[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 16 (Friday, January 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3674-3675]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-1690]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Feather River Hatchery Expansion Plan

January 17, 1997.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Feather River Hatchery Expansion Plan 
(September 22, 1994 FERC Order).
    b. Project No: 2100-067.
    c. Date Filed: February 12, 1996; supplemented January 15, 1997.
    d. Licensee: California Department of Water Resources.
    e. Name of Project: Feather River, Project.
    f. Location: Feather River, Butte County, California.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Rolland Williams, Sr., Chief, Department of 
Water Resources, Oroville Field Division, Division of Operations and 
Maintenance, 460 Glen Drive--P.O. Box 1191, Oroville, CA 95965, (916) 
534-2323.
    i. FERC Contact: Sue Cielinski, (202) 219-2942.
    j. Comment Date: March 7, 1997.
    k. Description of Project: The California Department of Water 
Resources, California, licensee for the Feather River Project, has 
filed the hatchery expansion plan required by the September 22, 1994 
FERC Order. The hatchery expansion plan includes provisions for 2, 10ft 
x 200ft rearing ponds, a hatching/incubation facility and a UV 
treatment system to the existing Feather River Fish Hatchery. The 
expansion plan will allow space for grow-out of 390,000 fingerlings and 
reduce stress and disease occurring from the transport of fish to other 
hatchery facilities. A supplemental filing proposes further expansion 
of the 100ft long rearing ponds to 300ft to increase hatchery capacity 
to 720,000 fingerlings.
    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 Document--Any filings must 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS 
FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS'', ``PROTEST'', or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', as

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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, 888 First 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-1690 Filed 1-23-97; 8:45 am]
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