[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 217 (Tuesday, November 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30041]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

November 4, 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 Licenses.
    b. Project Nos.: P-2058 and P-2075.
    c. Applicant: Washington Water Power Company, Spokane, WA.
    d. Name of Projects: Cabinet Gorge Project and Noxon Rapids 
Project.
    e. Location: The Cabinet Gorge and Noxon Rapids projects are 
located on the Clark Fork River, in Bonner County, Idaho and Sanders 
County, Montana. Both projects are partially within the Idaho Panhandle 
National Forest and the Kanisku National Forest.
    f. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Anderson, Washington Water Power 
Company, E. 1411 Mission Avenue, Spokane, WA 99202, (509) 489-0500.
    g. FERC Contact: Bob Easton (202) 219-2782.
    h. Washington Water Power Company mailed a copy of the PDEA and 
Draft License Application to interested parties on October 15. The 
Commission received a copy of the PDEA and Draft License Application on 
October 15.
    i. With this notice we are soliciting preliminary terms, 
conditions, and recommendations for the PDEA and comments on the draft 
license application.
    j. All comments on the PDEA and draft license application for the 
Cabinet Gorge Project and the Noxon Rapids Project should be sent to 
the address noted above in item (f) with one copy filed with the 
Commission at the following address: David P. Boergers, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Dockets--Room 1A, 888 First 
Street, 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 15, 1999.
    k. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the STATE 
HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), 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. 98-30041 Filed 11-9-98; 8:45 am]
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