Document ID: FERC-2007-0131-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Hydroelectric applications
Posted Date: 2007-01-26T05:00Z

[Federal Register: January 26, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 17)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 946-007]

 
Hyrum City; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental 
Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and 
Conditions, and Prescriptions

January 22, 2007.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: A Subsequent License. (Minor Project).
    b. Project No.: 946-007.
    c. Date filed: April 28, 2006.
    d. Applicant: Hyrum City.
    e. Name of Project: Hyrum City Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Blacksmith Fork River in Hyrum City, Cache 
County, Utah. The project affects about 17.03 acres of federal lands 
within the Wasatch Cache National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Dean Howard, Mayor, Hyrum City 83 West Main 
Street, Hyrum Utah 84319; (435) 245-6033, or Ken Tuttle or Mike Wilcox, 
Sunrise Engineering, Inc., 25 East 500 North, Fillmore, UT 84631; (435) 
743-6151.
    i. FERC Contact: Gaylord Hoisington, (202) 502-6032 or 
gaylord.hoisington@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 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 ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The existing Hyrum City's Hydropower Project was initially 
constructed in 1930-1931, after receiving an original license on 
November 27, 1929. The project has been licensed since that time with 
one amendment in 1977, and one renewal in 1981. The current license 
expires on April 30, 2008. The run-of-river, base-load plant operates 
on 85-cubic-foot-per-second of water diverted by a diversion dam 
located in Blacksmith Fork Canyon. The 3,419-foot-by-passed reach is 
not de-watered because the flows in the river exceeds the capacity of 
the plant, and during low flows, Hyrum City operates the plant at less 
than maximum flow to maintain a continuous flow throughout the river 
channel for aesthetic enjoyment in the city park that adjoins the 
powerhouse.
    The project includes the following constructed facilities: (1) a 
15-foot-high, 70-foot-long earth-fill concrete core embankment to the 
north, a 14-foot-high, 65-foot-long concrete spillway section, a 15-
foot-high, 125-foot-long earth-fill concrete core embankment to the 
north which makes the total length of the dam approximately 260-foot-
long; (2) a 16-foot-high, 8-foot-wide concrete intake structure with a 
20-foot-high, 8-foot-wide trash rack and fish ladder; (3) a 60-inch-
diameter concrete penstock inlet with head gate; (4) a 3,470-foot-long, 
48-inch-diameter concrete penstock going into a 130-foot-long, 42-inch-
diameter steel penstock; (5) a 37-acre-foot de-silting pond; (6) a 26-
foot-wide, 39-foot-long, 20-foot-high brick powerhouse; (7) a 400-
kilowatt Leffel horizontal shaft scroll case turbine; (8) a 100-foot, 
2.4-kV underground transmission line and; (9) appurtenant facilities.

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    The average annual generation of the project is approximately 
3,083,000 kilowatt-hours and there are no proposed changes to the 
facilities or the current mode of operation at this time.
    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.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-1245 Filed 1-25-07; 8:45 am]

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