Subject: Notice Soliciting Written Scoping Comments
  
[Federal Register: August 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 158)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 
Notice Soliciting Written Scoping Comments

August 9, 2001.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License for Minor Project.
    b. Project No.: 719-007.
    c. Date filed: October 31, 2000.

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    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 
<A HREF="mailto:Charles.Hall@FERC.fed.us">Charles.Hall@FERC.fed.us</A>.
    j. Deadline for scoping comments: September 14, 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 and should clearly show the 
following on the first page: Trinity Power Project, FERC No. 719. 
Scoping comments 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 <A HREF="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</A>, under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners 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 intervener 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, but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The 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 
remove the inoperable James Creek diversion facilities from the project 
boundary accordingly.
    m. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is 
available for inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the web at 
<A HREF="http://ferc.gov">http://ferc.gov</A> using the ``RIMS'' link--select ``Docket #'' and follow 
the instructions (call (202) 208-2222 for assistance). A copy is also 
available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h 
above.
    n. Scoping Process: The Commission intends to prepare an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) on the project in accordance with the 
National Environmental Policy Act. We are asking agencies, Native 
American tribes, non-governmental organizations, and individuals to 
help us identify the scope of environmental issues that should be 
analyzed in the EA, and to provide us with information that may be 
useful in preparing the EA. To help focus comments on the environmental 
issues, a scoping document outlining subject areas to be addressed in 
the EA will soon be mailed to those on the mailing list for the 
project.
    Those not on the mailing list may request a copy of the scoping 
document from the FERC Contact, whose telephone number is listed above.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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