
[Federal Register: June 12, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 112)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. P-2157-188]

 
Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County; Notice of 
Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing 
Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final 
Amendments

June 5, 2009.
    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.: P-2157-188.
    c. Date Filed: June 1, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County.
    e. Name of Project: Henry M Jackson Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Sultan River in 
Snohomish County, Washington, about 20 miles east of Everett, 
Washington. The project penstock underlies 10.9 acres of Mount Baker-
Snoqualmie National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish 
County (District), Steven J. Klein, General Manager, 2320 California 
Street, P.O. Box 1107, Everett, WA 98206-1107.
    i. FERC Contact: David Turner (202) 502-6091 or via e-mail at 
david.turner@ferc.gov.
    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The existing project consists of the 
following: (1) Spada Lake, with a surface area of 1,802 acres at a 
normal maximum water surface elevation of 1,445 feet msl; (2) Culmback 
dam, a 640-foot-long, 262-foot-high earth and rockfill dam with a crest 
elevation of 1,470 feet msl located at River Mile (RM) 16.5 on the 
Sultan River; (3) a concrete morning glory spillway with a crest 
elevation of 1,450 feet msl located approximately 250 feet from the 
right bank; (4) a system of conduits and valves under the dam which 
provide the minimum flow downstream of Culmback dam; (5) a 110-foot-
tall concrete powerhouse intake structure located approximately 250 
feet upstream of the dam with three 20-foot movable panels to allow 
withdrawal from different depths; (6) a penstock consisting of a 3.8-
mile-long, 14-foot-diameter unlined tunnel leading to a 3.7-mile-long, 
10-foot-diameter underground pipeline; (7) a two-story reinforced-
concrete powerhouse located at RM 4.3; (8) four generating units with a 
total installed capacity of 111.8 MW; Units 1 and 2 are 47.5 MW Pelton 
turbines, which discharge water directly into a 40-foot-long discharge 
canal to the Sultan River; Units 3 and 4 are 8.4 MW Francis turbines, 
which discharge water through the Lake Chaplain water supply pipeline; 
(9) the approximately 3.5-mile-long, 72-inch-diameter Lake Chaplain 
water supply pipeline, which routes water from the Francis turbines to 
the Portal 2 structure at Lake Chaplain; (10) the Portal 2 structure, 
which diverts flows from the Lake Chaplain pipeline to Lake Chaplain (a 
450-acre reservoir which serves as the City of Everett's water supply) 
or to the diversion dam tunnel and pipeline; (11) a 1.5-mile-long, 
concrete-lined tunnel and a 2,000-foot-long, 72-inch-diameter concrete 
pipeline connecting Lake Chaplain and the Sultan River immediately 
upstream of the diversion dam; (12) a 120-foot-long, 20-foot-high, 
concrete gravity diversion dam which was originally constructed to 
divert water from the Sultan River to Lake Chaplain; and (13) other 
appurtenant equipment. Project operations are guided by reservoir rule 
curves which are designed to minimize spill at Spada Lake while 
providing minimum flow releases to the Sultan River downstream of the 
diversion dam. The District proposes the following changes to the 
project: (1) Modifications to the project boundary that include 
additional land and exclude certain land included in the existing 
project boundary; (2) a new Operations Plan based on revised Spada Lake 
rule curves; (3) aquatic habitat enhancement measures; (4) measures to 
protect and enhance wildlife habitat; (5) measures to enhance 
recreational opportunities; and (6) measures to protect historic 
properties.
    l. Locations of the Application: 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 (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.
    m. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/
esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    n. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following Hydro 
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as 
appropriate. For example, issuance of the Ready for Environmental 
Analysis Notice is based on the assumption that there will be no 
additional information.

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              Milestone                              Date
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Application Deficiency Determination  July 2009.
 Letter and Issuance of Additional
 Information Requests (AIRs).
Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready  July 2009.
 for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of Interventions,              September 2009.
 Recommendations, Terms and
 Conditions, and Fishway
 Prescriptions.
Reply Comments Due..................  November 2009.
Issuance of Draft EA................  March 2010.
Comments on Draft EA Due............  April 2010.
Filing of Modified Terms and          June 2010.
 Conditions.
Issuance of Final EA................  September 2010.
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    o. 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. E9-13787 Filed 6-11-09; 8:45 am]

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