[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 249 (Tuesday, December 29, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71632-71633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-34356]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project 11599-000, AK]


Ketchikan Public Utilities; Notice Granting Additional Time to 
File Comments on Ketchikan Public Utilities Proposal to Use the 
Alternative Procedures to File an Application for the Connell Lake 
Hydroelectric Project

December 22, 1998.
    Ketchikan Public Utilities (KPU) has asked to use an alternative 
procedure in filing an application for original license for the 
proposed Connell Lake Hydroelectric Project No. 11599.\1\
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    \1\ The 1,700-kilowatt project would be located on Connell Lake, 
owned by the Ketchikan Pulp Company, on Ward Creek, near the City of 
Ketchikan within the Tongass National Forest.
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    The Commission issued a notice on December 4, 1998, inviting 
comments on KPU's request to use the alternative procedure. The notice 
requested that comments be filed on or before January 4, 1999. However, 
KPU has scheduled the initial consultation meeting for January 7, 1999. 
Therefore, the Commission is granting an additional 30 days for 
interested parties to file with the Commission, any comments on

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KPU's proposal to use the alternative procedures to file an application 
for the Connell Lake Hydroelectric Project.
    The comments must be filed by providing an original and 8 copies as 
required by the Commission's regulations to: Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Office of the Secretary, Dockets--Room 1A, 888 First 
Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    All comment filings must bear the heading ``Comments on the 
Alternative Procedure,'' and include the project name and number 
(Connell Lake Hydroelectric Project, No. 11599).
    For further information, call Gaylord Hoisington of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission at (202) 219-2756, or E-mail 
[email protected]. Information is also available on the 
web at www.ferc.fed.us. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-34356 Filed 12-28-98; 8:45 am]
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