96-23765. Hydroelectric Applications [Garkane Power Association, et al.]; Notice of Applications

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48938-48940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23765]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project Nos. 10502-033, et al.]


Hydroelectric Applications [Garkane Power Association, et al.]; 
Notice of Applications

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection:

    1 a. Type of Application: Approval of As-Built Drawings and 
Amendment of License.
    b. Project No: 10502-033.
    c. Date Filed: March 1, 1995.
      Supplemental Filing: June 17, 1996.
    d. Applicant: Garkane Power Association.
    e. Name of Project: Lower Boulder Creek Hydropower Project.
    f. Location: Garfield County, Boulder, Utah.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Section 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Carl Albrecht, Garkane Power Association, 
56 East Center Street, P.O. Box 790, Richfield, UT 84701, (801) 896-
5403.
    i. FERC Contact: Susan Tseng, [phone].
    j. Comment Date: October 15, 1996.
    k. Description of Project: The licensee filed as-built exhibits 
following the completion of project construction. The as-built exhibit 
G drawing shows the project boundary has been increased to include 38.7 
acres of federal lands.
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, and D2.

    2 a. Type of Application: Amendment of License.
    b. Project No.: 2743-029.
    c. Date filed: August 9, 1996.
    d. Applicant: Alaska Energy Authority.
    e. Name of Project: Terror Lake.
    f. Location: The project is located approximately 25 miles 
southwest of the City of Kodiak, Alaska on the Terror and Kizhuyak 
rivers and their tributaries.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. William R. Snell, Executive Director, 
Alaska Energy Authority, 480 West Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503, 
Phone: [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Buu T. Nguyen, [phone].
    j. Comment Date: October 15, 1996.
    k. Description of Amendment: The licensee proposes to construct an 
erosion control project comprised of a series of three spur dikes and 
an overflow control dike adjacent to the Kizhuyak River, immediately 
upstream of the outfall of the project's tailrace. The purpose of the 
dikes is to provide protection of project's facilities from erosion and 
flooding by the Kizhuyak River. The licensee proposes to complete the 
work in 1996.
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, and D2.

    3 a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: 11214-001.
    c. Date Filed: February 22, 1995.
    d. Applicant: Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Carlyle Reservoir.
    f. Location: On the Kaskaskia River near the City of Carlyle, 
Clinton County, Illinois.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Weinberg, 1615 M Street, N.W.--
Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036, [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Charles T. Raabe [phone].
    j. Deadline Date: November 16, 1996.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time--see attached paragraph D9.
    l. Description of Project: The proposed project would utilize the 
existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Carlyle Dam and Reservoir and 
would consist of: (1) An intake structure, placed below pool surface, 
which includes a fish screen/

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trashrack with 1.5-inch spaced horizontal bars; (2) five intake 
conduits (penstocks), each with a 96-inch inside diameter, 
approximately 680 feet long, placed about 500 feet east of the center 
of the spillway; (3) a 35-foot-wide by 73- foot-long concrete and brick 
masonry powerhouse equipped with: (a) five semi-kaplan type submersible 
generating units, each with a rated capacity of 800 kilowatts (kW), two 
turbines with variable pitch blades and three with fixed pitch blades; 
and (b) a hydraulic capacity ranging from 200 cubic feet per second 
(cfs) to 1,700 cfs; (4) a 1,400-foot-long, 5 kilovolt (kV), buried 
underground section of primary transmission line and a 3,000-foot-long 
section of above ground transmission line; and (5) appurtenant 
facilities. The project would have an estimated average annual 
generation of 15,000,000 kWh. The application was filed during the term 
of applicant's preliminary permit.
    m. Purpose of Project: Project power would be utilized by the 
applicant for sale to its customers.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A4, and D9.
    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 Branch, located at 
888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
Barnes, Henry, Meisenheimer and Gende, Inc., 4658 Gravois Ave., St. 
Louis, Missouri 63116, [phone], and at Southwestern Electric 
Cooperative, Inc., South Elm Street and Route 40, Greenville, Illinois 
62246, [phone].

