[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 30485]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14810]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2596-002 New York]


Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation; Notice Soliciting 
Applications

May 29, 1998.
    On November 10, 1997, Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation (RG&E), 
the existing licensee for the Station 160 Hydroelectric Project No. 
2596, filed a letter withdrawing its pending application for subsequent 
license for the project. The original license for Project No. 2596 
expired December 31, 1993, and the project is currently operating under 
an order requiring continued project operation issued on January 21, 
1994.
    On November 19, 1997, the Commission disallowed the withdrawal of 
the license application until after Commission review and approval of 
an application to surrender the license for the project. On March 31, 
1998, RG&E filed an application to surrender the license for Project 
No. 2596.
    The project is located on the Genesee River, in Livingston County, 
New York. The project consists of: (1) an existing reservoir with a 
surface area of 4.5 acres and a total storage volume of 480 acre-feet 
at the normal maximum surface elevation of 579.1 feet mean sea level 
(msl); (2) an existing dam, about 334 feet long, comprised of (a) an 
existing stone masonry wingwall; (b) an existing uncontrolled spillway 
section with a crest elevation of 579.1 feet msl, constructed of cut 
stone, with concrete footings, 257 feet long; and (c) an existing 23-
foot-long spillway section controlled with timber gates; (3) an 
existing concrete and masonry powerhouse with a Francis turbine-
generator unit rated at 340 kW; (4) an existing 18-foot-long concrete 
spillway; and (5) appurtenant equipment and facilities.
    Pursuant to Section 16.20 of the Commission's Regulations, the 
deadline for filing an application for subsequent license and any 
competing license applications was December 31, 1991. There are no 
other pending applications for license for this project. Because the 
existing licensee has requested to withdraw its application and 
surrender its license, the situation is similar to that contemplated by 
Section 16.25 of the Commission's Regulations, which applies when an 
existing licensee files a notice of intent to file a new license 
application and then fails to do so. In these circumstances, Section 
16.25 of the Commission's Regulations, the Commission is soliciting 
applications from potential applicants other than the existing 
licensee.
    A potential applicant that files a notice of intent within 90 days 
from the date of issuance of this notice: (1) may apply for a license 
under Part I of the Federal Power Act and Part 4 (except Section 4.38) 
of the Commission's regulations within 18 months of the date on which 
it files its notice; and (2) must comply with the requirements of 
Section 16.8 of the Commission's Regulations.
    Pursuant to Section 16.19 of the Commission's Regulations, the 
licensee is required to make available certain information described in 
Section 16.7 of the Commission's regulations. Such information is 
available from the licensee at Rochester Gas & Electric Corporation, 89 
East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14649.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-14810 Filed 6-3-98; 8:45 am]
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