

[Federal Register: August 16, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 158)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12470-001]

 
City of Broken Bow, OK; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission

August 9, 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.: 12470-001.
    c. Date Filed: July 26, 2006.
    d. Applicant: City of Broken Bow, Oklahoma.
    e. Name of Project: Broken Bow Re-Regulation Dam Hydropower 
Project.
    f. Location: On the Mountain Fork River in McCurtain County, 
Oklahoma. The project would be located at the United States Army Corps 
of Engineers' (Corps) Broken Bow Re-Regulation Dam and would occupy 
lands 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: Peter Leitzke at (202) 502-6059, or 
peter.leitzke@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 (k) 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. Deadline for Filing Requests for Cooperating Agency Status: 60 
days from the filing date shown in paragraph (c), or September 25, 
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.
    Requests for Cooperating Agency Status 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.
    l. Status: This application is not ready for environmental analysis 
at this time.
    m. Description of Project: The proposed run-of-river project, using 
the Corps' existing Broken Bow Re-Regulation Dam and Reservoir, would 
consist of: (1) Three 93.5-foot-long penstocks connecting to; (2) a 
112-foot-wide by 129-foot-long powerhouse containing three turbine-
generator units and having a total installed capacity of 4 megawatts; 
(3) a tailrace returning flows to the Mountain Fork River; (4) a 1,600-
foot-long, 13.8-kilovolt transmission line or a 3.5-mile-long, 13.8 
kilovolt transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project 
would have an average annual generation of 17,450 megawatt-hours.
    n. 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-12470), 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
 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. 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.
    p. 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...................  October 2006.
Request Additional Information............  December 2006.
Issue Acceptance letter...................  January 2007.

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Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments.....  March 2007.
Request Additional Information (if          May 2007.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary)...  June 2007.
Notice that application is ready for        August 2007.
 environmental analysis.
Notice of the availability of the draft EA  February 2008.
Notice of the availability of the final EA  June 2008.
 (if necessary).
Ready for Commission's decision on the      June 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. E6-13378 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]

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