[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5337-5338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2372]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

January 28, 2000.
    Take notice the following hydroelectric application has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Minor License.
    b. Project No.: P-11730-000.
    c. Date Filed: April 21, 1999.
    d. Applicant: Black River Limited Partnership.
    e. Name of Project: Alverno Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Black River in the Townships of Aloha, Benton, 
and Grant, in Cheboygan County, Michigan. 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; Frank O. Christie, President, Franklin Hydro, 
Inc., P.O. Box 967, Traverse City, MI 49685-0967, (231) 946-5797.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to John Costello, E-mail address, [email protected] or 
telephone at (202) 219-2914.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notce.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, N.E., 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 serve 
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 the resource agency.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been 
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    i. Description of Project: The constructed project consists of a 
360-foot-long earth filed dam with a power plant located on the right 
riverbank and a gated spillway near the left bank. The project 
impoundment extends approximately 2.5 miles upstream. The powerhouse 
contains 2 horizontal turbine/generator sets.
    m. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference and Files and Maintenance Branch, located at 888 First 
Street, N.E., Room 2A-1, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371. The application may be view on the web at www.ferc.fed.us. 
Call (202) 208-2222. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Cheboygan Public Library, 107 South Ball Street, 
Cheboygan, Michigan.

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 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

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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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