
[Federal Register: October 7, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 195)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12569-001]

 
Public Utility District No. 1 of Okanogan County; Notice of 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests

October 1, 2008.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-12569-001.
    c. Date filed: August 22, 2008.
    d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 1 of Okanogan County.
    e. Name of Project: Enloe Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Similkameen River, near the Town of Oroville, 
Okanogan County, Washington. The project occupies about 35.47 acres of 
federal lands under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Bureau of Land 
Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: John R. Grubich, General Manager, Public 
Utility District No. 1 of Okanogan County, P.O. Box 912, Okanogan, 
Washington 98840, (509) 422-8485.
    i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, 888 First Street, NE., Room 6B-02, 
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6077, dianne.rodman@ferc.gov., and Kim 
A. Nguyen, 888 First Street, NE., Room 63-11, Washington, DC 20426, 
(202) 502-6105,  kim.nguyen@ferc.gov.
    j. 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, and serve a copy 
of the request on the applicant.
    k. Deadline for filing additional study requests: October 31, 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 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.
    l. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    m. The Enloe Project would consist of: (1) An existing 315-foot-
long and 54-foot-high concrete gravity arch dam with an integrated 276-
foot-long central overflow spillway with 5-foot-high flashboards; (2) 
an existing 76.6-acre reservoir (narrow channel of the Similkameen 
River) with a storage capacity of 775 acre-feet at 1049.3 feet mean sea 
level; (3) an 190-foot-long intake canal on the east abutment of the 
dam diverting flows into the penstock intake structure; (4) a 35-foot-
long by 30-foot-wide penstock intake structure; (5) two above-ground 
8.5-foot-diameter steel penstocks carrying flows from the intake to the 
powerhouse; (6) a powerhouse containing two vertical Kaplan turbine/
generator units with a total installed capacity of 9.0 megawatts; (7) a 
180-foot-long tailrace channel that would convey flows from the 
powerhouse to the Similkameen River, downstream of the Similkameen 
Falls; (8) a new substation adjacent to the powerhouse; (9) a new 100-
foot-long, 13.2-kilovolt primary transmission line from the substation 
connecting to an existing distribution line; (10) new and upgraded 
access roads, and (11) appurtenant facilities.

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    The project is estimated to generate an average of 54 gigawatthours 
annually.
    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 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.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E8-23621 Filed 10-6-08; 8:45 am]

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