Document ID: FERC-2011-1844-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: William Arkoosh
Posted Date: 2011-12-06T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76152-76153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31211]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14154-001]

William Arkoosh; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With 
the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 14154-001.
    c. Date Filed: November 15, 2011.
    d. Applicant: William Arkoosh.
    e. Name of Project: Little Wood River Ranch II.
    f. Location: On the Little Wood River, six miles west of the Town 
of Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho. The project would occupy 
approximately 0.5 acre of federal lands managed by the U.S. Bureau of 
Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: William Arkoosh, 2005 Highway 26, Gooding, 
Idaho 83330. Phone: (208) 539-5443.
    i. FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper, phone: (202) 502-6136 or 
Jennifer.Harper@ferc.gov.
    j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific studyshould be conducted in order to form 
an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on 
its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must filea 
request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the 
date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of the request on 
the applicant.
    l. Deadline for Filing Additional Study Requests and Requests for 
Cooperating Agency Status: January 14, 2012.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, 
using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the 
end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-(866) 208-3676, 
or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 
mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Little Wood River Ranch II Project Consists of: (1) A 220-
foot-long, 12-foot-wide rock rubble diversion dam, impounding a 9.1-
acre reservoir on the Little Wood River; (2) a 3,900-foot-long feeder 
canal; (3) a concrete intake structure having two parallel 5-foot-
diameter, 120-foot-long steel penstocks; (4) a 60-foot-long, 20-foot-
wide, 25-foot-high concrete and steel power house containing two 
hydraulic Francis

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turbines with a total installed capacity of 1,230 kilowatts; (5) a 
1,600-foot-long tailrace canal; (6) a 2.2-mile-long, 12.5-kilovolt 
transmission line; (7) an access road; and (8) appurtenant facilities.
    o. 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. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Idaho 
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, at 800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following preliminary Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 
schedule will be made as appropriate (e.g., if scoping is waived, the 
schedule would be shortened).

 
 
 
Issue Deficiency Letter................  December 2011.
Issue Notice of Acceptance.............  February 2012.
Issue Scoping Document.................  February 2012.
Issue notice of ready for environmental  April. 2012
 analysis.
Commission issues EA...................  August 2012.
 

    Dated: November 30, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-31211 Filed 12-5-11; 8:45 am]
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