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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 
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

December 5, 2006.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2242-078.
    c. Date Filed: November 24, 2006.
    d. Applicant: Eugene Water and Electric Board.
    e. Name of Project: Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the McKenzie River in Lane and Linn Counties, near 
McKenzie Bridge, Oregon. The project occupies approximately 560 acres 
of the Willamette National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Randy L. Berggren, General Manager, Eugene 
Electric and Water Board, 500 East 4th Avenue, P.O. Box 10148, Eugene, 
OR 97440, (541) 484-2411.
    i. FERC Contact: Bob Easton, (202) 502-6045 or 
robert.easton@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 such requests 
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: January 23, 2007.
    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 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 ``e-Filing'' link.

    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project consists of two 
developments, the Carmen development and the Trail Bridge development. 
The Carmen development includes: (1) A 25-foot-high, 2,100-foot-long, 
and 10-foot-wide earthen Carmen diversion dam with a concrete weir 
spillway, (2) a 11,380-foot-long by 9.5-foot-diameter concrete Carmen 
diversion tunnel located on the right abutment of the spillway, (3) a 
235-foot-high, 1,100-foot-long, and 15-foot-wide earthen Smith 
diversion dam with a gated Ogee spillway, (4) a 7,275-foot-long by 13.5 
foot-diameter concrete-lined Smith power tunnel, (5) a 1,160-foot-long 
by 13-foot-diameter steel underground Carmen penstock, (6) a 86-foot-
long by 79-foot-wide Carmen powerhouse, (7) two Francis turbines each 
with a generating capacity of 52.25 megawatts (MW) for a total capacity 
of 104.50 MW, (8) a 19-mile, 115-kilovolt (kV) transmission line that 
connects the Carmen powerhouse to the Bonneville Power Administration's 
Cougar-Eugene transmission line, and (9) appurtenant facilities.
    The Trail Bridge development includes: (1) A 100-foot-high, 700-
foot-long, and 24-foot-wide earthen Trail Bridge dam section with a 
gated Ogee spillway, (2) a 1,000-foot-long and 20-foot-wide emergency 
spillway section, (3) a 300-foot-long by 12-foot-diameter concrete 
penstock at the intake that narrows to a diameter of 7 feet, (4) a 66-
foot-long by 61-foot-wide Trail Bridge powerhouse, (5) one Kaplan 
turbine with a generating capacity of 9.975 MW, and (6) a one-mile, 
11.5-kV distribution line that connects the Trail Bridge powerhouse to 
the Carmen powerhouse.
    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 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 Oregon 
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by Sec.  106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, at Sec.  800.4.

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    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.

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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)..  January 2007.
Issue Acceptance Letter.................  April 2007.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments...  May 2007.
Hold Scoping Meetings...................  June 2007.
Request Additional Information (if        August 2007.
 necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2................  August 2007.
Notice of application is ready for        August 2007.
 environmental analysis.
Notice of the availability of the draft   February 2008.
 EA.
Initiate 10(j) process (if necessary)...  April 2008.
Notice of the availability of the final   August 2008.
 EA.
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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 the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-21071 Filed 12-11-06; 8:45 am]

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