81 FR 89453 - Eugene Water and Electric Board; Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 238 (December 12, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 238 (Monday, December 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89453-89454]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29620]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2242-078]


Eugene Water and Electric Board; Notice of Settlement Agreement 
and Soliciting Comments

    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement agreement (amending settlement 
agreement filed October 23, 2008).
    b. Project No.: 2242-078.
    c. Date filed: November 30, 2016.
    d. Applicant: Eugene Water and Electric Board.
    e. Name of Project: Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the McKenzie River in Lane and Linn counties, near 
the town of McKenzie Bridge, Oregon. The project occupies approximately 
560 acres of the Willamette National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Frank Lawson, General Manager, Eugene Water 
and Electric Board, 500 East 4th Avenue, P.O. Box 10148, Eugene, Oregon 
97440-2148; (541) 685-7000.
    i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman; (202) 502-6077 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for Filing Comments: January 2, 2017. Reply comments 
due January 17, 2017.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 
6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system 
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your 
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For 
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-2242-078.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 
intervenor files comments

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or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue 
that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, 
they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) filed the settlement 
agreement on behalf of itself and the National Marine Fisheries 
Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, Oregon 
Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon Department of Fish and 
Wildlife, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Confederated Tribes 
of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of Siletz 
Indians of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 
of Oregon, McKenzie Flyfishers, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Inc., 
and Trout Unlimited. The purpose of the settlement agreement is to 
resolve among the signatories all issues associated with issuance of a 
new license for the project regarding water quality, instream flows, 
fish passage and habitat, wildlife, recreation, aesthetics, and 
cultural resources. EWEB requests that the Commission accept and 
incorporate into any new license for the project the protection, 
mitigation, and enhancement measures stated in the amended settlement 
agreement.
    l. A copy of the settlement agreement is available for review at 
the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: December 2, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016-29620 Filed 12-9-16; 8:45 am]
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