Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Preservations

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 10, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11858-11859]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5895]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions 
To Intervene and Protests; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms 
and Conditions, and Preservations

March 4, 1999.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Applications: Major New Licenses.
    b. Project No.: 2058-014 and 2075-014.
    c. Date filed: February 17, 1999.
    d. Applicant: Avista Corporation.
    e. Name of Projects: Cabinet Gorge Hydroelectric Project and Noxon 
Rapids Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The Cabinet Gorge and Noxon Rapids projects are 
located on the Clark Fork River, in Bonner County, Idaho and Sanders 
County, Montana. Both projects are partially within the Idaho Panhandle 
National Forest and the Kanisku National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Anderson, Avista Corporation, E. 
1411 Mission Avenue, Spokane, WA 99202, (509) 489-0500.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Bob Easton, E-mail address robert.easton@ferc.fed.us, or telephone 
(202) 219-2782.
    j. Deadline for filing interventions, protests, 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 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person whose name appears on the official service 
list for the project.

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Further, it an intervenor 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. Status of environmental analysis: This application has been 
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Description of the Projects:
    Cabinet Gorge: The project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) a 395-foot-long, 208-foot-high concrete gravity arch 
dam; (2) concrete arch spillway equipped with eight 35-foot-high and 
40-foot-wide vertical-lift crest gates; (3) a 20-mile-long, 3,200-acre 
reservoir with an active storage volume of 42,780 acre-feet within the 
upper 15 feet of the reservoir; (4) four, 27-foot-diameter penstocks 
ranging from 447 to 464 feet in length; (5) a 355-foot-long, 106-foot-
wide semi-outdoor powerhouse; (6) three fixed-blade propeller turbines 
and one Kaplan turbine runner with a combined hydraulic capacity of 
35,700 cubic feet per second (cfs) and a generating capacity of 231,00 
kilowatts (kW); and (7) other appurtenances.
    Noxon Rapids: The project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) a 6,195-foot-long, 260-foot-high dam, consisting of a 
5,326-foot-long earthen embankment section, a 384-foot-long concrete 
gravity dam spillway section, and a 485-foot-long, 190-foot-wide semi-
outdoor powerhouse; (2) the spillway includes eight gravity ogee bays 
each equipped with a 35-foot-high, 40-foot-wide taintor gate; (3) a 38-
mile-long, 7,940-acre reservoir with an active storage volume of 75,000 
acre-feet within the upper 10 feet of the reservoir; (4) five, 26-foot-
diameter steel penstocks, each approximately 170 feet in length and 
integral with the dam; (5) five Francis turbines with a combined 
hydraulic capacity of 51,000 cfs and a generating capacity of 466,000 
kW; (6) a 900-foot-long, 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission line; and (7) 
other appurtenances.
    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 (202) 208-1371. 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.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B and D6.
    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.
    D6. 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 
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``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 protesting or 
intervening; 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 Hydroelectric Licensing, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, at the above address. A copy of any 
protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative 
of the applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all 
other filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by 
proof of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by 
the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) 
and 385.2010.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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