[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 84 (Friday, May 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24171-24172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11572]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing with the Commission

April 27, 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 Water Power Project, 5 Megawatts or 
Less.
    b. Project No.: P-2964-006.
    c. Date Filed: March 31, 1998.
    d. Applicant: City of Sturgis, Michigan.
    e. Name of Project: Sturgis Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the St. Joseph River in St. Joseph County, near 
Centreville, Michigan.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact:

Mr. John J. Griffith, P.E., Electric Department Superintendent, City of 
Sturgis, 130 North Nottawa, Sturgis, MI 49091
Mr. John E. Fisher, P.E., Chairman, Lawson-Fisher Associates P.C., 525 
West Washington Ave., South Bend, Indiana 46601

    i. FERC Contact: Patrick K. Murphy (202) 219-2659.
    j. Comment Date: 60 days from the date of this notice.
    k. Description of Project: The existing run-of-river project 
consists of: (1) An 800-foot-long dam, comprised of a 300-foot-long 
spillway and an 500-foot-long earthern portion; (2) two powerhouses 
(old & new); and (3) an 18-mile-long 14.4/24.9 KV WYE transmission 
line. The old powerhouse houses two turbine-generator units (each 550 
kilowatts (KW)); the new powerhouse houses two units (each 750 KW) 
totaling 1,300-kw generating capacity. The Sturgis Project reservoir 
has a surface area of 580 acres and a storage volume of approximately 
6,550 acre-feet at 825 feet surface elevation. There is no new 
construction proposed for power purposes.
    l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
MICHIGAN STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by 
Sec. 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR at 800.4.
    m. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional

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scientific study should be conducted in order to form an adequate 
factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on its merit, 
the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a request for a 
study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the date of this 
notice and serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-11572 Filed 4-30-98; 8:45 am]
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