98-19338. Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 139 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39085-39086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19338]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis

July 15, 1998.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: 11181-002.
    c. Dated Filed: November 28, 1994.
    d. Applicant: Energy Storage Partners, Inc.
    e. Names of Project: Lorella Pumped Storage Project.
    f. Location: In Klamath County, Oregon, partially in Bureau of Land 
Management lands. T39S, R11E, section 35, T40S, R12E, section 2, T40S, 
R12E, section 1, T40S, R12E, section 12, T40S, R12E, section 11, T40S, 
R12E, section 14, T40S, R12E, section 22.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-
825r.
    h. Applicant's Contact: Mr. Douglas Spaulding, Energy Storage 
Partners, 1030 North Tyrol Trail, Suite B-101, Minneapolis, MN 55416, 
(612) 315-309.
    i. FERC Contact: Hector Perez at [phone].
    j. Deadline Date: See attached paragraph D10.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been 
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this 
time--see attached standard paragraph D10.
    l. Description of Project: The proposed project would consist of: 
(1) An upper reservoir with a gross storage capacity of 16,519 acre-
feet and an area of 199 acres at maximum normal water surface elevation 
of 5,523 feet above mean sea level (msl), impounded by two, 178-foot-
high rock fill embankments with a crest elevation of 5,533 feet msl; 
(2) an ungated reinforced concrete intake/outlet structure with 
trashracks; (3) a 24-foot-diameter, 1,326-foot-long vertical power 
shaft; (4) a 24-foot-diameter, 3,200-foot-long concrete-lined power 
tunnel; (5) a concrete-lined penstock manifold dividing the power 
tunnel into four, 12-foot-diameter, 355-foot-long, steel-lined 
penstocks; (6) a powerhouse with four reversible pump/turbines, with 
four, 250-megawatt motor/generator units; (7) a 1,500-foot-long by 38-
foot-wide D-shaped concrete-lined tailrace tunnel; (8) a lower 
reservoir with a storage capacity of 18,646 acre-feet and a maximum 
water surface elevation of 4,191 feet msl, impounded by natural 
topography and a 57-foot-high earth zoned embankment, with a crest 
elevation of 4,199.2 feet msl; (9) a 4-mile-long, 500-kilovolt 
transmission line connecting the project to Captain Jack substation' 
and (10) other appurtenances. The project would operate as a closed 
system using water supplied by two groundwater wells about 2 miles from 
the lower reservoir.
    m. Purpose of Projects: Project power would be sold to a local 
utility.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
D10.
    o. Available Locations of Applications: 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, N.E., Room 2A, Washington, DC 
20426, or by calling [phone]. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the Klamath County Library in Klamath 
Falls, Oregon.
    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

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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 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, DC 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-19338 Filed 7-20-98; 8:45 am]
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