[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 180 (Monday, September 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 48674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23566]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Public Meeting

September 10, 1996.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Notice: Notice of Public Meeting.
    b. Project No: 10813-011.
    c. Applicant: Town of Summersville.
    d. Name of Project: Summersville.
    e. Location of Project: On the Gauley River in Nicholas and Fayette 
Counties, West Virginia, and would use surplus water from the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers' Summersville Dam.
    f. Applicant Contact: James B. Price, President, Noah Corporation, 
120 Calumet Court, Aiken, SC 29803, (803) 642-29803, (803) 642-2749.
    g. FERC Contact: Mohamad Fayyad, (202) 219-2665.
    h. Description: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 
will hold a public meeting regarding an amendment of license for the 
Summersville Hydroelectric Project. The licensee is proposing the 
following design changes: (1) installing two instead of the authorized 
four generating units, but with the same total capacity of 8 MW, and 
(2) re-routing the project's transmission line. The proposed 
transmission line alignment will extend about 9.9 miles from project's 
switchyard in a southerly direction and connect to an Appalachian Power 
Company substation in Fayette County, WV. This proposed alignment would 
require the clearing of about 75 acres of woods.
    The amendment application, which was filed on September 25, 1995, 
was public noticed on November 2, 1995, with December 4, 1995, as the 
last date to file comments, motions to intervene, or protests. Nothing 
was filed in response to that public notice. On April 29, 1996, we 
issued a Draft Environmental Assessment with a comment date of May 28, 
1996. We received two comments in timely fashion. After the comment 
period, however the FERC received a numerous number of petitions from 
area residents and property owners commenting on the proposed 
transmission line route.
    A public meeting will be held on September 19, 1996, to give the 
public another opportunity to comment on the amendment application. The 
meeting will be held at the Summersville Municipal Building, 400 N. 
Broad Street, Summersville, WV. The meeting will begin at 7:00 pm and 
is expected to last until approximately 10:00 pm. Persons unable to 
attend the meeting, or persons choosing not to speak at the meeting, 
may submit statements to Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 North Capitol Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, no 
later than September 20, 1996. All correspondence should clearly show 
the following caption on the first page--Summerville Project No. 10813. 
For further information, please contact Moe Fayyad at (202) 219-2665.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-23566 Filed 9-13-96; 8:45 am]
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