[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69933-69934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29694]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedures for 
Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

November 15, 2000.
    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.: 719-007.
    c. Date Filed: October 31, 2000.
    d. Applicant: Trinity Conservancy, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Trinity Power Project.
    f. Location: On Phelps Creek and James Creek in the Columbia River 
Basin in Chelan County, near Leavenworth, Washington. The project 
occupies 47.9 acres of federal lands in Wenatchee National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Reid L. Brown, President, Trinity 
Conservancy, Inc., 3139 E. Lake Sammamish SE, Sammamish, WA 98075-9608, 
(425) 392-9214.
    i. FERC Contact: Charles Hall, (202) 219-2853 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: January 2, 2001.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. Comments and protests may be 
filed electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site 
at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm. 
    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 is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing Trinity Project consists of: (1) A deteriorated 
wooden diversion dam, 70-foot-long flume and settling tank on James 
Creek, and a 3,350-foot-long, partially destroyed steel penstock, all 
of which is proposed for decommissioning with this license application; 
(2) a 45-foot-long, 10-foot-high timber crib diversion dam and screened 
intake on Phelps Creek; (3) a 24-inch-diameter, 6,000-foot-long, 
gravity-flow, steel pipe aqueduct; (4) a 20-foot-long, 14-foot-wide, 9-
foot-deep, reinforced concrete settling tank; (5) a 42-inch- to 12-
inch-diameter, 2,750-foot-long, riveted spiral-wound penstock; (6) a 
145-foot-long, 34-foot-wide, wood-frame powerhouse building containing 
a single Pelton impulse turbine and 240-kilowatt synchronous generator; 
(7) a tailrace; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The generator supplies 
the electricity needs of four residences, a cabin and shed; the project 
is not connected to the electric transmission grid. The licensee 
proposes to decommission the inoperable James Creek diversion 
facilities and adjust the project boundary accordingly.
    m. A copy of the application is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 888 
First Street, NE, Room 2-A, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371. The application may be viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for

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assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction 
at the address in item h above.
    n. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Washington State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
Sec. 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    o. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following milestones, some of which may 
be combined to expedite processing:

Notice of application has been accepted for filing
Notice of NEPA Scoping
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis
Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document
Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document
Order issuing the Commission's decision on the application

    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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-29694 Filed 11-20-00; 8:45 am]
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