[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 90 (Thursday, May 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27215-27216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11047]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12686-004]


Baker County Oregon; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing 
and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: 12686-004.
    c. Date Filed: April 30, 2013.
    d. Applicant: Baker County, Oregon (Baker County).
    e. Name of Project: Mason Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The proposed project would be located on the Powder 
River, at the existing U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation) Mason 
Dam, near Baker City, in Baker County, Oregon. The project would occupy 
6.4 acres of federal land managed by Reclamation and the U.S. Forest 
Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Fred Warner Jr., Baker County Board of 
Commissioners Chairman, 1995 Third Street, Baker City, OR 97814, (541) 
523-8200.
    i. FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan at [email protected] or (202) 
502-8434.
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. The Project Description: The proposed project facilities 
include: (1) A 6-foot diameter, 105-foot-long steel penstock; (2) a 40-
foot by 28-foot powerhouse containing a single horizontal shaft Francis 
turbine with an installed capacity of 3.4 megawatts; (3) an 
approximately 0.8-mile-long, 12.47-kilovolt (kV) overhead transmission 
line along Black Mountain Road; (4) a substation at the interconnection 
point with an existing Idaho Power Company 138-kV transmission line; 
and (5) appurtenant facilities.
    The proposed project's generation would not change the current day-
to-day operation of Mason dam but would operate utilizing flood 
control, irrigation, and instream flow releases from Mason dam and 
established under existing agreements between the Reclamation, the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, and/or the Baker Valley Irrigation District. 
Generation flow discharge would be delivered to the Powder River at the 
base of Mason dam in the vicinity of the exiting discharge via the 
project's tailrace.
    Baker County estimates that the average annual generation would be 
about 7,510 megawatt-hours.
    l. 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.
    m. 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.
    n. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following 
preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be 
made as appropriate.

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              Milestone                           Target Date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready  July 1, 2013.
 for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations,            August 28, 2013.
 preliminary terms and conditions,
 and fishway prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft EA..........  February 24, 2014.
Comments on Draft EA................  March 26, 2014.
Modified Terms and Conditions.......  April 25, 2014.
Commission Issues Final EA or EIS...  July 24, 2014.
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    o. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

    Dated: May 3, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2013-11047 Filed 5-8-13; 8:45 am]
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