[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 194 (Wednesday, October 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26833]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing with the Commission
October 1, 1998.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Major License-Existing Dam.
b. Project No.: P-2661-012.
c. Date filed: September 24, 1998.
d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
e. Name of Project: Hat Creek Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On Hat Creek in Shasta County, California.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Terry Morford, Manager, Hydro Generation,
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, P.O. Box 770000, N11C, San Francisco,
California, (415) 973-4603.
i. FERC Contact: David Turner (202) 219-2844.
j. Comment Date: 60 days from the filing date in paragraph c.
k. Description of Project: The run-of-river project consists of two
developments: Hat Creek No. 1 and Hat Creek No. 2. About 6.57 acres of
the project occupy lands of the U.S. Forest Service, Shasta National
Forest.
Hat Creek No. 1 consists of: (1) a 12-foot-high, 231-foot-long
concrete buttress overflow diversion dam impounding a 13-acre reservoir
at a water surface elevation of 3,188 feet (referred to as Cassel
Pond); (2) a 2,270-foot-long, 9-foot-deep, 30-foot-wide canal with a
hydraulic capacity of about 600 cfs; (3) a 14-foot-high, 750-foot-long
shotcreted earthfill forebay with an overflow spillway, having a
surface area of about 2 acres; (4) a 1,600-foot-long, riveted steel
penstock that varies in inside diameter from 12 feet at the intake to 7
feet-six inches at the powerhouse; (5) a 43 foot x 56.5 foot reinforced
concrete powerhouse containing a Francis/Vertical shaft turbine with a
generating capacity of 10,000 kilowatt (kW).
Hat Creek No. 2 consists of: (1) Crystal Lake, a natural lake with
a surface area of 115 acres at a water surface elevation of 2,980 feet;
(2) a 29-foot-high, 120-foot-long concrete gravity overflow diversion
dam impounding a 89-acre reservoir at a water surface elevation of
2,975 feet (referred to as Baum Lake); (3) a 4,520 foot-long, 7-foot-
deep, 18-foot-wide reinforced concrete flume, with a hydraulic capacity
of 600 cfs; (4) a 414-foot-long riveted steel penstock with an inside
diameter varying from 14 feet at the intake to 7 feet-six inches at the
powerhouse; and (5) a 43 foot by 56.5 foot reinforced concrete
powerhouse containing a Francis/Vertical shaft turbine with a
generating capacity of 10,000 kW.
l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the
California State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by
Sec. 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR 800.4.
m. Under Section 4.32 (b)(7) of the Commission's regulations (18
CFR), if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that the
applicant should conduct an additional scientific study to form an
adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on
its merits, they must file a request for the study with the Commission,
not later than 60 days after the date the application is filed, and
must serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26833 Filed 10-6-98; 8:45 am]
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