[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32872-32873]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15912]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Filed With the Commission

June 10, 1998.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and is available 
for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Application to Amend Existing Licenses and 
to Incorporate the Terms of Settlement Agreement and to Amend Pending 
Application for License.
    b. Project Nos: 2552-033, 2322-026, 2325-029, 2574-025, 2611-034, 
11472-004, 5073-055.
    c. Date Filed: May 27, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Central Maine Power Company, Merimil Limited 
Partnership, UAH-Hydro Kennebec Limited Partnership, Ridgewood Maine 
Hydro Partners, L.P., Benton Falls Associates.
    e. Name of Projects: Licensed Projects--Fort Halifax, Shawmut, 
Weston, Lockwood, Hydro Kennebec and Benton Falls and Pending 
Application for original License for Burnham Project.
    f. Location: The Lower Kennebec River and the Sebasticook River, a

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tributary to the Lower Kennebec River, in Kennebec and Somerset 
Counties, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact:

F. Allen Wiley, P.E., Managing Director, Central Maine Power Company, 
41 Anthony Avenue, Augusta, ME 04330, (207) 623-3521
William Fiedler, UAH-Hydro Kennebec Limited Partnership, RFD No. 4, box 
7060, Winslow, ME 04901, (207) 872-0542
Stacy Fitts, Benton Falls Associates, 1075 Clinton Avenue, Clinton, ME 
04901, (207) 453-9703
Kevin Webb, CHI Energy, c/o Ridgewood Maine Hydro Partners, Andover 
Business Park, 200 Bullfinch Drive, Andover, MA 01810, (978) 681-1900.
    i. FERC Contact: John Schnagl, (202) 219-2661.
    j. Comment Date: July 15, 1998.
    k. Description of Proposed Action: Central Maine Power Company, 
Merimil Limited Partnership, UAH-Hydro Kennebec Limited Partnership, 
and Benton Falls Associates, licensees of Project Nos. 2552, 2322, 
2325, 2574, 2611, and 5073 and Ridgewood Maine Hydro Partners, L.P. 
applicant for original license for Project No. 11472 seek to 
incorporate the applicable terms of the Agreement Between Members of 
the Kennebec Hydro Developers Group, the Kennebec Coalition, the 
National Marine Fisheries Service, the State of Maine, and the U.S. 
Fish and Wildlife Service, dated May 26, 1998 into the aforementioned 
existing license or pending license application. This amendment 
application is pursuant to a settlement among parties reached in fish 
passage matters related to the aforementioned projects. The Lower 
Kennebec River Comprehensive Hydropower Accord was filed with FERC in 
this matter on May 28, 1998. A public notice is also being issued today 
concerning the application by the Licensees of the Edwards Project (No. 
2389) and the State of Maine to transfer the Edwards Project license to 
the State of Maine. This application for license transfer is also made 
pursuant to the Lower Kennebec River Comprehensive Hydropower 
Settlement Accord.
    1. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, and D2.
    B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit 
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, 
.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission 
will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who 
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules 
may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 
motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
comment date for the particular application.
    C1. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS 
FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS'', ``PROTEST'', OR ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', as 
applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to 
which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed 
by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the 
Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. A copy of 
any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of 
the Applicant specified in the particular application.
    D2. Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited 
to file comments on the described application. A copy of the 
application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If 
an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing 
comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an 
agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-15912 Filed 6-15-98; 8:45 am]
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