[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 134 (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40798-40799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17111]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2144-038]


City of Seattle; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental 
Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms 
and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions

July 6, 2010.
    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.: 2144-038.
    c. Date Filed: September 29, 2009.
    d. Applicant: City of Seattle.
    e. Name of Project: Boundary Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Pend Oreille 
River in Pend Oreille County, Washington. The project currently 
occupies 920.87 acres of Federal land managed by the U.S. Forest 
Service and U.S. Bureau of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Agent Contact: Jorge Carrasco, Superintendent, Seattle City 
Light, 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3200, Seattle, WA 98124-4023; (206) 615-
1091.
    i. FERC Contact: David Turner (202) 502-6091.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance 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 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. This application has been accepted and is now ready for 
environmental analysis.
    l. Project Description: The existing project consists of: (1) A 
concrete arch dam with a crest elevation of 2,004 feet NGVD (North 
American Vertical Datum), a structural height of 340 feet, a thickness 
ranging from 8 feet at the crest to 32 feet at the base, and a crest 
length of 508 feet, with a total length, including the spillways, of 
740 feet; (2) two 50-feet-wide spillways fitted with 45-feet-high 
radial gates, one on each abutment, which have a combined maximum 
capacity of 108,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) at a forebay water 
surface elevation of 1994 feet NGVD; (3) seven 21-foot-high by 17-foot-
wide, low-level vertical fixed-wheel sluice gates that provide an 
additional discharge capacity of 252,000 cfs, for a total discharge 
capacity at the dam of 360,000 cfs; (4) a 17.5-mile-long, 1,794-acre 
reservoir at a normal full pool elevation of 1,994 feet NGVD with 
87,913 acre-feet of gross storage; (5) power intake facilities 
excavated on the left abutment area consisting of an approximately 300-
foot-wide by 800-foot-long forebay, a trash rack structure across the 
entrance to the forebay, and the portal face with six 30-foot-wide by 
34-foot-high horseshoe-shaped tunnels extending to intake gate 
chambers; (6) six 315-feet-long penstocks lead from each of the intake 
gates to one of the six turbine-generator units in the power plant; (7) 
an underground power plant comprised of a 76-feet wide by 172-feet-high 
by 477-feet-long machine hall; (8) two 204,506-horsepower (hp) Francis 
turbines, with 158.4-megawatt (MW) generators, two 204,506-hp Francis 
turbines, with 161.5-MW generators, and two 259,823-hp Francis 
turbines, with 200-MW generators for a total authorized generating 
capacity of 1,003 MW; (9) six draft tubes that discharge water into the 
tailrace immediately below the dam; (10) six horseshoe-shaped 
transformer bays; (11) six individual three-phase, 230-kilovolt (kV) 
transmission lines up the vertical face of the left abutment of the dam 
to six pairs of transmission towers on top of the abutment; and (12) 
appurtenant equipment. The applicant proposes to install new high 
efficiency turbines in Units 55 and 56, concurrently with

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planned generator rewinds and step-up transformer replacements.
    m. Locations of the Application: 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.
    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. All filings must (1) Bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``PRELIMINARY 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRELIMINARY FISHWAY 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 on 
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 email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    o. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of the notice of acceptance and ready for 
environmental analysis provided for in Sec.  5.22: (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.
    p. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
may be made as appropriate.

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              Milestone                           Target date
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Filing of Recommendations,            September 6, 2010.
 Preliminary Terms and Conditions,
 and Fishway Prescriptions.
Reply Comments due..................  October 19, 2010.
Issue Draft EA......................  March 3, 2011.
Comments on Draft EA Due............  April 4, 2011.
Filing of Modified Mandatory Terms    June 3, 2011.
 and Conditions.
Issue Final EA......................  September 2, 2011.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-17111 Filed 7-13-10; 8:45 am]
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