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2a. Type of Application: Surrender of

Exemption.

b. Project No: 7297–002.

c. Date Filed: February 24, 1997.

d. Applicant: City of Buena Park.

e. Name of Project: OC–17

Hydroelectric Generation Facility.

f. Location: Feeder Station 423+63,

Orange County, California.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 USC Section 791(a)—825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Don Jenson,

6650 Beach Blvd., Buena Park, CA, (714)

562–3500.

i. FERC Contact: Hillary Berlin, (202)

219–0038.

j. Comment Date: April 14, 1997.

k. Description of Application: The

exemptee states that the generating unit

was removed from service and the

project is no longer operational.

l. The notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.

3a. Type of filing: Notice of Intent to

File Application for New License.

b. Project No.: 184.

c. Date filed: February 24, 1997.

d. Submitted By: Pacific Gas and

Electric Company, current licensee.

e. Name of Project: El Dorado.

f. Location: On the South Fork

American River, in El Dorado, Alpine,

and Amador Counties, California.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the

Federal Power Act, 18 CFR 16.6 of the

Commission’s regulations.

h. Effective date of original license:

December 1, 1980.

i. Expiration date of original license:

February 23, 2002.

j. The 21-megawatt project consists of:

Lake Aloha and dam; Echo Lake, dam,

and conduit; Caples Lake and the main

and auxiliary dams; Silver Lake and

dam; El Dorado Forebay and dam; El

Dorado Dam and fish ladder; El Dorado

penstock and powerhouse; and El

Dorado Canal.

k. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.7,

information on the project is available

at: Pacific Gas and Electric Company,

245 Market Street, Room 1103, San

Francisco, CA 94105, ATTN: John

Gourley, (415) 972–5772.

l. FERC contact: He ́ctor M. Pe ́rez (202)

219–2843.

m. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.9(b)(1) each

application for a new license and any

competing license applications must be

filed with the Commission at least 24

months prior to the expiration of the

existing license. All applications for

license for this project must be filed by

February 23, 2000.

4a. Type of Application: Approval to

amend license to modify whitewater

release flows.

b. Project No: 2899–065.

c. Date Filed: February 13, 1997.

d. Applicant: Idaho Power Company

and Milner Dam, Inc.

e. Name of Project: Milner

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: Twin Falls, Cassia,

Jerome, and Minidoka Counties, Idaho.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Laurel

Heacock, Idaho Power Company, P.O.

Box 70, Boise, ID 83707, (208) 388–

2918.

i. FERC Contact: Jean Potvin, (202)

219–0022.

j. Comment Date: April 14, 1997.

k. Description of Project: Licensee

proposes to modify whitewater release

flows to the Milner Reach by reducing

the Daylight hours of bypass flows from

eight to four hours, shutting down the

main powerhouse only when inflow to

the Project is between 10,500 and

12,500 cfs, providing flows between

May and June, and providing flows only

on weekend days and the observed

Memorial Day holiday.

l. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.

Standard Paragraphs

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.

C1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, 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, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426. A copy of any motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

D2. 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.

Dated: March 12, 1997, Washington, D.C.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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Notice of Application Filed With the

Commission

March 10, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Amendment

of License.

b. Project No: 2042.

c. Date Filed: February 18, 1997.

d. Applicant: Public Utility District

No. 1 of Pend Oreille.

e. Name of Project: Box Canyon

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: 3 miles north of the town

of Ione, Washington on the Pend Oreille

River in Pend Oreille County,

Washington.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. § 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Bob

Geddes, Manager of Regulatory Affairs,

PUD No. 1 of Pend Oreille County, P.O.

Box 190, Newport, WA 99156, (509)

447–9342, (509) 447–5824 (Fax).

i. FERC Contact: J. W. Flint, (202)

219–2667.

j. Comment Date: April 18, 1997.

k. Description of Application: The

amendment of license proposes to

change the limit of the upstream project

boundary from River Mile 34.4 near

Ruby, Washington, to the Corps of

Engineers’ Albeni Falls Dam, near the

Washington-Idaho borders, Rm 90.1.

The new project boundary will enclose

all lands which are flooded for flows up

to 90,000 cfs.

l. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.

B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the
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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.

C1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, 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, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426. A copy of any motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

D2. 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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Notice of Application Ready for

Environmental Analysis

March 10, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Minor

License.

b. Project No: 11509–000.

c. Date Filed: December 5, 1994.

d. Applicant: City of Albany, Oregon.

e. Name of Project: City of Albany,

Oregon Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: T12S, R1W, Section 19;

T12S, R2W, Sections 2, 3, 11, 23, and

24; T11S, R3W, Sections 6, 7, 15, 18,

and 20–25; T11S, R2W, Sections 30–34;

and T11S, R4W, Section 12 (South

Santiam River, Calaoppoia River, and

Albany-Santiam Canal in Linn County,

Oregon and the cities of Albany, Oregon

and Lebanon, Oregon).

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 USC 791(a)–(825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Peter Harr, Civil

Engineer II, City of Albany, 333

Broadalbin SW, P.O. Box 490, Albany,

Oregon 97321–0144, (541) 917–7643.

i. FERC Contact: Nicholas J. Jayjack,

(202) 219–2825.

j. Deadline for comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions: May 9,

1997.

k. Status of Environmental Analysis:

The application is now ready for

environmental analysis—see attached

paragraph D10.

l. Brief Description of Project: The

proposed project would consist of: (1)

the existing 450-foot-long, 6-foot-high,

flashboard-equipped concrete dam

known as Lebanon dam that would be

modified to have a fixed crest and a new

height of 7.5 feet; (2) the existing 18-

mile-long Albany-Santiam Canal that

would be dredged and screened; (3) an

existing 55-foot-long, 6-foot-diameter

steel penstock; (4) an existing

powerhouse that would be modified to

have an installed capacity of 500

kilowatts; (5) the existing 2.4-kilovolt,

300 foot-long transmission line; and (7)

related appurtenances.

m. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: A4 and

D10.

n. A copy of the application is

available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference Room, located at: 888

First St., NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC

20426, or by calling (202) 208–1371.

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 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 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 ‘‘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.

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 NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Project Review, Office of Hydropower

Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, at the above address. 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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