Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 199 / Friday, October 16, 2009 / Notices 53227 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2144–038] 

City of Seattle; Notice of Application 

Tendered for Filing With the 

Commission and Establishing 

Procedural Schedule for Licensing and 

Deadline for Submission of Final 

Amendments 

October 8, 2009. 

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.: 2144–038. 

c. Date Filed: September 29, 2009. 

d. Applicant: City of Seattle. 

e. Name of Project: Boundary 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on the Pend Oreille River in 

Pend Oreille County, Washington. The 

project currently occupies 920.87 acres 

of Federal land managed by the U.S. 

Forest Service and U.S. Bureau of Land 

Management. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Agent Contact: Jorge Carrasco, 

Superintendent, Seattle City Light, 700 

Fifth Avenue, Suite 3200, Seattle, WA 

98124–4023; (206) 615–1091. 

i. FERC Contact: David Turner (202) 

502–6091. 

j. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

k. Project Description: The existing 

project consists of: (1) A concrete arch 

dam with a crest elevation of 2,004 feet 

NGVD (North American Vertical 

Datum), a structural height of 340 feet, 

a thickness ranging from 8 feet at the 

crest to 32 feet at the base, and a crest 

length of 508 feet, with a total length, 

including the spillways, of 740 feet; (2) 

two 50-feet-wide spillways fitted with 

45-feet-high radial gates, one on each 

abutment, which have a combined 

maximum capacity of 108,000 cubic feet 

per second (cfs) at a forebay water 

surface elevation of 1994 feet NGVD; (3) 

seven 21-foot-high by 17-foot-wide, lowlevel vertical fixed-wheel sluice gates 

that provide an additional discharge 

capacity of 252,000 cfs, for a total 

discharge capacity at the dam of 360,000 

cfs; (4) a 17.5-mile-long, 1,794-acre 

reservoir at a normal full pool elevation 

of 1,994 feet NGVD with 87,913 acrefeet of gross storage; (5) power intake 

facilities excavated on the left abutment 

area consisting of an approximately 300- 

foot-wide by 800-foot-long forebay, a 

trash rack structure across the entrance 

to the forebay, and the portal face with 

six 30-foot-wide by 34-foot-high 

horseshoe-shaped tunnels extending to 

intake gate chambers; (6) six 315-feetlong penstocks lead from each of the 

intake gates to one of the six turbinegenerator units in the power plant; (7) 

an underground power plant comprised 

of a 76-feet wide by 172-feet-high by 

477-feet-long machine hall; (8) two 

204,506-horsepower (hp) Francis 

turbines, with 158.4-megawatt (MW) 

generators, two 204,506-hp Francis 

turbines, with 161.5–MW generators, 

and two 259,823-hp Francis turbines, 

with 200–MW generators for a total 

authorized generating capacity of 1,003 

MW; (9) six draft tubes that discharge 

water into the tailrace immediately 

below the dam; (10) six horseshoeshaped transformer bays; (11) six 

individual three-phase, 230-kilovolt 

(kV) transmission lines up the vertical 

face of the left abutment of the dam to 

six pairs of transmission towers on top 

of the abutment; and (12) appurtenant 

equipment. The applicant proposes to 

install new high efficiency turbines in 

Units 55 and 56, concurrently with 

planned generator rewinds and step-up 

transformer replacements, to increase 

the project’s total installed capacity to 

1,033 MW. 

l. Locations of the Application: A 

copy of the application is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s website 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 at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.govor toll-free 

at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 

502–8659. A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item (h) above. 

m. 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. 

n. Procedural Schedule: On 

September 30, 2009, Seattle City Light 

filed an agreement-in-principle and a 

request to suspend processing of the 

license application until February 1, 

2010 to complete settlement 

negotiations. The negotiations also 

involve measures linking the Boundary 

relicense with the surrender of Pend 

Oreille County Public Utility District’s 

Sullivan Creek Project No. 2225. In the 

interest of furthering settlement 

negotiations and resolution of both 

proceedings, we are agreeing to delay 

the issuance of our ready for 

environmental analysis notice. 

Therefore, the application will be 

processed according to the following 

Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule may be made as 

appropriate and a more detailed 

schedule will be issued with the ready 

for environmental analysis notice. 

