[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57545-57546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22795]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 308-007]


PacifiCorp Energy; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and 
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License (Minor Project).
    b. Project No.: 308-007.
    c. Date filed: February 28, 2014.
    d. Applicant: PacifiCorp Energy (PacifiCorp).
    e. Name of Project: Wallowa Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on Royal Purple Creek 
and the East and West Forks of the Wallowa River in Wallowa County, 
Oregon. The project would occupy 12.68 acres of Federal land managed by 
the United States Forest Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Russ Howison, Relicensing Project Manager, 
PacifiCorp Energy, 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1500, Portland, OR 97232; 
Telephone (503) 813-6626.
    i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, (503) 552-2762 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
motions to intervene and protests using the Commission's eFiling system 
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For assistance, please 
contact FERC Online Support at [email protected], (866) 208-
3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic 
filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The 
first page of any filing should include docket number P-308-007.
    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, but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Project Description: The existing Wallowa Falls Hydroelectric 
Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) A 2-foot-
high, 9-foot-long concrete diversion dam with a 1-foot-wide spillway on 
Royal Purple Creek; (2) a 240-foot-long, 8-inch-diameter wood-stave and 
polyvinylchloride pipeline conveying water from the Royal Purple Creek 
diversion dam to a de-silting pond; (3) an 18-foot-high, 125-foot-long, 
buttressed rock-filled timber crib dam with impervious gravel and 
asphalt core and a 30-foot-wide spillway on the East Fork Wallowa 
River; (4) a 0.2-acre de-silting pond; (5) a 2-foot-high by 2-foot-wide 
concrete intake structure with a headgate and steel trash rack; (6) a 
low-level sluiceway with a steel trash rack and cast iron gate 
connecting to a 2-foot-diameter steel pipe passing through the dam to 
provide instream flow releases to the bypassed

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reach; (7) a 5,688-foot-long steel penstock varying in diameter from 24 
to 16 inches and consisting of buried sections or above-ground sections 
supported on timber crib trestles; (8) a powerhouse containing one 
impulse turbine-generator unit with an installed capacity of 1,100 
kilowatts; (9) a 40-foot-long concrete-lined tailrace which conveys 
powerhouse flows to a 1,000-foot-long unlined and braided tailrace 
channel discharging into the West Fork Wallowa River; (10) a 20-foot-
long, 7.2-kilovolt transmission line which connects to the Wallowa 
Falls substation; and (11) appurtenant facilities.
    The project is operated run-of-river. Up to 1 cubic feet per second 
(cfs) of flow is diverted from Royal Purple Creek and discharged into 
the de-silting pond. Up to 16 cfs of water (i.e., 15 cfs maximum from 
East Fork Wallowa River and 1 cfs from Royal Purple Creek) is diverted 
through the intake structure at the East Fork Wallow River dam into the 
steel penstock and conveyed to the powerhouse where it flows through 
the single impulse turbine and discharges through the tailrace into the 
West Fork Wallowa River. The project's current license requires a 
minimum instream flow release of 0.5 cfs or inflow, whichever is less, 
in the bypassed reach. The current license also mandates that 
PacifiCorp restrict sediment flushing from the de-silting pond to the 
period from May 1 to August 30 to protect kokanee salmon.
    PacifiCorp proposes to modify the existing facilities by 
constructing a buried 30-inch-diameter, 1,000-foot-long pipe and 
rerouting powerhouse flows from the current discharge location in the 
West Fork to the East Fork Wallowa River. PacifiCorp also proposes to: 
Increase the minimum flow release in the bypassed reach to 4 cfs or 
inflow, whichever is less; modify the sediment management program to 
only enable sediment flushing during the high-flow month of June; 
upgrade the instream flow compliance monitoring equipment in the 
bypassed reach; upgrade recreational facilities at the non-project 
Pacific Park Campground; and install new signage and interpretive 
displays at the project.
    PacifiCorp proposes to amend the project boundary by adding 28.3 
acres to incorporate the Pacific Park Campground, forebay access road, 
buried tailrace pipe, and other new project features.
    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. 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 email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, .211, and .214. In determining the appropriate action to 
take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments 
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with 
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any 
protests or motions to intervene must be received on or before the 
specified comment date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title ``MOTION 
TO INTERVENE'' or ``PROTEST''; (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain 
copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of any 
protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative 
of the applicant specified in the particular application.
    A copy of all other filings in reference to this application 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.

    Dated: September 18, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-22795 Filed 9-24-14; 8:45 am]
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