[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 195 (Thursday, October 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 54133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26937]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission

October 2, 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 Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-2721-013.
    c. Date Filed: September 28, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Bangor Hydro-Electric Company.
    e. Name of Project: Howland Hydro Project.
    f. Location: On the Piscataquis River in Penobscot County, near 
Howland, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Robert S. Briggs, Bangor Hydro-Electric 
Company, 33 State Street, Bangor, ME 04401, (207) 945-5621.
    i FERC Contact: Ed Lee (202) 219-2809.
    j. Comment Date: 60 days from the filing date of license 
application.
    k. Description of Project: The existing Howland Project consists 
of: (1) a 660-foot-long gravity dam; (2) a 270-acre reservior; (3) four 
9 by 9-foot gates; (4) a 570-foot-long spillway; (5) an abandoned 
fishway; (6) an operating fishway and log sluice section; (7) a 90-
foot-long cutoff wall; (8) a powerhouse with an installed capacity of 
1,875-kW; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that 
the total average annual generation would be 8,300 MWh. All generated 
power is utilized within the applicant's electric utility system.
    1. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the MAINE 
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by Section 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 filing date of this application and serve a copy of the 
request on the applicant.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-26937 Filed 10-7-98; 8:45 am]
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