Document ID: FERC-2010-0958-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Terms Conditions, and Recommendations: Santiam Water Control District
Posted Date: 2010-07-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register: July 12, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 132)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12574-002]

 
Santiam Water Control District; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, Terms, Conditions, and 
Recommendations

July 2, 2010.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Exemption from Licensing.
    b. Project No.: 12574-002.
    c. Date Filed: June 18, 2007 and supplemented on July 18, 2007, 
pursuant to Order Denying Rehearing (119 FERC ] 61,159).
    d. Applicant: Santiam Water Control District.
    e. Name of Project: Stayton Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Stayton Ditch near the Town of Stayton, Marion 
County, Oregon. The project would not occupy United States land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705 and 2708.
    h. Applicant Contact: Brent Stevenson, Santiam Water Control 
District, 284 East Water Street, Stayton, OR 97383, (503) 769-2669.
    i. FERC Contact: Joseph Hassell, (202) 502-8079.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice; reply 
comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person whose name appears on the official service list for the project. 
Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions 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 Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) 
under the ``eFiling'' link.
    k. This application has been accepted and is now ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of Project: The Stayton Hydropower Project would 
consist of the existing: (1) Power canal headgate structure and fish 
ladder, fish screen, and 28-inch-diameter, 600-foot-long juvenile fish 
bypassed return pipe located near the upstream end of Stayton Ditch; 
(2) the 0.5-mile-long Stayton Ditch; (3) 24-foot-long by 12-foot-high 
intake structure equipped with 24.6-foot-long by 12-foot-high and 3-
inch bar spacing trashracks located just upstream of the powerhouse; 
(4) the 40-foot-long V-type spillway weir and integral powerhouse 
containing a single 600-kilowatt generating unit; (5) the 24-foot-long 
by 12-foot-high outlet structure located just downstream of the 
powerhouse; (6) the 0.5-mile-long tailrace channel and tailrace fish 
barrier; (7) the 100-foot-long, 2,400-kilovolt transmission line; and 
(8) appurtenant facilities. The project would have an average annual 
generation of 4,320 megawatt-hours.
    m. 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 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.
    All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' or ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' (2) set forth in the heading the name of the applicant 
and the project number of the application to which the filing responds; 
(3) furnish the name, address, and telephone

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number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions must set forth their 
evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 
4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from 
the applicant. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on 
all persons listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in 
this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    n. Procedural schedule: The Commission staff proposes to issue a 
single Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than issuing a draft and 
final EA. Staff intends to allow 30 days for entities to comment on the 
EA, and will take into consideration all comments received on the EA 
before final action is taken on the exemption application. The 
application will be processed according to the schedule, but revisions 
to the schedule may be made as appropriate:

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Notice of Acceptance and Ready for          June 18, 2010.
 Environmental Analysis.
Filing comments, recommendations, terms     August 17, 2010.
 and conditions.
Reply comments............................  October 1, 2010.
Notice of availability of Final EA........  December 1, 2010.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary. .
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