[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30805-30806]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13276]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12478-003]


Gibson Dam Hydroelectric Company, LLC; Notice Soliciting 
Comments, and Final Terms and Conditions, Recommendations, and 
Prescriptions

May 26, 2010.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application and 
applicant-prepared environmental assessment (EA) has been filed with 
the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major Project--Existing Dam.
    b. Project No.: P-12478-003.
    c. Date filed: August 28, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Gibson Dam Hydroelectric Company, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Gibson Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Sun River, near the towns of Augusta and 
Fairfield, Lewis and Clark and Teton Counties, Montana. The project 
would occupy 44.0 acres of Federal land administered by the U. S. 
Forest Service and 24.5 acres of Federal land administered by the U.S. 
Bureau of Land Management for a total of 68.5 acres of Federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Steve C. Marmon, Thom A. Fischer, Whitewater 
Engineering Corporation, 3633 Alderwood Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225, 
(360) 738-9999.
    i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, phone: (503) 552-2762, e-mail: 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and fishway prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date 
of this notice. All reply comments must be filed with the Commission 
within 105 days from the date of this notice.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the 
``eFiling'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only 
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.'' For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected]; call toll-free at 
(866) 208-3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the 
Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be 
paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures 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.
    k. Project Description: The proposed project would utilize the 
existing facilities of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation's) 
Gibson dam including the reservoir, existing valve house, and two 
existing dam outlet pipes; and would consist of the following new 
facilities: (1) Two new 72-inch-diameter penstocks extending 40 feet 
from the existing outlet pipes to the powerhouse; (2) a new powerhouse 
located near the toe of the dam with four turbine/generating units with 
total installed capacity of 15 megawatts; (3) a new 26.2-mile, 34.5/69-
kV overhead and underground transmission line from the powerhouse to an 
interconnection point with Sun River Electric Cooperative, Inc.'s 
existing 69-kV transmission line at Jackson's Corner; (4) a new 34.5/69 
kV step-up substation; (5) a new maintenance building located 
approximately 1,400 feet downstream of the powerhouse adjacent to 
existing Gibson dam operations facilities; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities. The average annual generation is estimated to be 40 
gigawatt-hours.
    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. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    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.
    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.
    m. EA Preparation Schedule: The draft and final EA will be prepared 
according to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be 
made as appropriate.

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              Milestone                           Target date
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Filing of Motions to Intervene and     June 21, 2010.
 Protests.

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Filing of Comments, Final              .................................
 Recommendations,.
Final Terms and Conditions, and        July 26, 2010.
 Fishway Prescriptions.
Reply Comments due...................  September 9, 2010.
Issue Draft EA.......................  December 8, 2010.
Comments on Draft EA due.............  January 7, 2011.
Issue Final EA.......................  May 17, 2011.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-13276 Filed 6-1-10; 8:45 am]
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