Document ID: FERC-2009-1806-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments: Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project, Granite County, MT
Posted Date: 2009-12-09T05:00Z

[Federal Register: December 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 235)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12107-003-MT; Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project]

 
Granite County, MT; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

December 2, 2009.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations, 18 CFR part 
380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy Projects has 
reviewed the application for an original license (Major Project) for 
the Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project (project), and has prepared an 
Environmental Assessment (EA). The proposed project would be located on 
Flint Creek at the existing Georgetown Lake Dam, in the Upper Clark 
Fork River basin near Philipsburg, in Granite County and Deer Lodge 
County, Montana. The proposed project would occupy a total of 2,857.5 
acres, of which 1,243.3 acres (1,243 reservoir acres and 0.3 land acre) 
are within the Beaverhead-Deer Lodge National Forest, administered by 
the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service); 1,605.4 reservoir acres owned 
by Granite County, Montana; and 8.8 acres of private lands.
    The EA contains the staff's analysis of the potential environmental 
impacts of the project and concludes that licensing the project would 
not constitute a major Federal action that would significantly affect 
the quality of the human environment.
    A copy of the EA 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 (P-12107), number 
field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online 
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at (866) 208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/
esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-866-208-
3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    Any Comments should be filed within 30 days from the date of this 
notice and should be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426. Please affix Project No. 12107-003, to all comments. Comments 
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 Commissions Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link. For a simpler method 
of submitting text-only comments, click on ``Quick Comment.''
    Please contact Gaylord Hoisington by telephone at (202) 502-6032 or 
by e-mail at gaylord.hoisington@ferc.gov if you have any questions.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-29281 Filed 12-8-09; 8:45 am]

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