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[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[ Project No. 12447-001]

 
Fort Dodge Hydroelectric Development Company; Notice of 
Application Tendered for Filing with the Commission, Soliciting 
Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedural Schedule for 
Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

April 4, 2006.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original License.
    b. Project No.: 12447-001.
    c. Date Filed: March 21, 2006.
    d. Applicant: Fort Dodge Hydroelectric Development Company.
    e. Name of Project: Fort Dodge Mill Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Des Moines River in Webster County, Iowa. 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: Thomas J. Wilkinson, Jr., Fort Dodge 
Hydroelectric Development Company, 1800 1st Ave., NE., Ste. 200, Cedar 
Rapids, IA 52402; (319) 364-0171.
    i. FERC Contact: Stefanie Harris, (202) 502-6653 or 
stefanie.harris@ferc.gov.

    j. Cooperating agencies: We are asking Federal, state, local, and 
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect 
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the 
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating 
status should follow the instructions for filing comments 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 study should 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 file a 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: May 22, 2006.
    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.
    Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency 
status 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.

    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Fort Dodge Mill Dam Project would consist of: (1) The 
existing 342-foot-long by 18-foot-high concrete dam with a 230-foot-
long spillway and 5 Tainter gates; (2) a 90-acre reservoir with a 
normal full pond elevation of 990 feet above mean sea level; (3) an 
existing 40-foot-wide concrete intake structure with trash rack and 
stop log guides; (4) an existing powerhouse to contain two proposed 
turbine generating units with a total installed capacity of 1,400 kW; 
(5) a proposed 2,400-foot-long, 13.8-kV transmission line; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that the total average 
annual generation would be about 7,506 MWh.
    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 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.
    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.

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For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Iowa 
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by section 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. The Commission 
staff proposes to issue one environmental assessment rather than issue 
a draft and final EA. Comments, terms and conditions, recommendations, 
prescriptions, and reply comments, if any, will be addressed in an EA. 
Staff intends to give at least 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 license application.

Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter--May 2006
Issue Scoping Document--June 2006
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--August 2006
Notice of the availability of the EA--February 2007
Ready for Commission's decision on the application--April 2007

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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