[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 5338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2375]


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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 28, 2000.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major Relicense.
    b. Project No.: P-2634-007.
    c. Date Filed: April 28, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Great Northern Paper, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Storage Project.
    f. Location: On Ragged Stream, Caucomgomoc Stream, and West Branch 
and South Branch of the Penobscot River in the Counties of Somerset and 
Piscataquis, 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: Brain Stetson, Manager of Environmental 
Affairs, Great Northern Paper, Inc., One Katahdin Avenue, Millinocket, 
ME 04462-1398 (207) 723-2664.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to John Costello, E-mail address, [email protected], or 
telephone (202) 219-2914.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from this 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, 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: The application has been 
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Description of Project: The constructed project consists of four 
dams and reservoirs on headwaters tributaries of the Penobscot River. 
The four developments are named Canada Falls Lake, Seboomook Lake, 
Caucomgomoc Lake, and Ragged Lake. There are no power generating 
facilities included in the project. The total storage capacity of the 
four reservoirs is about 9.224 billion cubic feet or about 212,000 
acre-feet.
    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, N.E., Room 2A, Washington, 
DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed 
on the web at www.ferc.fed.us. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance. A 
copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at Great 
Northern Paper, Inc., One Katahdin Avenue, Millinocket, Maine 04462-
1398; (207) 723-2664.

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 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, DC 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. Boegers,
Secretary.
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