[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5339-5340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2377]


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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: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2866-008.
    c. Date filed: November 8, 1999.
    d. Applicant: Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater 
Chicago.
    e. Name of Project: Lockport Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, in Will 
County, Illinois. The project utilizes facilities of the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Thomas K. O'connor, Chief of Maintenance and 
Operations, or Gregory D. Cargill, Assistant Chief Engineer, General 
Division, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, 
100 East Erie Street, Chicago, IL 60611-5102, Telephone (312) 751-5102.
    i. FERC Contact: Hector Perez, [email protected], (202) 219-
2843.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, terms, conditions, and 
prescriptions: Sixty 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 
intervener filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that 
document on each person on the official service list for the project. 
Further, if an intervener 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. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) A 
385-foot-long powerhouse containing two generating units with a total 
installed capacity of 13.5 MW; (2) a concrete and masonry dam between 
the Federal Navigation Lock and the powerhouse including a 22-foot-wide 
abandoned lock, a 20-foot-wide sluice-gate section for passing debris 
and ice, and a 12-foot-wide non-overflow concrete section; (3) a fender 
wall approximately 530 feet long for debris skimming and ice 
protection; (4) a substation; (5) an access road approximately one mile 
long; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
    The applicant does not propose any modifications to the project 
features or operation, and no additional capacity is proposed for this 
project under this new license.
    m. A copy of the application is available for inspection and

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reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 888 
First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371. The application may be viewed on 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 a 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 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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