[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 20811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9631]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Availability of Draft License Application and 
Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment

April 12, 2000.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and is available 
for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major New License.
    b. Project No.: P-271.
    c. Date filed: April 4, 2000.
    d. Applicant: Entergy Arkansas, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Carpenter-Remmel Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Located on the Ouachita River in Garland and Hot 
Spring Counties, Arkansas, and immediately downstream from the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers Blakely Mountain Dam. The Carpenter-Remmel 
Hydroelectric Project includes the Carpenter development at river mile 
461 and the Remmel development at river mile 450.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.A. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. W. Henry Jones, Entergy Hydro Operations, 
P.O. Box 218, Jones Mills, AR 72105, (501) 844-2148 or email: 
[email protected].
    Mr. Gary Liimatainen, Kleinschmidt Associates, 75 Main Street, P.O. 
Box 576, Pittsfield, ME 04967, (207) 487-3328 or e-mail: 
[email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Ed Lee at (202) 219-2809 or E-mail address at 
Ed.Lee.ferc.fed.us.
    j. Status of Project: With this notice the Commission is soliciting 
(1) Preliminary terms, conditions, and recommendations on the 
Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA), and (2) comments on 
the Draft License Application. Entergy Arkansas, Inc. is not claiming 
preference under Section 7(a) of the Federal Power Act Sec. 16.
    k. Comment Date: July 17, 2000.
    All comments on the Preliminary DEA and Draft License Application 
should be sent to the addresses noted above in Item (h), with one copy 
filed with FERC at the following address: David P. Boergers, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, 
DC 20426.
    All comments must include the project name and number and bear the 
heading ``Preliminary Comments'', ``Preliminary Recommendations'', 
``Preliminary Terms and Conditions'', or ``Preliminary Prescriptions''.
    l. Available Locations of Application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, located at 888 First Street, 
N.W., Room 2-A, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 219-1271. A 
copy of the application may also be viewed or printed by accessing the 
Commission's website on the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm or call (202) 208-2222 for assistance.
    Entergy Arkansas, Inc. has mailed a copy of the Preliminary DEA and 
Draft License Application to interested entities and parties. Copies of 
these documents are available for review at Entergy's Public 
Information File, the Garland and Hot Spring County Public Libraries in 
Arkansas, or by calling (501) 844-2148 or by e-mailing 
[email protected].
    m. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Arkansas State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by Sec. 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-9631 Filed 4-17-00; 8:45 am]
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