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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[P-12646-001]

 
City of Broken Bow; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and 
Establishing Procedures for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission 
of Final Amendments

July 7, 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 Major License.
    b. Project No.: 12646-001.
    c. Date filed: July 6, 2006.
    d. Applicant: City of Broken Bow.
    e. Name of Project: Pine Creek Lake Dam Hydropower Project.
    f. Location: On the Little River in McCurtain County, Oklahoma. The 
project would be located at the United States Army Corps of Engineers' 
(Corps) Pine Creek Lake Dam and would occupy several acres of land 
administered by the Corps.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Olen Hill, City Manager, City of Broken Bow, 
Oklahoma; 210 North Broadway; Broken Bow, Oklahoma 74728; (405) 584-
2282.
    i. FERC Contact: Carolyn Holsopple at (202) 502-6407, or 
carolyn.holsopple@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.
    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: 60 days from the filing date shown in 
paragraph (c), or September 4, 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.
    Additional study requests may be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 
on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-

Filing'' link. After logging into the e-Filing system, select ``Comment 
on Filing'' from the Filing Type Selection screen and continue with the 
filing process.''
    m. Status: This application is not ready for environmental analysis 
at this time.
    n. Description of Project: The proposed project, using the existing 
Pine Creek Dam and Reservoir, would consist of: (1) A diversion 
structure connecting to the existing outlet conduit; (2) a penstock 
connecting the diversion structure to the powerhouse; (3) a 112-foot-
wide by 73-foot-long powerhouse containing two turbine-generator units, 
having a totaled installed capacity of 6.4 megawatts; (4) a tailrace 
returning flows to the Little River; (5) a one-mile-long, 14.4-kilovolt 
transmission line or a 6.5-mile-long, 13.8 kilovolt transmission line 
connecting to an existing distribution line; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities. The project would have an average annual generation of 
16,200 megawatt-hours.
    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 (P-12646), 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/esubscribenow.htm



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to be notified via e-mail 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 
OKLAHOMA 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 if the Commission determines it 
necessary to do so:

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                   Action                           Tentative date
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Issue Deficiency Letter.....................  September 2006.
Request Additional Information..............  November 2006.
Issue Acceptance letter.....................  December 2006.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.......  February 2007.
Request Additional Information (if            April 2007.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2....................  May 2007.
Notice that application is ready for          July 2007.
 environmental analysis.
Notice of the availability of the draft EA..  January 2008.
Notice of the availability of the final EA    April 2008.
 (if necessary).
Ready for Commission's decision on the        April 2008.
 application.
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    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E6-11180 Filed 7-14-06; 8:45 am]

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