[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 61 (Monday, March 31, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8009]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission

March 25, 1997.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 1986-005.
    c. Date filed: February 28, 1997.
    d. Applicant: Douglas W. Pegar.
    e. Name of Project: Rock Creek Historic Hydro-electric Power Plant.
    f. Location: On Rock Creek, a tributary of the Powder River, near 
Haines in Baker County, Oregon; on lands within the Wallowa-Whitman 
National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 USC Secs. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Douglas W. Pegar, 540 E. 1st Street, 
Gladstone, OR 97027, (503) 657-1076.
    i. FERC Contact: Gordon Warren at (202) 219-2836.
    j. Comment Date: 60 days from the filing date in paragraph c.
    k. Brief Description of Project: The existing project consists of: 
(1) a concrete diversion structure on Rock Creek; (2) a 8,500 foot-long 
wooden timber flume; (3) a forebay pond; (4) a 2,700 foot-long steel 
penstock; (5) a wooden powerhouse; (6) two turbine generator units, 
each with a capacity of 400 KW; and (7) other appurtenances.
    l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the OREGON 
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by Sec. 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR, at 800.4.
    m. Under Section 4.32(b)(7) of the Commission's regulations (18 
CFR), if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that the 
applicant should conduct an additional scientific study to form an 
adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on 
its merits, they must file a request for the study with the Commission, 
not later than 60 days after the application is filed, and must serve a 
copy of the request on the applicant.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-8009 Filed 3-28-97; 8:45 am]
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