[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 992-993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-211]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis

December 31, 1996.
    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.: 11162-002.
    c. Date filed: April 18, 1994.
    d. Applicant: Wisconsin Power and Light Company.
    e. Name of Project: Prairie du Sac Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Wisconsin River in Dane, Sauk, and Columbia 
Counties, Wisconsin.
    g. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Norman E. Boys, Vice President, Power 
Production, Wisconsin Power and Light Company, P.O. Box 192, 222 West 
Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53701-0192, (608) 252-3311.
    i. FERC Contact: Frank Karwoski at (202) 219-2782.
    j. Deadline Date: See standard paragraph D10.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been 
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Description of Project: The 29-MW Prairie du Sac Hydroelectric 
Project provides average annual generation of 151,800 MWh when operated 
in run-of-river mode. Wisconsin Power & Light Company has operated the 
project in a run-of-river mode since 1978 and proposes to continue this 
mode of operation.
    The project consists of: (1) a reservoir with a normal surface area 
of 9,180 acres and a storage volume of 119,950 acre-feet at the normal 
operating water surface elevation of 744.4 feet NGVD; (2) an east dike 
which is 1,775 feet long with an average height of 20 feet and top 
width of 8 feet at a crest elevation of 781.0 feet NGVD, and side 
slopes of 2H:1V, constructed of sand with a clay core wall having a top 
width of 3 feet at elevation 770.4 feet NGVD; (3) a 1,010-foot-long 
concrete hollow ogee spillway supported on piles with a crest elevation 
of 760.4 feet NGVD, 41 radial

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gates, each 20 feet wide and 14 feet high, separated by concrete piers 
4-feet thick, two traveling electric hoists, and a concrete walkway at 
elevation 781.4 feet NGVD; (4) an unused concrete navigation lock which 
is 211 feet long by 35 feet wide by 47 feet high with split leaf 
vertical lock gates at each end; (5) a 329-foot-long pile-supported 
powerhouse with concrete substructure, masonry superstructure and truss 
supported roof, containing eight turbine/generating units having a 
total rated capacity of 29 MW; (6) eight 4-runner horizontal Francis 
turbines with diameters of 64 inches and rated head of 32 feet 
installed between 1914 and 1922 (four have ratings of 4,050 horsepower, 
two of 5,600 horsepower, and one of 5,000 horsepower); (7) eight 
horizontal Allis-Chalmers generators operating at 120 rpm with power 
factor of 0.8 (four are rated at 4,375 kVA, two at 6,000 kVA, one at 
3,525 kVA and one at 2,590 kVA); (8) two 69-kV transmission lines 
approximately 400 feet long; (9) accessory equipment including relays, 
switchboards, sensors, panels, cubicles, synchronizing units, 
supervisory control equipment, lighting, station service power, 
plumbing, ventilating systems, and a compressed air system; and (10) 
maintenance buildings, offices, and equipment.
    m. Purpose of Project: Project power would be utilized by the 
applicant for sale to its customers.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A4 and D10.
    o. Available Locations of Application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, located at 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20426 or by calling (202) 208-1371. A copy is also 
available for inspection and reproduction at Wisconsin Power and Light 
Company, P.O. Box 192, 222 West Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53701-
0192, (608) 252-3311.
    A4. Development Application--Public notice of the filing of the 
initial development application, which has already been given, 
established the due date for filing competing applications or notices 
of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing 
development application must be filed in response to and in compliance 
with the public notice of the initial development application. No 
competing applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to 
this notice.
    D10. 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 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 and 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). Any of these documents must be filed by 
providing the original and the number of copies required by the 
Commission's regulations to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. An additional 
copy must be sent to: Director, Division of Licensing and Compliance, 
Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Room 5A-01, at the above address. Each filing 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
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