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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. 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. 

o. Procedural Schedule: 

At this time we do not anticipate the 

need for preparing a draft 

environmental assessment. Recipients 

will have 60 days to provide the 

Commission with any written comments 

on the environmental assessment (EA). 

All comments filed with the 

Commission will be considered in the 

Order taking final action on the license 

applications. However, should 

substantive comments requiring reanalysis be received on the EA, we will 

consider preparing a subsequent EA. 

The application will be processed 

according to the following revised 

Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule may be made as 

appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Filing of recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions.(May 2007). 

Notice of Availability of 

the EA (single EA).

(September 2007). 

p. Final amendments to the 

application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

q. A license applicant must file no 

later than 60 days following the 

issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the 

water quality certification; (2) a copy of 

the request for certification, including 

proof of the date on which the certifying 

agency received the request; or (3) 

evidence of waiver of water quality 

certification. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–4342 Filed 3–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2301–022] 

PPL Montana; Notice of Application 

Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Motions 

To Intervene and Protests, Ready for 

Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting 

Comments, Recommendations, 

Preliminary Terms and Conditons, and 

Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions 

March 5, 2007. 

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.: P–2301–022. 

c. Date filed: December 15, 2006. 

d. Applicant: PPL Montana. 

e. Name of Project: Mystic Lake 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on West Rosebud Creek in 

Stillwater and Carbon Counties, 

Montana. The project occupies about 

674 acres of federal lands in the Custard 

National Forest managed by the U.S. 

Forest Service. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Jon 

Jourdonnais, PPL Montana, 45 Basin 

Creek Road, Butte, MT 59701; 

Telephone (406) 533–3443; e-mail 

jhjourdonnais@pplweb.com. Additional 

information on this project is available 

on the applicant’s Web site: http:// 

www.mysticlakeproject.com 

i. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking, 

Telephone (202) 502–8753; e-mail 

steve.hocking@ferc.gov. Additional 

information on Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

hydroelectric projects is available on 

FERC’s Web site: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

industries/hydropower.asp 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

fishway prescriptions is 60 days from 

the issuance date of this notice; reply 

comments are due 105 days from the 

issuance date of this notice. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington DC 

20426. 

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 

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. 

Motions to intervene, protests, 

comments, recommendations, 

preliminary terms and conditions, and 

preliminary fishway prescriptions 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 ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing and is ready for environmental 

analysis. 

l. Project Description: The existing 

project consists of the following: (1) A 

368-foot-long, 45-foot-high, concrete 

arch dam/spillway; (2) 42-inch high 

timber flashboards on top of the arch 

spillway; (3) a 145-foot-long, 15-foothigh concrete core and earthfill dike 

with 1-foot-high flashboards; (4) Mystic 

Lake with a storage capacity of 47,000 

acre-feet and a surface area of 446.7 

acres at its normal maximum surface 

elevation of 7,673.5 feet above msl; (5) 

a 33-foot-long, 7-foot-high, by 9-footwide concrete intake structure at the left 

abutment of the dike; (6) a conduit from 

the intake structure to the powerhouse 

consisting of a 1,005-foot-long rock 

tunnel, a 9,012-foot-long, 57-inch steel 

pipeline with an inverted siphon near 

the mid-point of the pipeline, a surge 

tank, and a 2,566-foot-long by 42 to 48- 

inch diameter steel penstock; (7) a 60- 

foot-wide by 85-foot-long concrete 

powerhouse with two turbine-generator 

units with a total installed capacity of 

11.25 megawatts; (8) two concrete 

tunnels that extend from the 

powerhouse into West Rosebud Creek; 

(9) a re-regulation dam about one mile 

downstream from the Mystic Lake 

powerhouse consisting of a 19-foot-high, 

420-foot-long earthfill dike with a 

concrete spillway and flashboards; (10) 

West Rosebud Lake with a storage 

capacity of 470 acre-feet and a surface 

area of 49 acres at its normal maximum 

surface elevation of 6,397.4 feet above 

msl; (11) two 5.3-mile-long, 50-kilovolt 

transmission lines; (12) a 9,363-footlong distribution line from the 

powerhouse to the arch dam and a 

2,068-foot-long distribution line from 

the powerhouse to the surge tank; (13) 

an operator village adjacent to the 

powerhouse with four homes and three 

maintenance buildings; and (14) 

appurtenant facilities. 


