[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 12463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6487]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Draft License Application and Preliminary Draft 
Environmental Assessment (PDEA)

March 9, 1998.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major New License.
    b. Project No.: 420-000.
    c. Applicant: Ketchikan Public Utilities, City of Ketchikan, 
Alaska.
    d. Name of Project: Ketchikan Lakes Hydroelectric Project.
    e. Location: Partially within the Tongass National Forest, on 
Ketchikan and Granite Creeks, east of the city of Ketchikan, Alaska.
    f. Applicant Contact: Mr. Ron Settje, Ketchikan Public Utilities, 
2930 Tongass Avenue, Ketchikan, Alaska 99901, (907) 225-1000 (ext. 
388).
    Send Comments to: Mr. Larry Keith, Greystone, 5231 South Quebec 
Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, (303) 850-0930.
    g. FERC Contact: Charles Hall (202) 219-2853.
    h. Ketchikan Public Utilities mailed a copy of the PDEA and Draft 
License Application to interested parties on March 3. The Commission 
received a copy of the PDEA and Draft License Application on March 4.
    i. As discussed in the Commission's September 18, 1996 letter to 
all parties, with this notice we are soliciting preliminary terms, 
conditions, and recommendations for the PDEA and comments on the draft 
license application.
    j. All comments on the PDEA and draft license application for the 
Ketchikan Lakes Project should be sent to the address noted above in 
item (f) with one copy filed with the Commission at the following 
address: David P. Boergers, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Dockets--Room 1A, 888 First Street, Washington, DC 20426.
    All comments must (1) bear the heading ``Preliminary Comments'', 
``Preliminary Recommendations'', ``Preliminary Terms and Conditions'', 
or ``Preliminary Prescriptions''; and (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application. Any 
party interested in commenting must do so before June 3, 1998.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State 
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by Section 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-6487 Filed 3-12-98; 8:45 am]
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