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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY



Federal Energy Regulatory Commission



[Project No. 12107-003]



 
Granite County; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission, and Soliciting Additional Study Requests



August 19, 2008,

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 

filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.

    a. Type of Application: A New License. (Major Project).

    b. Project No: 12107-003.

    c. Date Filed: August 8, 2008.

    d. Applicant: Granite County.

    e. Name of Project: Flint Creek Hydroelectric Project.

    f. Location: The proposed project would be located on Flint Creek 

at the Georgetown Lake Dam, near Philipsburg, in Granite County and 

Deer Lodge County, Montana. The proposed project would affect about 

1266.33 acres of federal lands within the Beaverhead-Deer Lodge 

National Forest.

    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).

    h. Applicant Contact: Granite County, Maureen Connor, Chairman, 

Board of County Commissioners, P.O. Box 925, Philipsburg, Montana 

59858-0925; (406) 859-3817, or Roger Kirk, Agent, P.O. Box 1136, 

Bozeman, Montana 59771; (406) 587-5086.

    i. FERC Contact: Gaylord Hoisington, (202) 502-6032 or 

gaylord.hoisington@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



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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: October 14, 2008.

    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 

Kimberly D. Bose, 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 Flint Creek project consists of: (1) An existing 2,850 acre 

reservoir with 31,034 acre-feet of storage at elevation 6,378 feet 

above mean sea level; (2) an existing 330-foot-long and 44-foot-high 

earth with masonry-core dam; (3) a new 36-inch-diameter by 6,282-foot-

long polymer and/or steel pipeline; (4) a surge tank; (5) a new 36-

inch-diameter by approximately 1,463-foot-long buried penstock 

connecting the surge tank to the new powerhouse; (6) a new 

approximately 30-foot by 40-foot powerhouse containing one Pelton 

turbine-generator unit rated at 2 megawatts; (7) a new approximately 

95-foot-long buried tailrace; (8) a new approximately 10-foot by 10-

foot fenced substation located next to the powerhouse; and (9) all 

appurtenant structures. The average annual generation of the project is 

approximately 10 gigawatthours.

    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. 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.



Issue Deficiency Letter.................  October 2008

Issue Acceptance letter.................  November 2008

Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments...  January 2009

Request Additional Information..........  March 2009

Issue Scoping Document 2................  May 2009

Notice of application is ready for        June 2009

 environmental analysis.

Notice of the availability of the         August 2009

 environmental analysis.

Ready for Commission's decision on the    September 2009

 application.

 



    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.



Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

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