[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 64 (Monday, April 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 16437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-8271]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions 
To Intervene and Protests

March 30, 1999.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2161-006.
    c. Date Filed: June 26, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Rhinelander Paper Company.
    e. Name of Project: Rhinelander Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Wisconsin River in the townships of Tomahawk, 
Newbold, Pine Lake, and Pelican and in the county of Oneida, Wisconsin.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Bruce Olson, Utility Superintendent, 
Rhinelander Paper Company, 515 West Davenport Street, Rhinelander, WI 
54501, (715) 369-4244.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Michael Spencer, E-mail address [email protected], or 
telephone 202-219-2846.
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protest: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person whose name appears on the official service 
list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or 
documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that 
may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they 
must also serve a copy of that document on that resource agency.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of the project: The project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) a main dam comprised of 370 feet of 
earth embankments, in two sections to the left and right of a spillway 
section containing two 10.7-foot-wide steel roller gates; (2) a 965-
foot-long power canal, with a single 36-foot-wide Taintor gate spillway 
structure located downstream of a 14-gate canal inlet structure, 
located adjacent to the right embankment of the dam; (3) a 8.5-mile-
long, 3,576-acre impoundment with a normal water surface elevation of 
1,555.45 feet above mean sea level (msl), and a normal storage capacity 
of 21,500 acre-feet; (4) a powerhouse located at the downstream end of 
the power canal, containing three, horizontal Francis turbine units for 
a total installed capacity of 2,120 kilowatts (kW) and an average 
annual energy production of 10.692 gigawatt-hours (GWh); (5) switchgear 
connections with the adjacent paper mill; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities.
    m. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference and Files and Maintenance Branch, located at 888 First 
Street, N.E., Room 2A-1, Washington, DC 20426. this filing may be 
viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-
208-2222 for assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in item h above.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-8271 Filed 4-2-99; 8:45 am]
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