[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32654-32655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15795]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission

June 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: New License.
    b. Project No.: 2731-020.
    c. Date Filed: May 27, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Central Vermont Public Service Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Weybridge Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Otter Creek, which discharges into Lake Champlain, 
in the towns of Weybridge and New Haven, Addison County, Vermont.

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    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Timothy J. Oakes, Kleinschmidt Associates, 33 
West Main Street, Strasburg, PA 17579, (717) 687-2711.
    i. FERC Contact: Jack Duckworth (202) 219-2818.
    j. Comment Date: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    k. Description of Project: The existing project consists of: (1) a 
30-foot-high, 302.6-foot-long concrete gravity dam consisting of: (a) 
two spillway sections, a 150-foot-long west spillway section topped 
with 6 foot-high hinged steel flashboards and one 20-foot-wide, 10-
foot-high Taintor gate; and a 116-foot-long east spillway section 
topped with an automatically inflated rubber weir; (2) a 1.5-mile-long, 
62 acre impoundment with a normal water surface elevation of 174.3 
feet; (3) a powerhouse integral with the dam containing a single 
turbine generator with an installed capacity of 3.0 MW; (4) 
transmission facilities; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
    The applicant states that the average annual generation is 
approximately 14,000 megawatthours. The applicant is not proposing any 
changes to the existing project works.
    1. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
VERMONT STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 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 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 issuance date of this notice and serve a copy of the 
request on the applicant.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-15795 Filed 6-12-98; 8:45 am]
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