99-13178. Notice of Application Tendered for Filing with the Commission

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 1999)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing with the Commission

May 19, 1999.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2071-013.
    c. Date filed: May 5, 1999.
    d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.
    e. Name of Project: Yale Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the North Fork Lewis River in Cowlitz, Clark, and 
Skamania Counties, Washington, about 45 miles northeast of Portland, 
Oregon. The project boundary includes about 84 acres of land managed by 
the Bureau of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: David L. Leonhardt, Project Manager, 
PacifiCorp, 825 N.E. Multnomah Street, Suite 1500, Portland, Oregon 
97232 [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Vince Yearick at [phone] or 
[e-mail].
    j. Alternative Process: Consistent with our April 1, 1999, letter 
approving the use of an alternative licensing process on four Lewis 
River hydroelectric projects, including the Yale Project, we will 
conduct an initial adequacy review on the Yale application and will 
process it only so far as the acceptance notice which will not solicit 
interventions.
    k. Status of environmental analysis: The environmental analysis for 
the Yale Project is being coordinated with the environmental analysis 
of the Swift No. 1 (FERC No. 2111), Swift No. 2 (FERC No. 2213), and 
Merwin (FERC No. 935) hydroelectric projects through an alternative 
licensing process. Applications on those projects are due in 2004. 
Studies for all four projects are currently being coordinated through a 
recently formed collaborative group. Therefore, we are not soliciting 
additional study requests on the Yale application. Persons interested 
in participating in the collaborative group should contact Kristi M. 
Wallis, the group facilitator, at [phone].
    l. Brief Description of the Project: The project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) a 1,305-foot-long, zoned embankment 
dam known as Yale Dam, and an adjacent 1,600-foot-long, earth-filed 
structure known as Saddle Dam; (2) a 10.5-mile-long reservoir known as 
Yale Lake; (3) a concrete, chute-type spillway; (4) a 1,530-foot-long 
diversion tunnel; (5) two penstocks; (6) a powerhouse located 
downstream of Yale Dam, containing two generating units with a combined 
capacity of 134 megawatts; (7) a 10.5-mile, 115-kilovolt transmission 
line; and (8) related facilities.
    m. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington, 
D.C. 20426, or by calling [phone]. This filing may be viewed on 
the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 
for assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-13178 Filed 5-24-99; 8:45 am]
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