[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26370]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Amendment to License
September 28, 1998.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Amendment to License.
b. Project No: 2114-071.
c. Date Filed: September 21, 1998.
d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County.
e. Name of Project: Priest Rapids Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Columbia River in Grant County, Washington.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 4.200.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Douglas Ancona, Public Utility District
No. 2 of Grant County, P.O. Box 878, Ephrata, WA 98823, (509) 754-3541.
i. FERC Contact: Timothy Welch, (202) 219-2666.
j. Comment Date: November 4, 1998.
k. Description of Amendment: Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant
County (licensee) filed an application to install flow deflectors at
Wanapum Dam to reduce the level of downstream dissolved gases caused by
water passing over the spillway. Currently, the licensee is
constructing and testing the effectiveness of a prototype flow
deflector in the Wanapum spillway for the purpose of dissolved gas
abatement. In its proposal, the licensee presented its criteria for
deciding whether or not to install permanent flow deflectors across the
entire Wanapum Dam spillway. First, direct smolt survival associated
with the prototype must be significantly lower than survival associated
with the unmodified spillbay.
Second, the average incremental increase in TDG from forebay to
tailrace for the 1998 prototype at spillbay 4 must be no more than 4%
greater than the average incremental increase in TDG from the 1996
prototype at spillbay 2 at both the 5,000 and 10,000 cfs test
conditions. If these criteria are met, the licensee would consider the
1998 test a success and would commence construction of flow deflectors
across the entire spillbay prior to the 1999 smolt outmigration in
April.
1. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs:
B, C1, and D2.
B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rule of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211,
.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 comments, protests, or
motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified
comment date for the particular application.
C1. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS
FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS'', ``PROTEST'', OR ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', as
applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to
which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed
by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the
Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington DC 20426. A copy of any
motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the
Applicant specified in the particular application.
D2. Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited
to file comments on the described application. A copy of the
application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If
an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing
comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an
agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26370 Filed 10-1-98; 8:45 am]
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