[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 238 (Monday, December 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77364-77365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31419]


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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 5, 2000.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major New License.
    b. Project No.: 2055-010.
    c. Date filed: November 24, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: C.J. Strike Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Snake River, in Owyhee County, Oregon, between 
the towns of Grandview and Bruneau. The project occupies about 3,000 
acres of Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Lewis Wardle, Hydro Relicensing Department, 
Idaho Power Company, P.O. Box 70, Boise, ID 83707 (208) 388-2964.
    i. FERC Contact: John Blair, 202-219-2845, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ef4f1f6f0b0fcf2fff7ecdef8fbecfdb0f8fbfab0ebed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fe94919690d09c929f978cbe989b8c9dd0989b9ad08b8d">[email protected]</span></a>.
    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 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.
    Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and prescriptions 
may be filed electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web 
site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
    k.This application has been accepted, and is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The project consists of the following facilities: (1) A 3,220-
foot-long earthfill dam with a maximum height of 115 feet, which 
includes a 340-foot-wide and 78-foot-high reinforced concrete spillway 
consisting of eight 34-foot-wide bays; (2) a 55-foot-wide, 158-foot-
long and 65-foot-high reinforced concrete intake structure located at 
the left abutment of the dam, consisting of three intakes; (3) three 
riveted steel penstocks connecting the intakes to the generating units; 
(4) a 198-foot-long, 64-foot-wide, and 68-foot-high reinforced concrete 
powerhouse, located at the left abutment of the dam, containing 3 
vertical fixed-blade turbines with a total nameplate capacity of 82.8 
megawatts; (5) a reservoir extending about 32 miles upstream on the 
Snake River and about 12 miles upstream on the Bruneau River, with a

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surface area of 7,500 acres at normal water surface elevation of 2,455 
feet above mean sea level; and (6) two 138-kilovolt (kV) transmission 
lines extending from the project 65 miles northwesterly to the Caldwell 
terminal substation and about 25 miles northeasterly to the 138 kV 
lines at Mountain Home.
    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 2-A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371. The application may be viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for assistance). Copies are also 
available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h 
above.
    n. 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 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. 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.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-31419 Filed 12-8-00; 8:45 am]
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