[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16633-16636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-7953]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 4031-041 et al.]


Hydroelectric Applications, City of Peru, Illinois, et al.; 
Notice of Applications

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection:
    1 a. Type of Application: Amendment of License.
    b. Project No.: 4031-041.
    c. Date filed: September 9, 1994.
    d. Applicant: City of Peru, Illinois.
    e. Name of Project: Starved Rock.
    f. Location: The project is located near Utica, Lasalle County, 
Illinois, approximate Illinois River mile 231.0.
    g. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mayor Donald F. Baker, City of Peru, 1715 
Fifth Street, Peru, IL 61354, (815) 223-1148.
    i. FERC Contact: Buu T. Nguyen, (202) 219-2913.
    j. Comment Date: April 27, 1995.
    k. Description of Amendment: The licensee, City of Peru, applied 
for an amendment of license to include a transmission line which was 
built in December of 1993. The transmission line is approximately 9.5 
miles long. The transmission line travels down the upstream slope of 
the north embankment, and continues underwater (approximately 180 feet) 
to the north lock wall. The remaining of the line is overhead type 
beginning at Dee Bennett Road.
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, and D2.

    2 a. Type of Application: Major New License.
    b. Project No.: 1951-035.
    c. Applicant: Georgia Power Company.
    d. Name of Project: Sinclair Hydroelectric Project.
    e. Location: on the Oconee River, near Milledgeville, Baldwin 
County, Georgia.
    f. Applicant Contact: Don Holder, Georgia Power Company, 333 
Piedmont Avenue, Bin No. 10170, Atlanta, GA 30308, (404) 526-7092.
    g. FERC Contact: Kelly R. Fargo (202) 219-0231.
    h. Georgia Power Company served a copy of the Preliminary DEA and 
Draft License Application on all parties on March 8, 1995, pursuant to 
18 CFR 16.8(c)(4). The Commission received a copy of the Preliminary 
DEA and draft license application on March 8 and March 13, 1995, 
respectively.
    Comments on the draft license application for the Sinclair Project 
should be sent to the Georgia Power Company with a copy to the 
Commission at the following address: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, Attn: Ms. Kelly Fargo, Mailstop 
HL 20.1, Room 1040, Washington, DC 20426.
    i. As discussed in the Commission's letter to all parties on 
February 14, 1995, and pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the 
Commission's regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 
person believes that an additional scientific study should be conducted 
in order to form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of 
the application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 
person must file a request for a study with the Commission not later 
than 90 days from the date that Georgia Power served a copy of the 
preliminary DEA and draft license application to all parties and serve 
a copy of the request on the applicant. Any party interested in filing 
an additional study request must do so before June 13, 1995.

    3 a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2389-010.
    c. Date Filed: December 20, 1991.
    d. Applicant: Edwards Manufacturing Company Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Augusta Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Kennebec River in Kennebec County, in the City 
of Augusta, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)- 825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark Isaacson, Vice President, Edwards 
Manufacturing, 42A North Elm Street, Yarmouth, ME 04096, (207) 846-
3991.
    i. FERC Contact: John S. Blair (202) 219-2845.
    j. Deadline Date: May 15, 1995.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been 
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this 
time--see attached paragraph D9.
    l. Description of Project: The project as licensed consists of the 
following: (1) The existing 917-foot-long, concrete-capped, timber crib 
dam composed of (a) a 850-foot long primary spillway topped by 4.5-
foot-high wooden flashboards, (b) a 67-foot long bulkhead spillway 
abuts the primary spillway; (2) an existing impoundment with a surface 
area of 1,143 acres and a gross storage volume of 16,985 acre-feet; (3) 
an existing power canal, 450-feet long; (4) an existing 80-foot long 
and 24-foot-wide masonry gate house; (5) nine generating units with 3.5 
mW total generating capacity housed in a combination of a structural 
steel and masonry building powerhouses. [[Page 16634]] 
    The applicant proposes: (1) to install an inflatable rubber crest 
gate that would increase the elevation of the reservoir by one foot; 
(2) to retire two of the existing nine generating units and add one new 
vertical 8 mW Kaplan turbine housed in a new concrete and steel 
powerhouse, 140 feet long, 63 feet wide, and 50 feet high: the total 
installed new capacity would be 11 mW; (3) the impoundment would be 
increased to a total of 1,167 surface acres and a gross storage of 
18,437 acre-feet.
    The project dam and facilities are owned by the applicant. The 
existing project would also be subject to Federal takeover under 
sections 14 and 15 of the Federal Power Act.
    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 D9.
    o. Available Location of Application: A copy of the application, as 
amended and supplemented, is available for inspection and reproduction 
at the Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, 
located at 941 North Capitol Street, N.E., Room 3104, Washington, D.C., 
20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at Edwards Manufacturing, 42A North Elm 
Street, Yarmouth, ME 04096, (207) 846-3991.

