Document ID: FERC-2010-1639-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Assessments; Availability, etc.: City of Boulder, CO
Posted Date: 2010-11-12T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 69433]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28475]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1005-011]

City of Boulder, CO; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

November 5, 2010.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47879), the Office 
of Energy Projects has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for an 
application filed by City of Boulder, Colorado (licensee) on March 10, 
2009, requesting Commission approval to exempt its currently licensed 
Boulder Canyon Hydroelectric Project from the licensing requirements of 
Part I of the Federal Power Act (FPA) and to surrender its license for 
the project. The project is located on the Middle Boulder Creek, in 
Boulder County, Colorado. The licensee requests to surrender the 
following licensed project features: (1) The Barker Reservoir; (2) the 
Barker Dam; (3) the outlet structure; (4) the concrete tunnel; (5) the 
valve house; (6) the concrete Barker gravity pipeline; (7) the Kossler 
Reservoir, including the Southwest Dam, the Northeast Dam, and the West 
Dam; (8) the concrete outlet structure, including the trash screens and 
a gate; and (9) the steel penstock. The licensee states that the 
exempted project would consist of the existing powerhouse containing 
one generating unit having an installed capacity of 10 MW and 
appurtenant facilities. The licensee estimates that the project would 
have an average annual generation of 11.6 megawatt-hours that would be 
sold to a local utility.
    The EA evaluates the environmental impacts that would result from 
approving the licensee's proposal for surrender of its project license 
and conversion to a conduit exemption. The EA finds that granting 
surrender of the license and issuing the exemption for the Boulder 
Canyon Hydroelectric Project would not constitute a major federal 
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    A copy of the EA is attached to a Commission Order titled ``Order 
Granting Exemption From Licensing (Conduit) and Accepting Surrender of 
License,'' issued November 5, 2010, and is on file with the Commission 
and is available for public inspection. The EA may also be viewed on 
the Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number (P-1005) 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 1-866-208-3372, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-28475 Filed 11-10-10; 8:45 am]
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