[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56783-56784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27480]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Competing Application Tendered for Filing With the
Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
October 15, 1999.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. This
application competes with an application for a subsequent license filed
by the City of Hamilton, Ohio (Project No. 2724-023):
a. Type of Application: New Major License
b. Project No.: 11826-000
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c. Date filed: September 29, 1999
d. Applicant: Northbrook Energy, LLC
e. Name of Project: Hamilton Hydroelectric Project
f. Location: Ford Canal and Great Miami River, Butler County, Ohio.
The project would not utilize federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Northbrook Energy, LLC, 225 W. Wacker Drive,
Suite 2330, Chicago, IL 60606, or telephone (312) 553-2131.
i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed
to Nick Jayjack, E-mail address [email protected]. or
telephone (202) 219-2825.
j. Deadline for filing additional study request: November 29, 1999
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NW, Washington, DC 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 the 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: (1) an 8-
foot-high (average), 1,660-foot-long concrete overflow diversion dam;
(2) an 8-foot-high (average), 196-foot long concrete overflow diversion
dam; (3) a 3-mile-long power canal; (4) a concrete headgate structure
at the canal entrance; (5) a 93-foot-wide by 63-foot-long by 50-foot-
high powerhouse with an installed capacity of 1,500 kilowatts (kW) to
be upgraded to 2,250 kW (the turbine-generator units are currently
capable of producing, 1,940 kW; however, system governors limit output
to 1,500 kW); (6) a 21-foot-long spillway adjacent to the powerhouse;
(7) a 50-foot-wide, 1,600-foot-long concrete and earthen tailrace; (8)
a 0.25-mile-long, 13.2 kilovolt transmission line; (9) generator leads;
and (10) appurtenant facilities.
m. Location of the application: A copy of the application is
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 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.
n. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State
Historic Preservation Officer as required by Sec. 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council
on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-27480 Filed 10-20-99; 8:45 am]
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