    4 a. Type of Application: Amendment of License.
    b. Project No.: 2075-009.
    c. Date Filed: February 7, 1995.
    d. Applicant: Washington Water Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Noxon Rapids.
    f. Location: On the Clark Fork River in Sanders County, Montana.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs.  791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact:

Larry La Bolle, Washington Water Power Company, E. 1411 Mission Avenue, 
P.O. Box 3727, Spokane, WA 99220-3737, (509) 482-4710.
William J. Madden, Jr., John A. Whittaker IV, Winston & Strawn, 1400 L 
Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005, (202) 371-5700.

    i. FERC Contact: Regina Saizan, (202) 219-2673.
    j. Comment Date: May 12, 1995.
    k. Description of the Request: The licensee requests that its 
license expiration date be accelerated from April 30, 2005, to February 
28, 2001.
    l. This notice also Consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, and D2.

    5 a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.
    b. Project No.: P-11523-000.
    c. Date Filed: March 1, 1995.
    d. Applicant: Massachusetts Water Resources Authority.
    e. Name of Project: Winsor Dam Hydro Project.
    f. Location: On the Swift River in Hampshire, Franklin, and 
Worcester Counties, Massachusetts.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. William A. Brutsch, Director, Waterworks 
Division, Charleston Navy Yard, 100 First Avenue, Boston, MA 02129, 
(617) 242-6000.
    i. FERC Contact: Ed Lee (202) 219-2809.
    j. Comment Date: May 12, 1995.
    k. Competing Application: Project No. 11505-000. Date filed: 
November 9, 1994.
    l. Description of Project: The proposed project would consist of 
the following facilities: (1) An existing 2,900-foot-long Winsor Dam; 
(2) an existing 25,216-acre reservoir; (3) a proposed water intake; (4) 
a proposed powerhouse containing a single 1200 kW generating unit; (5) 
a proposed 13.8-kV or equivalent transmission line; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities. Applicant estimates that the average annual generation 
would be 3,450 MWh and that the cost of the studies under the permit 
would be $56,000. The dam and water rights are owned by the 
Metropolitan District Commission, 20 Somerset Street, Boston, MA 02108. 
The project equipment is owned and operated by the Massachusetts Water 
Resource Authority, Division Director of Water Works, Charleston Navy 
Yard, 100 First Avenue, Boston, MA 02129. All power generated would be 
sold to Massachusetts Electric Company.
    m. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A8, A10, B, C, and D2.

    6 a. Type of Filing: Settlement Agreement for Permanently 
Mitigating Fish Mortality at the Ludington Project.
    b. Project No.: 2680-017.
    c. Date Filed: February 28, 1995.
    d. Licensees: Consumers Power Company and The Detroit Edison 
Company.
    e. Name of Project: Ludington (FERC No. 2680).
    f. Location: The eastern shore of Lake Michigan: Mason County.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Order Modifying a Mitigative Plan for Turbine 
Mortality, issued August 11, 1987 (40 FERC 62,151).
    h. Licensee Contact: Mr. William Lange, Consumers Power Company, 
1016 16th Street, N.W., 5th Floor, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 293-
5795.
    i. FERC Contacts: Ms. Janet Oakley, (202) 208-0495; Dr. John M. 
Mudre, (202) 219-1208.
    j. Comment Date: May 5, 1995.
    k. Description of Filing: The licensees for the Ludington Project 
have entered into a settlement agreement with: the State of Michigan 
and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources; the United States 
Department of the Interior, on behalf of the Fish and Wildlife Service 
and as Trustee for Indian tribes, bands or communities with reserved 
treaty rights in the Michigan waters of Lake Michigan; the Michigan 
United Conservation Clubs; and the National Wildlife Federation. The 
settlement agreement provides for mitigation of fish mortality at the 
project by the seasonal installation of a barrier net around the 
project's intakes and other measures. The agreement also provides for 
the development of off-site angler access facilities to mitigate for 
the loss of angler access to the project jetties, which would be inside 
the barrier net.

