Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis

December 31, 1996.

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.: 11162-002.

c. Date filed: April 18, 1994.

d. Applicant: Wisconsin Power and Light Company.

e. Name of Project: Prairie du Sac Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Wisconsin River in Dane, Sauk, and Columbia

Counties, Wisconsin.

g. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-

825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Norman E. Boys, Vice President, Power

Production, Wisconsin Power and Light Company, P.O. Box 192, 222 West

Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53701-0192, (608) 252-3311.

i. FERC Contact: Frank Karwoski at (202) 219-2782.

j. Deadline Date: See standard paragraph D10.

k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been

accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this

time.

l. Description of Project: The 29-MW Prairie du Sac Hydroelectric

Project provides average annual generation of 151,800 MWh when operated

in run-of-river mode. Wisconsin Power & Light Company has operated the

project in a run-of-river mode since 1978 and proposes to continue this

mode of operation.

The project consists of: (1) a reservoir with a normal surface area

of 9,180 acres and a storage volume of 119,950 acre-feet at the normal

operating water surface elevation of 744.4 feet NGVD; (2) an east dike

which is 1,775 feet long with an average height of 20 feet and top

width of 8 feet at a crest elevation of 781.0 feet NGVD, and side

slopes of 2H:1V, constructed of sand with a clay core wall having a top

width of 3 feet at elevation 770.4 feet NGVD; (3) a 1,010-foot-long

concrete hollow ogee spillway supported on piles with a crest elevation

of 760.4 feet NGVD, 41 radial

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gates, each 20 feet wide and 14 feet high, separated by concrete piers

4-feet thick, two traveling electric hoists, and a concrete walkway at

elevation 781.4 feet NGVD; (4) an unused concrete navigation lock which

is 211 feet long by 35 feet wide by 47 feet high with split leaf

vertical lock gates at each end; (5) a 329-foot-long pile-supported

powerhouse with concrete substructure, masonry superstructure and truss

supported roof, containing eight turbine/generating units having a

total rated capacity of 29 MW; (6) eight 4-runner horizontal Francis

turbines with diameters of 64 inches and rated head of 32 feet

installed between 1914 and 1922 (four have ratings of 4,050 horsepower,

two of 5,600 horsepower, and one of 5,000 horsepower); (7) eight

horizontal Allis-Chalmers generators operating at 120 rpm with power

factor of 0.8 (four are rated at 4,375 kVA, two at 6,000 kVA, one at

3,525 kVA and one at 2,590 kVA); (8) two 69-kV transmission lines

approximately 400 feet long; (9) accessory equipment including relays,

switchboards, sensors, panels, cubicles, synchronizing units,

supervisory control equipment, lighting, station service power,

plumbing, ventilating systems, and a compressed air system; and (10)

maintenance buildings, offices, and equipment.

m. Purpose of Project: Project power would be utilized by the

applicant for sale to its customers.

n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs:

A4 and D10.

o. Available Locations of Application: A copy of the application is

available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public

Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, located at 888 First Street

NE., Washington, DC 20426 or by calling (202) 208-1371. A copy is also

available for inspection and reproduction at Wisconsin Power and Light

Company, P.O. Box 192, 222 West Washington Avenue, Madison, WI 53701-

0192, (608) 252-3311.

A4. Development Application--Public notice of the filing of the

initial development application, which has already been given,

established the due date for filing competing applications or notices

of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing

development application must be filed in response to and in compliance

with the public notice of the initial development application. No

competing applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to

this notice.

D10. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is

ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is

requesting comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions.

The Commission directs, pursuant to section 4.34(b) of the

regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108 (May 20,

1991)), that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and

prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission

within 60 days from issuance date of this notice. All reply comments

must be filed with the Commission within 105 days from the date of this

notice.

Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the

Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary

circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.

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 and 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). Any of these documents must be filed by

providing the original and the number of copies required by the

Commission's regulations to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to: Director, Division of Licensing and Compliance,

Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

Room 5A-01, at the above address. Each filing must be accompanied by

proof of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by

the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b)

and 385.2010.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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