[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20621-20622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11054]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis

April 21, 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 Relicense.
    b. Project No.: 2666-007.
    c. Date filed: March 28, 1997.
    d. Applicant: Bangor Hydro Electric Company.
    e. Name of Project: Medway Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the West Branch of the Penobscot River in Penobscot 
County, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Kathleen C. Billings, Director, Environmental 
Services & Compliance, Bangor Hydro Electric Company, 33 State Street, 
Bangor, Maine 04401, (207) 941-6636.
    i. FERC Contact: David A. Turner at (202) 219-2844.
    j. Deadline for comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, 
and prescriptions: See attached paragraph D10.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: The application is now ready 
for environmental analysis--see attached paragraph D10.
    l. Description of Project: The existing project consists of: (1) A 
343-foot-long, 20-foot-high (exclusive of 4-foot, 10-inch-high flash 
boards) concrete gravity dam, with a permanent crest elevation of 254.5 
feet (referenced to National Geodetic Vertical Datum-NGVD); (2) a 120-
acre impoundment at elevation 259.3 feet (normal impoundment level); 
(3) a 64-foot-long concrete gravity forebay; (4) a 170-foot-long, 34-
foot-wide, 71-foot-high brick powerhouse containing five generating 
units with a total installed capacity of 3.44 MW; (5) an approximate 
144-foot-long, 3-kilovolt (kv) underground transmission line, and (6) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The applicant proposes to continue to operate the project in a run-
of-river mode.
    m. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
D10.
    n. A copy of the application is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at: 888 
First St., N.E., Room 2A, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371.
    D10. 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

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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). 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. 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 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.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-11054 Filed 4-24-98; 8:45 am]
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