[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 217 (Tuesday, November 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63049-63050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30039]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Intent To File An Application for a New License

November 4, 1998.
    a. Type of filing: Notice of Intent to File An Application for a 
New License.
    b. Project No.: 469.
    c. Date filed: October 23, 1998.
    d. Submitted By: Minnesota Power, Inc., current licensee.
    e. Name of Project: Winton Project.
    f. Location: On the Kawishiwi River, in St. Louis and Lake 
Counties, Minnesota.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the Federal Power Act, 18 CFR 
16.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Effective date of current license: March 1, 1981.
    i. Expiration date of current license: October 31, 2003.
    j. The project consists of two developments: The Winton Development 
consists of: (1) a concrete dam comprising: (a) a 176-foot-long 
spillway section; (b) a 84-foot-long taintor gate section; (c) a 80-
foot-long stop-log gate section; (d) a 111-foot-long and 120-foot-long 
non-over-flow section; and (e) a 161-foot-long intake section; (2) 
approximately 1,500-foot-long earth dikes; (3) a 2,982-acre reservoir 
comprising of the Garden, Farm, and Friday Lakes at normal water 
surface of the Garden, Farm, and Friday Lakes at normal water surface 
elevation of 1,388.0 feet msl; (4) two 250-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter 
penstocks extending to; (5) a powerhouse containing two generating 
units with a total installed capacity of 4,000 kW; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities.
    The Birch Lake Reservoir Development consists of: (1) 227-foot-long 
rock-filled timber crib dam comprising; (a) a 72-foot-long taintor gate 
section; and (b) a 85-foot-long sluice gate section; (2) the 7,724-acre 
Birch Lake reservoir at normal water surface elevation of 1,418.0 feet 
msl. This development provides water storage for the Winton 
Development.
    k. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.7, information on the project is available 
at: Minnesota Power, Inc., 30 West Superior Street, Duluth, MN 55802, 
Ms. Ingrid Kane, (218) 720-2534.
    l. FERC contact: Tom Dean (202) 219-2778.
    m. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.9 each application for a new license and 
any competing license applications must be filed with the Commission at 
least 24 months prior to the expiration of the

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existing license. All applications for license for this project must be 
filed by October 31, 2001.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-30039 Filed 11-9-98; 8:45 am]
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