[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 208 (Wednesday, October 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 57676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28792]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Issuance of Draft License Application and Preliminary 
Draft Environmental Assessment (PDEA)

October 22, 1998.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major New License; Applicant-Prepared 
Environmental Assessment Process.
    b. Project No.: 11588-001.
    c. Applicant: Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T).
    d. Name of Project: Otter Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    e. Location: Entirely within the Tongass National Forest, on 
Kasidaya Creek three miles south of Skagway, Alaska.
    f. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Grimm, President, Alaska Power & 
Telephone, P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, WA 98368.
    Send Comments to: Mr. Glen Martin, Project Manger, Alaska Power & 
Telephone, P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, WA 98368, 1-800 982-0136, 
(360) 385-1733 X122.
    g. FERC Contact: Carl Keller (202) 219-2831.
    h. AP&T mailed a copy of the Preliminary Draft Environmental 
Assessment (PDEA) and draft license application to interested parties 
on October 19, 1998. The Commission received a copy of the PDEA and 
draft license application on October 20, 1998.
    i. With this notice, we are soliciting preliminary terms, 
conditions, prescriptions, and recommendations on the PDEA, and 
comments on the draft license application. After the application is 
officially filed with the Commission, we will request final terms, 
conditions, prescriptions, and recommendations on the DEA and final 
application.
    j. All comments on the PDEA and draft license application for the 
Otter Creek Project should be sent to the address noted above in item 
(f) with one copy sent to the Commission at the following address: Carl 
J. Keller, Project Coordinator, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Office of Hydropower Licensing--Room 6H-10, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    All comments must (1) bear the heading ``Preliminary Comments'', 
``Preliminary Recommendations'', ``Preliminary Terms and Conditions'', 
or ``Preliminary Prescriptions''; and (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application. Any 
party interested in commenting must do so before January 18, 1999.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State 
Historic Preservation Officer, as required by Sec. 106, National 
Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council 
on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-28792 Filed 10-27-98; 8:45 am]
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