[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50306-50307]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25385]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis

September 19, 1997.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 11512-000.
    c. Date filed: December 27, 1994, amended September 2, 1997.
    d. Applicant: John H. Bigelow.
    e. Name of Project: McKenzie.
    f. Location: On the McKenzie River in Lane County, Oregon, Section 
10, Township 16S, Range 6E, West Meridian.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a) --825(r).
    h. Applicant Contract: Robert Parker, Community Planning Workshop, 
1209 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, (541) 346-3801.
    i. FERC Contact: Hector M. Perez at (202) 219-2843.
    j. The project would consist of: (1) A diversion dam constructed of 
large rocks at river mile 73.6 (partially breached); (2) a concrete 
headgate; (3) a power canal about 1,500 feet long; (4) a 32-foot-long 
and 5-foot-diameter penstock; (5) a powerhouse with an installed 
capacity of 76 kilowatts; (6) a 30-foot-long tailrace; and (7) other 
appurtenances.
    The applicant amended the application to delete modifications 
proposed originally: Reconstruct the diversion structure, yearly 
removal of sediment in front of the headgate, and placement of adult 
fish barrier in the tailrace.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application is now ready 
for environmental analysis--see attached paragraph D9.
    l. Deadline for comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, 
and prescriptions: See paragraph D9.
    m. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraph: 
A4 and D9.
    n. Available Locations of Application: A copy of the application, 
as amended, is available for inspection and reproduction at the 
Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, located at 
888 First Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 208-
1371. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the 
address shown in item h above.
    A4. Development Application--Public notice of the filing of the 
initial development application, which has already been given, 
established the due date for filing competing applications or notices 
of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing 
development application must be filed in response to and in compliance 
with public notice of the initial development application. No competing 
applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to this 
notice.
    D9. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is 
requesting comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply 
comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 days from the 
date of this notice.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the 
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary 
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Any of these documents must be filed by 
providing the original and the number of copies required by the 
Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. An 
additional copy must be sent to Director, Division of Project Review, 
Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
at the above address. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of

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service on all persons listed on the service list prepared by the 
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and 
385.2010.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-25385 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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