
[Federal Register: February 2, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 20)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12628-002]

 
The City of Nashua, IA; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and 
Establishing a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

January 26, 2009.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.

    a. Type of Application: Original License.
    b. Project No.: 12628-002.
    c. Date filed: January 13, 2009.
    d. Applicant: The City of Nashua, Iowa.
    e. Name of Project: Cedar Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project would be located at the existing Cedar 
Lake Dam, on the Cedar River, in Chickasaw County, Iowa. The project 
would not occupy any Federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Rebecca Neal, The City of Nashua, 402 
Main Street, Nashua, IA 50658; (641) 435-4156.
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Watts, Michael.Watts@ferc.gov, (202) 502-
6123.
    j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, State, and local 
agencies and Indian tribes 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. 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 a factual basis for complete analysis of the application on its 
merits, the resource agency, Indian tribe, or person must file a 
request for the study with the Commission no later than 60 days from 
the application filing date, and serve a copy of the request on the 
applicant.

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    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: March 16, 2009.
    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 filing. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 
on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the 
``eFiling'' link. After logging into the eFiling system, select 
``Comment on Filing'' from the Filing Type Selection screen and 
continue with the filing process.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The existing dam and integral powerhouse 
are owned by the City of Nashua (City) and were constructed in 1917 and 
used for power generation until 1965. The City is proposing to 
rehabilitate the project and install new turbine generators and 
associated equipment. The proposed project would consist of: (1) An 
existing 15.5-foot-high concrete dam with a 258-foot-long spillway 
equipped with four 6-foot-high taintor gates, a 6-foot-high control 
gate, and three 4-foot-high flashboards; (2) an existing 405-acre 
reservoir with a normal full pond elevation of 960.1 feet above mean 
sea level; (3) an existing 50-foot-wide concrete intake structure 
connected to; (4) an existing powerhouse to contain four new turbine 
generating units with a total installed capacity of 800 kilowatts; (5) 
a new 75-foot-long, 13.8-kilovolts overhead transmission line; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would generate an 
estimated average annual generation of 3,285 megawatt hours.
    The project would operate in a run-of-river mode.
    o. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is 
available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the 
Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the 
docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number 
filed to access the documents. For assistance, please contact FERC 
Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-
3676 or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    p. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    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. The Commission 
staff proposes to issue one environmental assessment rather than issue 
a draft and final EA. Comments, terms and conditions, recommendations, 
prescriptions, and reply comments, if any, will be addressed in an EA. 
Staff intends to give at least 30 days for entities to comment on the 
EA, and will take into consideration all comments received on the EA 
before final action is taken on the license application.

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Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter....  April 2009.
Issue Scoping Document...................  May 2009.
Notice of application is ready for         August 2009.
 environmental analysis.
Notice of the availability of the EA.....  March 2010.
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    Final amendments: 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.
[FR Doc. E9-2156 Filed 1-30-09; 8:45 am]

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