[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 47 (Thursday, March 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12545-12546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5554]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Accepted for Filing With the Commission and
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protest
March 2, 2000.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: P-3052-003.
c. Date Filed August 27, 1999.
d. Applicant: City of Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
e. Name of Project: Black River Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Black River in Jackson County, Wisconsin. The
project would not utilize federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Loren Radcliffe, Administrator, Black River
Falls Municipal Utilities, 119 North Water Street, Black River Falls,
Wisconsin 54615.
i. FERC Contact: Susan B. O'Brien, [email protected]. (202)
219-2840.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene or protest: 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, but is not ready for environmental analysis at this time--see
attached paragraph E1.
l. Description of the Project: The existing run-of-river project
consists of: (1) 103-foot-long concrete gravity nonoverflow dam with
the crest elevation of 773.0 feet; (2) 221-foot-long Taintor gate
spillway; (3) 83-foot-long flashboard spillway with 12-inch-high
flashboards; (4) nonoverflow concrete wall forming the left side of the
powerhouse forebay; (5) headworks consisting of six head gates, a
forebay, and the powerhouse intake; (6) powerhouse with a total
installed capacity of 920 kilowatts, producing about 4.4 gigawatthours
annually; (7) nonoverflow concrete gravity section extending from the
headworks to the west retaining wall; (8) concrete retaining wall; (9)
198-acre reservoir with a total storage capacity of 1,980 acre-feet;
(10) transmission lines; and (11) 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. 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed
on http://www.ferc.fed.us/ (call (202) 208-2222 for assistance). A copy
is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in
item h above.
Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest or a
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motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In
determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will
consider all protests filed, but only those who file a motion to
intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party
to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to intervene must be
received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular
application.
Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is not
ready for environmental analysis at this time; therefore, the
Commission is not now requesting comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, or prescriptions.
When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
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.
A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each
representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application.
David P. Boergers.
Secretary.
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