[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 112 (Thursday, June 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31987-31988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15525]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission

June 5, 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 (Tendering Notice).
    b. Project No.: 2651-006.
    c. Date filed: May 19, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Indiana Michigan Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Elkhart Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: In the City of Elkhart, Concord Township, Elkhart 
County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River 77 miles upstream from 
confluence with Lake Michigan.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: J.R. Jones, Senior Vice President, Fossil & 
Hydro Production, American Electric Power Service Corporation, 1 
Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215, (614) 223-1801.
    i. FERC Contact: Edward R. Meyer, (202) 208-7998.
    j. Brief Description of Project: The proposed project would consist 
of: (1) a 300-foot-long by 14-foot-high concrete spillway, the crest of 
which bears 11, 25-foot-wide by 10.5-foot-high Tainter gates separated 
by 2.5-foot-wide piers;

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(2) an approximately 100-foot-long by 80-foot-wide brick powerhouse 
attached to the spillway on the south bank of the St. Joseph River 
having 3 horizontal shaft 4-Francis turbines (2 camelback pairs) with a 
3.44 megawatts installed capacity; (3) 6, 9-foot six-inch diameter 
concrete draft tube tunnels transitioning to 10-foot-high 6-foot-wide 
openings; and (4) other appurtenances.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Indiana 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 800.4.
    l. Under Section 4.32(b)(7) of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 
4.32(b)(7)), if any resource agency, SHPO, Indian Tribe, or person 
believes that the applicant should conduct an additional scientific 
study to form an adequate, factual basis for a complete analysis of 
this application on its merits, they must file a request for the study 
with the Commission, together with justification for such request, not 
later than 60 days after the application is filed, and must serve a 
copy of the request on the applicant.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-15525 Filed 6-16-98; 8:45 am]
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