
[Federal Register: August 19, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 160)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.: P-2149-152]

 
Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County (Douglas PUD); 
Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting 
Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

August 10, 2010.
    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-2149-152.
    c. Date filed: May 27, 2010.
    d. Applicant: Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County 
(Douglas PUD).
    e. Name of Project: Wells Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Columbia River 
in Douglas, Okanogan, and Chelan Counties, Washington. The project 
currently occupies 15.15 acres of Federal land managed by the U.S. 
Department of the Interior and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Shane Bickford, Natural Resources Supervisor, 
Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, 1151 Valley Mall 
Parkway, East Wenatchee, WA 98802-4497; (509) 881-2208.
    i. FERC Contact: Kim A. Nguyen (202) 502-6105 or 
kim.nguyen@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance of this 
notice; reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date of this 
notice.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 
brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, 
using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the 
end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, 
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and 
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to 
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a 
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document 
on that resource agency.
    k. This application has been accepted, and is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The existing Wells Hydroelectric Project consists of a single 
development with an installed capacity of 774,300 kilowatts. Average 
annual generation of the project is 4,364,959 megawatt-hours. In 
addition to providing electric service to over 18,000 customers in 
Douglas County, power from the Wells Project is used to meet both daily 
and seasonal peaks in power demand in the Pacific Northwest region and 
contributes to the reliability and stability of the regional electric 
system.
    The Wells Project consists of: (1) A 1,130-foot-long, 168-foot-wide 
concrete hydrocombine dam with integrated generating units, spillways, 
switchyard and fish passage facilities; (2) a 2,300-foot-long, 40-foot-
high earth and rock-filled west embankment; (3) a 1,030-foot-long, 160-
foot-high earth and rock-filled east embankment; (4) eleven 46-foot-
wide, 65-foot-high ogee-designed spillway bays with 2 vertical lift 
gates (upper leaf is 46 feet by 30 feet and lower leaf is 46 feet by 35 
feet); (5) five spillways modified to accommodate the juvenile fish 
bypass system; (6) 10 generating units each housed in a 95-foot-wide, 
172-foot-long concrete structure with an installed capacity of 774.3 
megawatts (MW) and maximum capacity of 840 MW; (7) five 14.4-kilovolts 
(kV) power transformers each connected to 2 generating units converting 
the power to 230 kV; (8) two 41-miles-long, 230-kV single-circuit 
transmission lines running parallel to each other; and (9) appurtenant 
facilities. The Wells Project is operated as a run-of-river facility 
with daily outflows to the Wells Reservoir equaling daily inflows.
    Douglas PUD is not proposing any changes to project operations or 
the project boundary for the Wells Project. New facilities proposed by 
Douglas PUD include new interpretive displays, new facilities and 
infrastructure at the Wells and Methow fish hatcheries, new recreation 
facilities, and participation in a white sturgeon hatchery and rearing 
facility.
    m. 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. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
    All filings must (1) Bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.
    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.
    n. A license applicant must file no later than 60 days following 
the date of issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the water quality 
certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including 
proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; 
or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification.
    o. Procedural Schedule:
    The application will be processed according to the following Hydro 
Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as 
appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Commission issues Draft EA.............  April 2011.
Commission issues Final EA.............  October 2011.
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    p. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the

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Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-20502 Filed 8-18-10; 8:45 am]
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