[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2607-2608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1014]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests

January 11, 2000.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-2142-031.
    c. Date filed: December 28, 1999.
    d. Applicant: FPL Energy Maine Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Indian Pond Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Kennebec River, near the town of The Forks, 
Somerset and Piscataquis counties, Maine. The project would not utilize 
federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)--
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Kenneth P. Hoffman, Vice President, FPL 
Energy Maine Hydro, LLC, 700 Universe Boulevard, Juno Beach, FL 33408, 
(561) 694-4000
    Robert C. Richter III, Senior Environmental Coordinator, FPL Energy 
Maine Hydro, LLC, 100 Middle Street, Portland, ME 04101, (207) 771-
3536.
    i. FERC Contact: Kevin Whalen (202) 219-2790, 
[email protected]
    j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: February 28, 
2000.
    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.
    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 proposed peaking project 
consists of the following existing facilities: (1) A 2,000-foot-long 
dam, consisting of: (a) A 270-foot-long, 175-foot-high concrete 
section, (b) a 200-foot-long attached powerhouse section, and (c) an 
earthen

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section in excess of 1,500 feet in length; (2) four steel penstocks 
ranging from 6 feet to 24 feet in diameter; (3) a concrete powerhouse 
containing four generating units, having a total rated hydraulic 
capacity of 7,140 cubic feet per second and installed generation 
capacity of 76.4 megawatts; (4) a 3,746-acre impoundment varying in 
width from 0.9 to 1.5 miles, extending about 9 miles upstream, that has 
a usable storage capacity of 850 million cubic feet; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates the total average 
annual generation would be approximately 202 million kilowatt hours.
    m. Locations 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 Portland, Maine, 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.
    o. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merits, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the filing date and serve a copy of the request on the 
applicant.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-1014 Filed 1-14-00; 8:45 am]
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