[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44003-44004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21756]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2114-060]


Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington; Notice 
of Application for Approval of Canadian Entitlement Allocation 
Extension Agreement Beyond the Term of the License

August 12, 1997.
    On July 24, 1997, pursuant to Section 22 of the Federal Power Act, 
16 U.S.C. Sec. 815, Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, 
Washington (Grant), filed an application requesting Commission approval 
of the Canadian Entitlement Allocation Extension Agreement (CEAA) for 
the Priest Rapids Project No. 2114, for a period extending 
approximately 19 years beyond the 2005 expiration date of the license. 
The project is located on the Columbia River in Chelan, Douglas, 
Kittitas, Grant, Yakima, and Benton Counties, Washington.

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    Section 22 provides that contracts for the sale and delivery of 
power for periods extending beyond the termination date of a license 
may be entered into upon the joint approval of the Commission and the 
appropriate state public service commission or other similar authority 
in the state in which the sale or delivery of power is made. Grant 
states in its application that approval of the CEAA is in the public 
interest because it implements provisions of a 1961 Treaty between the 
United States and Canada, 15 U.S.T. 1555.
    The CEAA was executed on April 29, 1997, between Grant and the 
United States of America, acting by and through the Bonneville Power 
Administration, and provides for the delivery of power from the Priest 
Rapids Project for transfer to Canada in exchange for Grant's use of 
the improved streamflow provided by Canadian water storage projects 
pursuant to the 1961 Treaty. Grant will retain one-half of the power 
generation benefits of the improved streamflow.
    Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211 and 385.214. In determining the 
appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests 
and other comments, but only those who file a motion to intervene may 
become a party to the proceeding. Comments, protests, or motions to 
intervene must be filed by September 17, 1997; must bear in all capital 
letters the title ``COMMENTS,'' ``PROTEST,'' or ``MOTION TO 
INTERVENE,'' as applicable and ``Project No. 2114.'' Send the filings 
(original and 14 copies) to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any 
filing must also be served upon each representative of the licensee 
specified in its application.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-21756 Filed 8-15-97; 8:45 am]
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