[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4957-4958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2188]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

January 27, 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.: 2566-010.
    c. Date filed: March 30, 1999.
    d. Applicant: Consumers Energy Company.
    e.  Name of Project: Webber Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Grand River, in Lyons and Portland Townships, 
near the City of Portland, Ionia County, Michigan. 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: David Battige, Consumers Energy Company, 
Hydro Operations, 330 Chestnut Street, Cadillac, MI 49601, (616) 779-
5506.
    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, [email protected]. (202) 219-2778.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 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.
    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 has been 
accepted for filing is now ready for environmental analysis.
    l. Description of the Project: The project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) a 32-foot-high, 1,200-foot-long dam 
comprising: (a) a 157-foot-long concrete powerhouse section, (b) a 313-
foot-long concrete spillway with 10 Taintor gates and one hydraulic 
flap gate, and (c) two earth embankment sections having a combined 
total length of 730 feet; (2) a 7-mile-long reservoir having a 660-acre 
surface area at a normal pool elevation of 684.4 feet USGS; (3) a 
powerhouse containing two generating units with a total installed 
capacity of 3,250 kW; and (4) other appurtenances.
    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, 
D.C. 20246, 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.
    Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is 
requesting comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply 
comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 days from the 
date of this notice.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the 
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary 
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY

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COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' or 
``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the name of the 
applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing 
responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the 
person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must set forth 
their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 
18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly 
from the applicant. Any of these documents must be filed by providing 
the original and the number of copies required by the Commission's 
regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. An additional copy must 
be sent to Director, Division of Project Review, Office of Hydropower 
Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at the above address. 
Each filing must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons 
listed on the service list prepared by the Commission in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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