Document ID: FERC-2010-0500-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Applications: Southern Nevada Water Authority
Posted Date: 2010-04-12T04:00Z

[Federal Register: April 12, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 69)]
[Notices]               
[Page 18492-18493]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13569-000]

 
Southern Nevada Water Authority; Notice of Application Accepted 
for Filing, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Motions To 
Intervene and Protests, Comments, Final Terms and Conditions, 
Recommendations, and Prescriptions

April 5, 2010.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Filing: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 13569-000.
    c. Dated Filed: March 24, 2010.
    d. Submitted By: Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA)
    e. Name of Project: Arrow Canyon Conduit Energy Recovery 
Hydroturbine.
    f. Project description: proposed project would capture power by 
bypassing a pressure-reducing valve in the SNWA's existing Coyote 
Spring 24-inch- diameter water pipeline. The project would consist of a 
turbine generator, installed within a small building, inlet and outlet 
pipelines, and an access road. By routing water through the 
hydroturbine, the applicant would generate about 3.5 million kilowatt-
hours (kWh) per year of renewable energy. To convey the power, Overton 
Power District No. 5 would extend an existing 12.47-kilovolt (kV) 
distribution line about 1,400 feet to the site.
    g. Location: The proposed project would be located next to the 
existing Coyote Spring Well and Moapa Transmission System project in 
northeast Clark County, Nevada. The project would be located about 12 
miles northwest of Glendale Nevada and occupy 0.68 acre of federal 
land.
    h. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 4.61 of the Commission's regulations.
    i. Potential Applicant Contact: Scott P. Krantz, 100 City Parkway, 
room 1211, Las Vegas, NV 89106; (702) 691-5240.
    j. FERC Contact: Jim Fargo at (202) 502-6095; or e-mail at 
james.fargo@ferc.gov.
    k. A copy of the license application 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 (P-13569). For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support at FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 
at 1-866-208-3676, of for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available 
for inspection and reproduction at the address in paragraph h. Register 
online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be 
notified via e-mail of new filing and issuances related to this or 
other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    l. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    m. The license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
    n. 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 file such within 45 days from issuance of 
this notice.
    Cooperating agencies should note the Commission's policy that 
agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the

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environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 61,076 
(2001). 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/ferconline.asp) under the ``e-
Filing'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments 
click on ``Quick Comment''. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call toll-free at (866) 208-
3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-
filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    o. We notice that we intend to waive scoping and shorten the filing 
and comment date on final terms and conditions, recommendations, and 
prescriptions. Based on a review of the application, resource agency 
consultation letters, and comments filed to date, Commission staff 
intends to prepare a single environmental assessment (EA). Commission 
staff determined that the issues that need to be addressed in its EA 
have been adequately identified during the pre-filing period for the 
application, which included a public meeting and site visit, and no new 
issues are likely to be identified through additional scoping.
    p. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments, 
and final terms and conditions, recommendations, and prescriptions: 45 
days from the issuance of this notice. All reply comments must be filed 
with the Commission within 60 days from the date of this notice.
    q. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate.

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                Milestone                           Target date
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Recommendations, preliminary terms &      May 24, 2010.
 conditions, and fishway prescriptions
 due.
Commission issues EA....................  July 30, 2010.
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Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-8213 Filed 4-9-10; 8:45 am]
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