[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25608-25609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12115]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Filed With the Commission

May 5, 1997.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Amendment to Licenses.
    b. Project Nos.: 2322-023, 2325-021, 2552-022, 2574-021, 5073-051, 
2611-030, and 11472-002.
    c. Date Filed: April 23, 1997.
    d. Applicants: Kennebec Hydro Developers Group (Central Maine Power 
Company, Merimil Limited Partnership, Benton Falls Associates, 
Kimberly-Clark Tissue Co./UAH Hydro-Kennebec Limited Partnership, and 
Ridgewood Maine Hydro Partners, L.P.).
    e. Name of Projects: Shawmut, Weston, Ft. Halifax, Lockwood, Benton 
Falls, Hydro-Kennebec, and Burnham.
    f. Location: Kennebec and Sebasticook Rivers, Kennebec, Somerset 
and Waldo Counties, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: F. Allen Wiley, P.E., Managing Director, 
Generation, Central Maine Power Company, North Augusta Office Annex, 41 
Anthony Avenue, Augusta, ME 04430, (207) 626-9620.
    i. FERC Contact: Robert Grieve, (202) 219-2655.
    j. Comment Date: June 16, 1997.
    k. Description of Application: By order issued October 22, 1992, 
the Commission incorporated provisions of the Kennebec Hydro Developers 
Group (KHDG) agreement into the licenses for six licensed projects 
(Project Nos. 2322, 2325, 2552, 2574, 5073, and 2611). The order set 
the dates for filing of fish passage drawings (1997-1999) and 
construction of fish passage facilities (1999-2001). For Project No. 
11472, an existing unlicensed project, the applicant has proposed in 
its application for license to provide downstream fish passage within 2 
years of licensing and upstream passage within 2 years of licensing or 
by the year 2000, whichever is later, in accordance with the KHDG 
agreement.
    KHDG applicants request: (1) amendment of the existing licenses to 
require that fish passage facilities be installed only when (a) either 
permanent fish passage is available at the Edwards Dam Project No. 2389 
or that dam is removed, and (b) a biological assessment process 
determines that restoration efforts have advanced sufficiently to 
require fish passage; (2) an extension of time for Project Nos. 2552, 
5073, 2574, and 2611 to file functional design drawings, now due April 
30, 1997, until it has been determined through an assessment process 
that permanent fish passage facilities are necessary; (3) a stay of the 
requirement to file said drawings by April 30, 1997; (4) revision of 
Commission staff's recommendations in the Kennebec River Basin Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement that

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fish passage facilities be installed for Project Nos. 2552 and 2325 by 
1999 and 2001, respectively, to be consistent with the request for 
license amendment; (5) revision of Commission staff's recommendation in 
the Environmental Assessment for Project No. 11472, issued November 1, 
1996, that fish passage facilities be installed by 2000, to be 
consistent with the request for license amendment; and (6) to the 
extent that there is any opposition to these requests, a technical 
conference with the Commission and interested parties to discuss the 
issues presented by these requests, including, in particular, the 
conditions under which the KHDG dam owners would continue to conduct 
trap and truck operations after 1998, at which time their existing 
obligation to conduct such operations ceases.
    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, 888 First Street, NE., 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-12115 Filed 5-8-97; 8:45 am]
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