
[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 53 (Friday, March 18, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14959-14960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6334]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12778-004]


Fall Creek Hydro, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing 
and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original major license.
    b. Project No.: 12778-004.
    c. Date Filed: February 28, 2011.
    d. Applicant: Fall Creek Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Fall Creek Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The proposed project would be constructed at the 
existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Fall Creek Dam located 
on Fall Creek near the towns of Springfield and Eugene in Lane County, 
Oregon. The project would occupy 6.53 acres of Federal lands managed by 
the Corps.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Brent L. Smith, Chief Operating Officer; 
Symbiotics LLC; 371 Upper Terrace, Suite 2; Bend, OR 97702; Telephone 
(541) 330-8779.
    i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery; (202) 502-8379 or lee.emery@ferc.gov.

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    j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    k. Project Description: The proposed project would consist of the 
following new facilities: (1) An intake structure located on the face 
of the Corps dam and installed directly above one of the existing 
intake structures; (2) two 8-foot-diameter by 110-foot-long steel 
penstocks that would bifurcate the existing south regulating outlet to 
deliver flow to a powerhouse and a fish bypass system; (3) a 60-foot by 
75-foot concrete powerhouse that would be located downstream from the 
toe of the dam and would house two Francis generating units and one 
Kaplan generating unit with a total installed capacity of 10 megawatts; 
(4) a fish bypass system (to provide downstream fish passage) that 
would include, among other things, Eicher fish screens, steel pipes, 
multi-level release ports, open channels, a fish counting station, and 
a discharge culvert; (5) one 442-foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt (kV), single-
circuit transmission line that would be buried and extend from the 
powerhouse to an existing power line at the base of the dam; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities.
    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 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.
    m. 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. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the preliminary licensing schedule below. Revisions to the schedule 
may be made as appropriate.

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               Milestone                           Target date
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Notice of Acceptance/Notice of Ready     May 2011.
 for Environmental Analysis.
Filing of recommendations, preliminary   July 2011.
 terms and conditions, and fishway
 prescriptions.
Commission issues Draft EA or EIS......  January 2012.
Comments on Draft EA or EIS............  February 2012.
Modified Terms and Conditions..........  April 2012.
Commission Issues Final EA or EIS......  July 2012.
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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.

    Dated: March 11, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-6334 Filed 3-17-11; 8:45 am]
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