[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 142 (Friday, July 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39853-39854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19759]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission

July 20, 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.: 2737-002.
    c. Date Filed: June 25, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Central Vermont Public Service Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Middlebury Lower Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Otter Creek, which discharges into Lake Champlain, 
in the towns of Middlebury and Weybridge, Addison County, Vermont.
    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, 478-foot-long concrete gravity dam consisting of: (a) two 
ogee spillway sections, a 123-foot-long western spillway section with 
two stoplog sections, each 6 feet wide and 8 feet high, and a 260-foot-
long eastern spillway section with a sluice gate adjacent to the canal 
intake structure, used to sluice debris away from the canal; (2) a 
canal intake structure, which is 49.5 feet long, 34.5 feet high, and 
about 9 feet wide, and extends from the northeast end of the eastern 
spillway to the eastern bank of otter creek (3) a 1-mile-long, 16-acre 
impoundment with a normal water surface elevation of 314.5 feet; (3) a 
powerhouse containing three turbine generator sets with a total 
installed capacity of 1.8 MW; (4) transmission facilities; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The applicant states that the average annual generation is 
approximately 8,300 megawatt-hours. The applicant is not proposing any 
changes to the existing project works.
    l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
VERMONT STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, as the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.

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    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.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-19759 Filed 7-23-98; 8:45 am]
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