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PPL Montana currently operates the 

project in both base load and peaking 

modes depending on water availability, 

electric demands, and existing license 

constraints. Typically, from mid-May to 

mid-August, inflows exceed the 

project’s hydraulic capacity and the 

project is operated as a base load plant, 

continuously generating at maximum 

capacity. During this time, flows above 

the project’s hydraulic capacity are 

captured in Mystic Lake which is 

gradually raised about 15 to 20 feet per 

month until it exceeds the project’s 

current minimum recreation elevation 

of 7,663.5 feet msl. In most years, 

Mystic Lake is maintained about ten feet 

higher than the minimum recreation 

elevation during July and August. 

After Labor Day, PPL Montana begins 

to slowly draft Mystic Lake, reducing its 

elevation by an average of 8 to 9 feet per 

month, until the lake is at or near its 

lowest elevation of 6,512.0 feet msl by 

the end of March. Drafting the lake 

permits PPL Montana to release more 

water into West Rosebud Creek than 

otherwise would be available from 

inflows from August through March. 

During the fall and early winter, PPL 

Montana employs limited peaking to 

maximize generation during high use 

periods, generally from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

daily. In general, flow changes caused 

by peaking do not extend further than 

the project’s re-regulation dam which 

creates West Rosebud Lake located 

about one mile downstream of the 

powerhouse. 

m. 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 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 at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (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. 

Register online at www.ferc.gov/ 

esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. Anyone may submit comments, a 

protect, 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. 

All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST,’’ ‘‘MOTION 

TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’

‘‘PRELIMARY TERMS AND 

CONDITONS,’’ or ‘‘PRELIMINARY 

FISHWAY 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. 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. 

o. Procedural Schedule: 

The application will be processed 

according to the following Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule may be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Interventions, recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions due ..................................... May 4, 2007. 

Reply comments due ............................................................................................................................................................... June 18, 2007. 

FERC issues single EA (without a draft) ................................................................................................................................. August 31, 2007. 

Comments on EA due ............................................................................................................................................................. October 1, 2007. 

Modified terms and conditions due ......................................................................................................................................... November 30, 2007. 

Ready for Commission decision .............................................................................................................................................. February 2008. 

p. Final amendments to the 

application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

q. A license applicant must file no 

later than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of the notice of acceptance and 

ready for environmental analysis 

provided for in § 5.22: (1) A copy of the 

water quality certification; (2) a copy of 

the request for certification, including 

proof of the date on which the certifying 

agency received the request; or (3) 

evidence of waiver of water quality 

certification. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–4343 Filed 3–9–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Commission Staff 

Attendance at Midwest ISO Meetings 

March 5, 2007. 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission hereby gives notice that 

members of the Commission and 

Commission staff may attend the 

following Midwest ISO meetings: 

• Advisory Committee (10 a.m.–4 

p.m., EST) 

Æ March 14 

Æ May 16 

Æ June 20 

Æ July 18 

Æ August 15 

Æ September 19 

Æ October 17 

Æ November 14 

Æ December 12 

• Board of Directors (8:30 a.m.–10 

a.m., EST) 

Æ March 15 

Æ April 19 

Æ June 21 

Æ August 16 

Æ October 18 

Æ December 13 

• Board of Directors Markets 

Committee (8 a.m.–10 a.m., EST) 

Æ March 14 

Æ May 16 

Æ June 20 

Æ July 18 

Æ August 15 


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