[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43593-43594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20716]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Application Filed With the Commission

August 16, 1995.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Amendment of License.
    b. Project Nos.: 4678-019 and 4679-022.
    c. Date Filed: July 12, 1995.
    d. Applicant: Power Authority of the State of New York.
    e. Name of Projects: Crescent & Vischer Ferry.
    f. Location: On the Mohawk River in Albany, Saratoga, and 
Schenectady Counties, New York.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Charles Lipsky, Vice President and Chief 
Engineer, Power Generation, Power Authority of the State of New York, 
123 Main Street, White Plains, NY 10601, (914) 681-6200.
    i. FERC Contact: Timothy Welch, (202) 219-2666.
    j. Comment Date: September 11, 1995.
    k. Description of Amendment: The Power Authority of the State of 
New York (licensee) seeks to modify article 41 for the Crescent 
(Project No. 4678) and Vischer Ferry (Project No. 4679) project 
licenses. Article 41 of the respective licenses require that the 
licensee operate the project so that at inflows between the required 
minimum flows and 3,250 cubic feet per second (cfs), when flashboards 
are installed at each project during the navigation season (generally 
mid-May to mid-November), the licensee is allowed to pond water within 
the limits of the flashboards (12 inches at Crescent and 13.5 inches at 
Vischer Ferry). Article 41 requires the licensee to operate in a run-
of-river mode at inflows greater than 3,250 cfs. The licensee seeks to 
amend article 41 to allow it, from May 15 through July 31 and September 
1 through November 10, to pond flows at inflows greater than 3,250 cfs 
so that it can store water (rather than spilling) until enough water is 
available to operate its Francis turbines only at maximum hydraulic 
capacity. The licensee is required to operate the turbines in only at 
maximum hydraulic capacity to provide safe fish passage for adult and 
juvenile blueback herring. The licensee would continue to limit the 
total drawdown of the project reservoirs to 12 inches at Crescent and 
13.5 inches at Vischer Ferry.
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, and D2.
    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.
    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, NE., Washington, DC 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 

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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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-20716 Filed 8-21-95; 8:45 am]
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