Document ID: FERC-2010-0476-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Settlement Agreements and Soliciting Comments: City of Seattle; Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Orielle County
Posted Date: 2010-04-09T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 9, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 68)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2144-038; Project No. 2225-013]

 
City of Seattle; Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille 
County; Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments

April 1, 2010.
    Take notice that the following Joint Settlement Agreement 
(Settlement) has been filed with the Commission and is available for 
public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Joint Settlement Agreement for the 
relicensing of the Boundary Hydroelectric Project and the surrender of 
the Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    b. Project No.: Boundary: P-2144-038; Sullivan Creek: P-2225-013.
    c. Date Filed: March 29, 2010.
    d. Applicant: Boundary: City of Seattle; Sullivan Creek: Public 
Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County.
    e. Location: Boundary: The existing project is located on the Pend 
Oreille River in Pend Oreille County, Washington, in northeast 
Washington. The project occupies 616 acres of the Colville National 
Forest and 313 acres of Bureau of Land Management lands.
    Sullivan Creek: The existing project is located on Sullivan Creek, 
a tributary to the Pend Oreille River. The project also occupies lands 
within the Colville National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602 Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 
791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Boundary: Jorge Carrasco, Superintendent, 
Seattle City Light, 700 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3200, Seattle, WA 98124-
4023; (206) 615-1091.
    Sullivan Creek: Mark J Cauchy, Public Utility District No. 1 of 
Pend Oreille County, Washington, PO Box 190, Newport, WA 99156-0190; 
509-447-9331.
    i. FERC Contact: David Turner (202) 502-6091 or via e-mail at 
david.turner@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing comments on the Settlement: April 19, 2010. 
Reply comments due April 28, 2010. All documents (original and eight 
copies) should be filed with: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    k. The City of Seattle (City) and the Public Utility District of 
Pend Oreille County (District) filed a comprehensive

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settlement agreement (Agreement) on behalf of the City; District; 
Bureau of Indian Affairs; National Park Service; U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service; United States Forest Service; Washington Department of Fish 
and Wildlife; Washington Department of Ecology; Kalispel Tribe; the 
Lands Council; American Whitewater; Selkirk Conservation Alliance; the 
Town of Cusick, Washington; Rick Larson; and Al Six. The Agreement 
resolves among the signatories all issues associated with issuance of a 
new license for the Boundary Project, including fish passage, fish and 
wildlife habitat enhancement, water quality, fish supplementation, 
recreation, cultural properties, and other matters. The surrender of 
the District's Sullivan Creek Project includes the removal of Mill Pond 
dam, related stream habitat restoration, and construction of a cold 
water release facility at Sullivan Lake dam. The signatories request 
that the Commission: (1) Accept and incorporate, without material 
modification, all of the proposed license articles in Exhibit 1 of the 
Settlement in the new project license for the Boundary Project; and (2) 
insure an order accepting the surrender of the District's license for 
the Sullivan Creek project subject to the conditions contained in 
Appendix B to the Agreement.
    l. The A copy of the Settlement Agreement 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 ``e-Library'' 
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.
    Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be 
notified via e-mail of new filings and issuances related to this or 
other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-8064 Filed 4-8-10; 8:45 am]
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