[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40903-40904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20478]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Competing Application Amendment Accepted for Filing
With the Commission
July 27, 1998.
a. Type of Application: Major License.
b. Project No.: P-11607-000.
c. Date Filed: August 29, 1997, as amended on January 30, 1998.
d. Competing Applicant(s): Holyoke Gas & Electric Department,
Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant, and Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale
Electric Company.
e. Name of Project: Holyoke Hydroelectric Project.
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f. Location: On the Connecticut River in Hampden, Hampshire, and
Franklin Counties, Massachusetts.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
h. Competing Applicant(s) Contact:
George E. Leary, Manager, Holyoke Gas & Electric Department, 99 Suffolk
Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 (413) 536-9311
Roger W. Bacon, Director, Power Services Division, Mass. Municipal
Wholesale Elec. Company, Randall Road, P.O. Box 426, Ludlow, MA 01056
(413) 589-1041
Stanley Herrott, General Manager, Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant, 78
Central Street, P.O. Box 823, Ashburnham, MA 01430 (508) 827-4423
i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer (202) 219-0365.
j. Comment Date: August 31, 1998.
k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been
accepted, but is not ready for environmental analysis at this time--see
attached paragraph E1.
l. Description of Project: This notice amends the description of
the proposed project as noticed on July 1, 1998. No entity filed
comments or objected to the amended application, pursuant to the notice
dated June 12, 1998.
The amendment: (1) adds Holyoke Gas & Electric Department (HG&E) as
a co-applicant to the application originally filed by the Ashburnham
Municipal Light Plant (Ashburnham) and the Massachusetts Municipal
Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC); (2) specifies that HG&E, rather
than MMWEC, will finance the project and sell a portion of the project
power to Ashburnham; and (3) adds several new environmental measures,
including (a) sponsoring the annual shad derby, (b) providing canoe
portage around the Holyoke dam, and (c) installing an exclusion
structure at the mouth of the No. 2 Overflow spillway. The amendment
also (a) changes the location where copies of the amended application
are available to HG&E's offices, (2) names the applicant contact for
HG&E, and (3) makes changes to the applicant contacts for Ashburnham
and R.W. Beck, the applicants' consultant.
m. Purpose of Project: The power generated by the project would be
used within HG&E's distribution system, with a portion sold to the
MMWEC.
n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs:
A4, B1, and E1.
o. Available Locations of Application: A copy of the application is
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public
Reference and Files and Maintenance Branch, located at 888 First
Street, N.E. Room 2A-1, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202)
208-2326. Copies are also available for inspection and reproduction at
the Holyoke Gas & Electric Department, 99 Suffolk Street, Holyoke,
Massachusetts, 01040.
A4. Development Application--Public notice of the filing, ``Notice
of Intent to File an Application for a New License,'' issued November
22, 1994, established the due date for filing competing applications or
notices of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing
development application must be filed in response to, and in compliance
with, the public notice of the initial development application. No
competing applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to
this notice.
B1. Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest
or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the
Rules of Practice and Procedures, 18 CFR sections 385.210, .211, and
.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission
will consider all protests 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 protests or motions to intervene must be
received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular
application.
E1. Filing and Service or Responsive Documents--The application is
not ready for environmental analysis at this time; therefore, the
Commission is not now requesting comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, or prescriptions. When the application is ready for
environmental analysis, the Commission will issue a public notice
requesting comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, or
prescriptions.
All filings must: (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST,'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (2) set forth in the heading
the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. Any of these documents must be filed by providing the
original and the number of copies required by the Commission's
regulations to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. An additional copy must be
sent to: Director, Division of Licensing and Compliance, Office of
Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at the
above address. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be
served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the
particular application.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-20478 Filed 7-30-98; 8:45 am]
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