Document ID: FERC-2006-0230-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hydroelectric applications
Posted Date: 2006-02-03T05:00Z

[Federal Register: February 3, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 23)]
[Notices]               
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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

January 26, 2006.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: 11945-001.
    c. Date Filed: June 30, 2004.
    d. Applicant: Symbiotics, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Dorena Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Row River, near the Town of Cottage Grove, Lane 
County, Oregon. The project would occupy less than 1 acre of Federal 
lands administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Brent L. Smith, Symbiotics, LLC, P.O. Box 
535, Rigby, Idaho 83442; telephone (208) 745-0834 or by e-mail at 
bsmith@nwpwrservices.com.

    i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman; telephone (202) 502-6077 or by e-
mail at dianne.rodman@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance 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: 
Magalie R. Salas, 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

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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. 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.

    k. This application has been accepted and is now ready for 
environmental analysis.
    l. The proposed project would utilize the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers' existing Dorena Lake dam and reservoir, and would consist of 
the following facilities: (1) A 9-foot-diameter steel pipe, about 350 
feet long, extending from the reservoir through the north dam abutment; 
(2) a new powerhouse, near the existing spillway stilling basin 250 
feet downstream from the concrete section of the dam, having a total 
installed capacity of 8,300 kilowatts; (3) a new concrete-lined channel 
discharging flows into the river channel immediately below the existing 
stilling basin; (4) a new valve house near the existing stilling basin; 
(5) a new 15-kilovolt underground transmission line, about 500 feet 
long; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is 
estimated to be 17.5 gigawatthours.
    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 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.
    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.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp
 to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 

issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    n. 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.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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