Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 235 (Wednesday, December 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68677-68678]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31732]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

December 2, 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.: 2661-012
    c. Date filed: September 24, 1998
    d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company
    e. Name of Project: Hat Creek Hydroelectric Project
    f. Location: On Hat Creek in Shasta County, California. About 6.57 
acres of the project occupy lands of the U.S. Forest Service, Shasta 
National Forest.

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    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael A. Katz, Lead Manager, Power 
Generation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Mail Code: N11C, P.O. Box 
770000, San Francisco, CA., 94177, (415) 973-4603.
    i. FERC Contact: David Turner, [email protected], (202) 219-
2844
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners 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 intervener files comments 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. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    l. The run-of-river project consists of two developments, Hat Creek 
No. 1 and Hat Creek No. 2, which consists of the following existing 
facilities:
    Hat Creek No. 1: (1) a 12-foot-high, 231-foot-long concrete 
buttress overflow diversion dam impounding a 13-acre reservoir at a 
water surface elevation of 3,188 feet (referred to as Cassel Pond); (2) 
a 2,270-foot-long, 9-foot-deep, 30-foot-wide canal with a hydraulic 
capacity of about 600 cfs; (3) a 14-foot-high, 750-foot-long shotcreted 
earthfill forebay with an overflow spillway, having a surface area of 
about 2 acres; (4) a 1,600-foot-long, riveted steel penstock; (5) a 43 
foot by 56.5 foot reinforced concrete powerhouse containing a Francis/
Vertical shaft turbine with a generating capacity of 10,000 kilowatt 
(kW).
    Hat Creek No. 2: (1) Crystal Lake, a natural lake with a surface 
area of 115 acres at a water surface elevation of 2,980 feet; (2) a 29-
foot-high, 120-foot-long concrete gravity overflow diversion dam 
impounding an 89-acre reservoir at a water surface elevation of 2,975 
feet (referred to as Baum Lake); (3) a 4,520 foot-long, 7-foot-deep, 
18-foot-wide reinforced concrete flume, with a hydraulic capacity of 
600 cfs; (4) a 414-foot-long riveted steel penstock; and (5) a 43 foot 
by 56.5 foot reinforced concrete powerhouse containing a Francis/
Vertical shaft turbine with a generating capacity of 10,000 kW.
    m. 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 (202) 
208-1371. The application may be viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/
rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for assistance). A copy is also available 
for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    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, 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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