[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 89 (Monday, May 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 26601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11355]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedures for 
Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

May 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: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-2312-014.
    c. Date Filed: March 31, 2000.
    d. Applicant: PP&L Great Works, L.L.C.
    e. Name of Project: Great Works Hydro Project.
    f. Location: On the Penobscot River in Penobscot County, near Old 
Town, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Robert Burke, Esq., Vice President, Chief 
Council and Secretary, PP&L Great Works, L.L.C., 11350 Random Hills 
Road, Suite 400, Fairfax, VA 22030, (703) 293-2600.
    i. FERC Contact: Ed Lee (202) 219-2809 or E-mail address at 
[email protected].
    j. Comment Date: 60 days from the filing date of license 
application.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boegers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    k. Description of Project: The existing Great Works Project 
consists of: (1) The Great Works Dam; (2) a 160-acre reservoir; (3) a 
182-foot-long non-overflow structure; (4) an uncontrolled 850-foot-long 
concrete and timber crib spillway; (5) a 230-foot-long Denil fishway at 
the powerhouse; (6) a 216-foot-long powerhouse integral with the dam 
housing 11 generating units for a total installed capacity of 7,655-kW; 
(7) a 250-foot-long Denil fishway at the spillway; and (8) appurtenant 
facilities. Penobscot Hydro estimates that the total average annual 
generation would be 23, 640 MWh. The applicant is not proposing any 
changes to its powerhouse, generating units and equipment. 
Modifications are proposed to both upstream fish passage facilities and 
the downstream bypass, and the project dam.
    l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Maine 
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by section 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    m. Pursuant to Sec. 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the filing date of this application and serve a copy of the 
request on the applicant.
    n. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following milestones, some of which may 
be combined to expedite processing:

Notice of application has been accepted for filing
Notice of NEPA Scoping (unless scoping has already occurred)
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis
Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission\*\
Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document
Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document
Order issuing the Commission's decision on the application

    \*\ Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the 
notice of ready for environmental analysis.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-11355 Filed 5-5-00; 8:45 am]
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