96-12307. Notice Application is Ready for Environmental Analysis

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 24789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12307]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice Application is Ready for Environmental Analysis

May 10, 1996.
    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.
    b. Project No.: 10819-002.
    c. Date Filed: June 23, 1994.
    d. Applicant: Idaho Water Resource Board.
    e. Name of Project: Dworshak Small Hydro.
    f. Location: On the existing water conveyance system providing 
water from the Corps of Engineers' Dworshak dam to Clearwater Fish 
Hatchery and Dworshak National Fish Hatchery, on land owned by the 
Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Land Management within the 
boundary of the Nez Perce Indian Reservation. North Fork Clearwater 
River, Clearwater County, Idaho. Section 34, Township 37 North, Range 1 
East, Boise Meridian.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Ralph Mellin, Idaho Department of Water 
Resources, 1301 North Orchard, Boise, ID 83706-2237, [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Surender Yepuri, P.E., [phone].
    j. Deadline Date: See attached paragraph D10.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: The application is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time--see attached paragraph D10.
    l. Description of Project: The proposed project would utilize 
releases from Dworshak dam that are conveyed by pipelines to the fish 
hatcheries and would consist of: (1) connections to the existing 36-
inch and 18-inch water supply lines; (2) a 58.25-foot-long, 25-foot-
wide powerhouse on top of the existing water distribution structure, 
containing two generating units with installed capacities of 2.0 and 
0.5 megawatts that would discharge flows directly into the distribution 
tank; (3) a substation adjacent to the powerhouse; and (4) an 
underground 14.4-KV, 1.6-mile-long transmission line connecting to an 
existing Clearwater Power Company distribution line.
    m. Purpose of Project: Power generated at the project will be sold 
to Bonneville Power Administration.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A4 and D10.
    o. Available Locations of 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, D.C. 
20426, or by calling [phone]. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the applicant's office (see item (h) 
above).
    A4. Development Application--Public notice of the filing of the 
initial development application, which has already been given, 
established the due date for filing competing applications or notices 
of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing 
development application must be filed in response to and in compliance 
with public notice of the initial development application. No competing 
applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to this 
notice.
    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, NE., 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-12307 Filed 5-15-96; 8:45 am]
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