    7 a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.
    b. Project No.: 11517-000.
    c. Date Filed: February 6, 1995.
    d. Applicant: Androscoggin Hydroelectric Company, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Coos Hydropower Project.
    f. Location: On the Androscoggin River in the Town of Gorham, Coos 
County, New Hampshire.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John N. Webster, Androscoggin 
Hydroelectric Company, Inc., P.O. Box 178, South Berwick, ME 03908, 
207-384-5334.
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Dees 202-219-2807.
    j. Comment Date: May 12, 1995.
    k. Description of Project: The proposed project would consist of: 
(1) A proposed earth and concrete dam 850 feet long; (2) a proposed 75 
acre reservoir with a maximum water surface elevation of 854 feet MSL; 
(3) a proposed powerhouse, 100 feet by 50 feet housing two 3,000 kW 
hydropower units with a total capacity of 6,000 kW; (4) a proposed 34.5 
kV transmission line 1200 feet long; and (5) appurtenant facilities. 
The applicant estimates that the annual energy generation would be 40 
GWh and that the cost of the studies to be performed under the permit 
would be $100,000. The energy would be sold to businesses or public 
utility companies. [[Page 16635]] 
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A5, A7, A9, A10, B, C, and D2.

Standard Paragraphs

    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 public notice of the initial development application. No competing 
applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to this 
notice.
    A5. Preliminary Permit--Anyone desiring to file a competing 
application for preliminary permit for a proposed project must submit 
the competing application itself, or a notice of intent to file such an 
application, to the Commission on or before the specified comment date 
for the particular application (see 18 CFR 4.36). Submission of a 
timely notice of intent allows an interested person to file the 
competing preliminary permit application no later than 30 days after 
the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing 
preliminary permit application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 
4.36.
    A7. Preliminary Permit--Any qualified development applicant 
desiring to file a competing development application must submit to the 
Commission, on or before a specified comment date for the particular 
application, either a competing development application or a notice of 
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of 
intent to file a development application allows an interested person to 
file the competing application no later than 120 days after the 
specified comment date for the particular application. A competing 
license application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36.
    A8. Preliminary Permit--Public notice of the filing of the initial 
preliminary permit application, which has already been given, 
established the due date for filing competing preliminary permit 
applications or notices of intent. Any competing preliminary permit or 
development application or notice of intent to file a competing 
preliminary permit or development application must be filed in response 
to and in compliance with the public notice of the initial preliminary 
permit application. Initial preliminary permit application. No 
competing applications or notices of intent to file competing 
applications may be filed in response to this notice. A competing 
license application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36.
    A9. Notice of intent--A notice of intent must specify the exact 
name, business address, and telephone number of the prospective 
applicant, and must include an unequivocal statement of intent to 
submit, if such an application may be filed, either a preliminary 
permit application or a development application (specify which type of 
application). A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) 
named in this public notice.
    A10. Proposed Scope of Studies under Permit--A preliminary permit, 
if issued, does not authorize construction. The term of the proposed 
preliminary permit would be 36 months. The work proposed under the 
preliminary permit would include economic analysis, preparation of 
preliminary engineering plans, and a study of environmental impacts. 
Based on the results of these studies, the Applicant would decide 
whether to proceed with the preparation of a development application to 
construct and operate the project.
    B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit 
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, 
.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission 
will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who 
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules 
may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 
motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
comment date for the particular application.
    C. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``NOTICE OF INTENT 
TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION'', ``COMPETING APPLICATION'', 
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', as applicable, and the Project 
Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. Any of 
the above-named documents must be filed by providing the original and 
the number of copies provided by the Commission's regulations to: The 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol 
Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. An additional copy must be sent 
to Director, Division of Project Review, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Room 1027, at the above-mentioned address. A copy of any 
notice of intent, competing application or motion to intervene must 
also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in 
the particular application.
    C1. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS 
FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS'', ``PROTEST'', OR ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', as 
applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to 
which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed 
by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the 
Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. A 
copy of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each 
representative of the Applicant specified in the particular 
application.
    D2. Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited 
to file comments on the described application. A copy of the 
application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If 
an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing 
comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an 
agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.
    D9. 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 the issuance date of this notice (May 15, 1995 for 
Project No. 2389-010). All reply comments must be filed with the 
Commission within 105 days from the date of this notice (June 28, 1995 
for Project No. 2389-010).
    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 [[Page 16636]] ``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). Any of these documents 
must be filed by providing the original and the number of copies 
required by the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 825 North Capitol Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426. An additional copy must be sent to Director, 
Division of Project Review, Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, Room 1027, at the above address. 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.

    Dated: March 27, 1995.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
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