    4 a. Type of Application: Major Relicense.
    b. Project No.: 1930-014.
    c. Date filed: May 2, 1994.
    d. Applicant: Southern California Edison Company.
    e. Name of Project: Kern River No. 1.
    f. Location: On the Kern River in Kern County, California, within 
Sequoia National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. C. Edward Miller, Manager of Hydro 
Generation, Southern California Edison Company, P.O. Box 800, 2244 
Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, CA 91770, [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Surender M. 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 existing project consists of (1) a 
60-foot-high, 204-foot-long concrete overflow diversion dam impounding 
a 27-acre reservoir at crest elevation 1,913 feet, mean sea level; (2) 
a gated intake structure at the left abutment with trash racks; (3) a 
104-foot-long, 20-foot-wide sediment trap; (4) water conduit consisting 
of 42,884 feet of tunnel, 390 feet of rectangular flume, 904 feet of 
Lennon flume on steel structure, and 612 feet of arched-concrete 
conduit; (5) a 45-foot-long, 33-foot-wide, 11-foot-deep forebay; (6) a 
1,693-foot-long buried penstock, with inside diameter varying from 108 
inches at the intake to 71\3/8\ inches at the powerhouse; (7) a 170-
foot-long, 71-foot-wide, reinforced concrete powerhouse containing four 
generating units with a total installed capacity of 26.3 MW; (8) a 
rectangular tailrace that discharges flows over a weir section into the 
Kern River; (9) two 1.9-mile-long, 66-kV transmission lines tying into 
the applicant's transmission system; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
    m. Purpose of Project: The Kern River No. 1 project produces an 
average annual output of 178.6 GWh. Power generated at the project is 
delivered to customers within the applicant's service area.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A4 and D10.
    o. 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, DC 20426, or by calling 
[phone]. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the applicant's office (see item (h) above).

    5 a. Type of Application: Amendment of License.
    b. Project No.: 5276-041.
    c. Dated filed: August 21, 1996.
    d. Applicant: Northern Electric Power Company, L.P. and Niagara 
Mohawk Power Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Hudson Falls.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Hudson River, in 
Saratoga and Warren Counties, New York.
    g. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Keith F. Corneau, Vice President, 
Adirondack Resource Management Assoc., P.O. 829, Two Franklin Square, 
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, Phone: [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Buu T. Nguyen, [phone].
    j. Comment Date: October 17, 1996.
    k. Description of Amendment: The licensee proposes to install 
temporary 2-foot-high wooden flashboards on the Hudson Falls Dam. The 
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) 
requested the flashboards to facilitate an ongoing PCB investigation 
and remediation program at the General Electric Company's Hudson Falls 
manufacturing facility on the opposite side of the river from the 
project. The NYSDEC indicated the temporary flashboards would help to 
prevent high river flows from entering the work area below the dam and 
increase the safety of working conditions.
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, and D2.

Standard Paragraphs

    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.
    B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit 
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, 
.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission 
will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who 
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules 
may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 
motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
comment date for the particular application.
    C1. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS 
FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS'', ``PROTEST'', OR ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', as 
applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to 
which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed 
by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the 
Commission's

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regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. A copy of any motion to 
intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant 
specified in the particular application.
    D2. Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited 
to file comments on the described application. A copy of the 
application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If 
an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing 
comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an 
agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.
    D9. 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 (November 5, 1996 
for Project No. 11214-001). All reply comments must be filed with the 
Commission within 105 days from the date of this notice (December 20, 
1996 for Project No. 11214-001).
    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). 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.
    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 (November 12, 1996 
for P-1930-014). All reply comments must be filed with the Commission 
within 105 days from the date of this notice (December 26, 1996 for P-
1930-014).
    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.


    Dated: September 11, 1996, Washington, D.C.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
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