[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30513-30514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-14423]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions 
To Intervene, and Protests

June 2, 1999.
    Take notice that the following application has been filed with the 
Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Amendment of license for the nonproject use 
of project lands and waters.
    b. Project No.: 2512-043.
    c. Date Filed: May 13, 1999.
    d. Applicant: Elkem Metals Company.
    e. Name of Project: Hawks Nest-Glen Ferris.
    f. Location: Fayette County, West Virginia. The water withdrawal 
site does not occupy federal or tribal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a) to 
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contacts: J.L. Simpson, Elkem Metals Company, P.O. Box 
613, Alloy, WV 25002, Telephone 304-779-3200; Amy S. Koch, Counsel to 
Elkem Metals Company, Cameron McKenna LLP, 2175 K Street, N.W., Fifth 
Floor, Washington, DC 20037, Telephone 202-366-0060.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Jim Haimes at (202) 219-2780, or e-mail address: 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments and or motions: 30 days from the 
issuance date of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    Please include the project number (P-2512-043) on any comments or 
motions filed.
    k. Description of Proposal: Elkem Metals Company, licensee, 
requests Commission authorization to grant an easement to the West 
Virginia-American Water Company for the construction and operation of a 
raw water intake and pump station with a capacity to withdraw 4 million 
gallons per day from Hawks Nest Lake (New River). Proposed facilities 
would include: two 24-inch-diameter, buried, ductile iron, raw water 
intake lines, equipped with traveling screens designed to minimize fish 
impingement and entrainment; a vertical turbine pump station; and a 24-
inch-diameter, discharge transmission main, which would deliver water 
to the new Fayette Plateau water purification plant to be constructed 
near Fayetteville, West Virginia.
    l. Locations of the application: Copies of the application are 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington, 
DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application also may be 
viewed on the Web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Call (202) 208-
2222 for assistance. Copies of the application also are available for 
inspection and reproduction at the addresses in item h above.
    m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing 
list for the proposed amendment of license should so indicate by 
writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
    Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit 
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, 
.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission 
will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who 
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules 
may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 
motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
comment date for the particular application.
    Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--All filings must bear 
in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS'', ``PROTEST'', OR ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', as 
applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to 
which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed 
by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the 
Commission's regulation to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any 
motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative

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of the Applicant specified in the particular application.
    Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited to 
file comments on the described application. A copy of the application 
may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency 
does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, 
it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's 
comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-14423 Filed 6-7-99; 8:45 am]
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