box 310, Afton, WY 83110, or Brent L. Smith, 
Symbiotics, LLC, P.O. Box 535, Rigby, ID 83402, (208) 745-0834.
    i. FERC Contact: Gaylord Hoisington, (202) 502-6032 or 
[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. 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 this notice, and serve a copy of the request on 
the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: February 17, 2009.
    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 Town of Afton Culinary Water System Hydroelectric Project 
consist of: (1) An existing underground intermittent spring (Periodic 
Springs) that provides the town's water; (2) an existing 97,000 gallon 
buried concrete surge tank; (3) an existing 16,775-foot-long, 18-inch-
diameter iron ductile pipe; (3) construction of a new 30-foot-high by 
20-foot-square powerhouse containing a 225 kilowatt Pelton impulse 
turbine and generator; and (4) other appurtenances. The project is 
estimated to generate an average of 1,272,463 kilowatt-hours annually.
    Water flow from the spring is piped to a 97,000 gallon buried 
concrete surge tank. From the surge tank, the water flows through a 
16,775-foot-long pipe to an existing water treatment facility. The 
original water treatment plan design incorporated a bifurcation of the 
18-inch pipe before it reached the treatment plant. It is at this 
bifurcation that a proposed 18-inch pipe will be fitted that will 
divert up to 12-cubic-foot-per-second (cfs) (design capacity of the 
turbine unit) to the proposed power house and Pelton turbine and 
generator. Upon exiting the turbine the water will flow through a new 
chlorination system and into the existing 1 million gallon water 
storage tank and used as need by the town. The power from the project 
will be used on site to operate the water treatment plant and other 
electrical needs at the plant.
    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 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.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Wyoming State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
Sec.  106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, at Sec.  800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule and procedure will be made as appropriate.
Request Additional Information--February 25, 2009.
Issue Acceptance letter--March 1, 2009.
Issue scoping document 1--June 30, 2009.
Issue ready for environmental analysis--August 1, 2009.
Issue environmental analysis--October 1, 2009.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-30565 Filed 12-23-08; 8:45 am]
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