98-30921. Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 223 (Thursday, November 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64254-64255]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30921]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis

November 13, 1998.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Minor New License.
    b. Project No.: 2032-001.
    c. Date filed: September 25, 1996.
    d. Applicant: Lower Valley Power & Light, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Strawberry.
    f. Location: On the Strawberry Creek, in Lincoln County, Wyoming. 
The project affects 25 acres of the Bridger National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Winston G. Allred, Lower Valley Power & 
Light, Inc., 345 North Washington Street, P.O. Box 188, Ofton, WY 
83110, [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Surender M. Yepuri, P.E.; [phone].
    j. Deadline Date: See attached paragraph D10.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been 
accepted for

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filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this time--see 
attached standard paragraph D10.
    l. Brief Description of Project: The project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) a 22-foot-high, 110-foot-long 
reinforced concrete gravity dam with a 24-foot-long right abutment, a 
40-foot-long overflow spillway with a crest elevation of 7,020 feet 
NGVD, a 16-foot-long intake sluice section, and a 30-foot-long left 
abutment; (2) a reservoir with a surface area of 2.8 acres at normal 
pool elevation of 7,021 feet; (3) an 11,300-foot-long, 36-inch-diameter 
steel penstock; (4) a powerhouse with three turbine-generator units 
with a total installed capacity of 1,500 kilowatts; (5) a substation; 
and (6) other appurtenances.
    m. Purpose of Project: Power generated at the project will be 
utilized by the utility to supply its municipal utility customers.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraph: 
D10.
    o. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application, as 
amended and supplemented, is available for inspection and reproduction 
at the Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, 
located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by 
calling [phone]. A copy of the application may also be viewed or 
printed by accessing the Commission's website on the Internet at 
www.ferc.fed.us. For assistance, users may call [phone]. A copy 
is also available for inspection and reproduction at the applicant's 
office (see item (h) above).
    D10. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is 
requesting comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply 
comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 days from the 
date of this notice.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the 
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary 
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``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. Any of these documents must be 
filed by providing the original and the number of copies required by 
the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. 
An additional copy must be sent to Director, Division of Project 
Review, Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, at the above address. 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.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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