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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 9185-009]

 
Flambeau Hydro, LLC; Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

September 26, 2005.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: P-9185-009.
    c. Date filed: April 1, 2005.
    d. Applicant: Flambeau Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Clam River Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Clam River in Burnett County, near Danbury, 
Wisconsin. The project does not occupy Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Scott Klabunde, North American Hydro, Inc., 
P.O. Box 167, Neshkoro, WI 54960; 920-293-4628 ext. 14.
    i. FERC Contact: Patrick Murphy, (202) 502-8755 or 
patrick.murphy@ferc.gov.

    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: October 31, 2005.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R. Salas, 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 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.
    Scoping 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 Commission's 
Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``eFiling'' link.

    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing Clam River Project consists of: (1) A 46-foot-high 
buttress type concrete dam concrete with a 54-foot-wide spillway with 
four sections, three sections equipped with 8-inch-high stoplogs, and 
one section equipped with a 4-foot-high slide gate; (2) an 898-foot-
long and 223-foot-long earthen dikes connecting the left side and the 
right side of the concrete dam, respectively; (3) a 360-acre reservoir 
with a net storage capacity of 3,575 acre-feet with a water surface 
elevation of 898.9 feet msl; (4) two powerhouses integral to the dam 
containing three turbine generating units with a total installed 
capacity of 1,200 kW; (5) a 100-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt transmission 
line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that the 
total average annual generation would be 4,903 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.
    n. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov.esubscribernow.htm
 to be notified via e-mail of new 

filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    o. Scoping Process: The Commission staff intends to prepare an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Clam River Hydroelectric Project 
in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will 
consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and 
reasonable alternatives to the proposed action.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we will solicit comments, 
recommendations, information, and alternatives in the Scoping Document 
(SD).
    Copies of the SD outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the 
EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list. 
Copies of the SD may be viewed on the Web 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, call 1-866-208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E5-5390 Filed 9-30-05; 8:45 am]

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