Document ID: FERC-2014-0676-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Wells Rural Electric Co.
Posted Date: 2014-05-29T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 103 (Thursday, May 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30841-30842]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12367]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 848-034]

Wells Rural Electric Company; Notice of Intent To File License 
Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of 
the Traditional Licensing Process

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and 
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 848-034.
    c. Date Filed: February 6, 2014.
    d. Submitted By: Wells Rural Electric Company.
    e. Name of Project: Trout Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Trout Creek, near the Town of Wells in Elko County, 
Nevada. The project occupies 0.5 acres of United States lands 
administered by the Humbolt-Toiyabe National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Lonnie Abbott, Wells Rural Electric 
Company, P.O. Box 365, Wells, Nevada 89835; (775) 752-3328 extension 
1516; email_labbott@wrec.coop.
    i. FERC Contact: Joseph Hassell at (202) 502-8079; or email at 
joseph.hassell@ferc.gov.
    j. Wells Rural Electric Company filed its request to use the 
Traditional Licensing Process on February 6, 2014. Wells Rural Electric 
Company provided public notice of its request on February 24, 2014. In 
a letter dated May 21, 2014 the Director of the Division of Hydropower 
Licensing approved Wells Rural Electric Company's request to use the 
Traditional Licensing Process.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under section 
7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations 
thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b) 
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and 
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating 
consultation with the Nevada State Historic Preservation Officer, as 
required by section 106, National Historical Preservation Act, and the 
implementing regulations of the

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Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. Wells Rural Electric Company filed a Pre-Application Document 
(PAD; including a proposed process plan and schedule) with the 
Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    m. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
(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, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the address in paragraph h.
    n. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an 
application for a new license for Project No. 848-034. Pursuant to 18 
CFR 16.8, 16.9, and 16.10 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 December 31, 
2016.
    o. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.

    Dated: May 21, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-12367 Filed 5-28-14; 8:45 am]
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