Milestone Target date 

Notice of Acceptance and 

Ready for Environmental 

Analysis.

March 2010. 

Filing interventions, comments, recommendations, 

preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions.

May 2010. 

Notice of availability of the 

Draft EA.

October 2010. 

Filing comments on Draft EA November 

2010. 

Filing modified terms and 

conditions.

January 2011. 

Notice of availability of Final 

EA.

April 2011. 

o. Final amendments to the 

application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from 

the issuance date of the notice of ready 

for environmental analysis. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–24911 Filed 10–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2692–046] 

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of 

Application for Amendment of License, 

and Soliciting Comments and Motions 

To Intervene 

October 8, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

application has been filed with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection: 

a. Application Type: Request for 

Waiver. 

b. Project No: 2692–046. 

c. Date Filed: September 22, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Duke Energy Carolinas, 

LLC. 

e. Name and Location of Project: The 

Nantahala Project is located on the 

Nantahala River, Dicks Creek, and 

Whiteoak Creek in Clay and Macon 

counties, North Carolina. 


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f. Filed Pursuant to: The application 

was filed pursuant to 18 CFR 4.201. 

g. Applicant Contact: George A. 

Galleher, P.E., Duke energy Corporation, 

LLC, EC11J, PO Box 1006, Charlotte, NC 

28201–1006, (704) 382–5236. 

h. FERC Contact: Any questions on 

this notice should be addressed to 

Robert H. Grieve, (202) 502–8752 or 

robert.grieve@ferc.gov. 

i. Deadline for filing comments and 

motions: Comments on the application 

for amendment of license are due within 

30 days of the issuance date of this 

notice. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Please include the project number (P– 

2692–046) on any comments or motions 

filed. 

Comments may be filed electronically 

via the Internet in lieu of paper. The 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings. See 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 

on the Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

j. Background and Description of 

Proposal: Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, 

licensee for the Nantahala Project, filed 

a request for a waiver of the length-oftime requirement of ordering paragraph 

(B) of the Order Approving Settlement 

and Amending License, issued May 5, 

1999. Ordering paragraph (B) of that 

order requires that the licensee release 

from the Whiteoak Creek pipeline into 

Dicks Creek a continuous minimum 

flow of 8 cubic feet per second (cfs) 

from July 1 to November 15. Ordering 

paragraph (B) also states, in part, that 

this flow may be temporarily modified 

for short periods upon mutual 

agreement between the licensee and the 

requisite state and federal resource 

agencies. In order to refurbish the 

project station’s rotor and paint 

significant portions of the project 

penstock, the Whiteoak penstock will be 

drained, which will eliminate the 

requisite 8 cfs minimum flow for 71 

days. 

By order issued April 1, 1996, the 

Commission defined a temporary 

modification as a few weeks or less. 

Therefore, the licensee cannot use the 

provisions of ordering paragraph (B) of 

the Commission’s May 5, 1999 order, to 

authorize the long term suspension of 

the 8 cfs minimum flow. Such a longterm modification would be an 

amendment of license and must be 

processed as such. 

k. Locations of the Application: The 

licensee’s September 22, 2009 filing 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 

documents. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item g 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. 

l. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

Comments—Anyone may submit 

comments or a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 

385.210 and 385.214. In determining the 

appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all comments 

and motions to intervene, 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 or motions 

to intervene must be received on or 

before the specified comment date for 

the application. 

Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents—Any filings must bear in 

all capital letters the title 

‘‘COMMENTS’’ 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 regulations to: The 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any 

motion to intervene must also be served 

upon each representative of the 

Applicant specified in the particular 

application. 

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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–24908 Filed 10–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL09–12–000] 

Bonneville Power Administration; 

Notice of Filing 

October 7, 2009. 

Take notice that on September 1, 

2009, the Bonneville Power 

Administration (Bonneville) filed, in the 

above-captioned proceeding, an errata to 

its Tiered Rate Methodology (errata 

filing) relating to its Petition for 

Declaratory Order filed on November 

11, 2008. Interventions and protests 

should be limited to Bonneville’s errata 

filing. The Commission will address all 

interventions and protests for the 

November 11, 2008 filing, the January 

28, 2009 errata filing and this errata 

filing in its decision. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant and 

all the parties in this proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 


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