[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4958-4959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2191]


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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: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 11616-000.
    c. Date Filed: June 1, 1998.
    d. Application: City of Portland, Michigan.
    e. Name of Project: Portland Municipal Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Grand River, near the City of Portland, in 
Ionia County. Michigan. The project would not utilized federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Glen Hendrix, Earth Tech Inc., 555 Glenwood 
Hills

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Pkwy, Grand Rapids, MI 495,88, (616) 940-4406.
    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 intervenors 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 the resource agency.
    k. Status of environmental analysis: This application is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of the Project: The project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) A 13-foot-high, 325-foot-long dam 
with a concrete spillway; (2) a reservoir with a surface area of 90 
acres, and a storage area of 140 acre-feet; (3) a powerhouse with a 
forebay containing two generating units with a total installed capacity 
of 375 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 Pubic 
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC 
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 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 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 NE, Washington, DC 20426. An 
additional copy must be sent to Director, Division of Project Review, 
Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal 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 385.20110.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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