[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44774-44775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18202]


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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

July 13, 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.: 2047-004.
    c. Date filed: June 23, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P..
    e. Name of Project: Stewarts Bridge Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Sacandaga River, about 3 miles upstream from 
its confluence with the Hudson River, in the town of Hadley, Saratoga 
County, New York. The project would not utilize federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jerry L. Sabattis, Hydro Licensing 
Coordinator, 225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 201, Liverpool, New York 
13088, (315) 413-2787.
    i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery, E-mail address, [email protected], 
or telephone (202) 219-2779.
    j. Deadline for comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, 
and prescriptions: 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 
intervener 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 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. Status of environmental analysis: This application has been 
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Description of the Project: The existing, operating project 
consists of: (1) A 1,860-foot-long dam consisting of: (a) A 1,646-foot-
long rolled, compacted earth-fill structure 112 feet high at its 
highest point (crest elevation of 714.0 feet) with a base that varies 
from 120 feet to 680 feet in width; (b) a reinforced concrete Taintor 
gate spillway measuring 151 feet long, 49.7 feet wide, and 34 feet 
high, containing five 27-foot-long by 14.5-foot-high steel Taintor 
gates; (c) a 63-foot-long reinforced concrete intake structure equipped 
with two 25-foot-high by 22-foot-wide steel gates with 3\5/8\-inch 
clear spaced steel bar trashracks located directly in front of the 
gates; and (d) a 29-foot-wide roadway along the crest of the dam; (2) a 
reservoir (Stewart's Bridge Reservoir) with a surface area of 480 acres 
at a normal water surface elevation of 705.0 feet National Geodetic 
Vertical Datum; (3) a 10-foot-diameter, plugged diversion conduit used 
to pass river flows during project construction; (4) an 850-foot-long 
plastic concrete seepage barrier constructed through the impervious dam 
core; (5) a 216-foot-long, 22-foot inside diameter steel penstock; (6) 
an 88-foot-long by 78-foot-wide brick-faced structural steel framed 
powerhouse with one vertical Francis turbine/generator unit; (7) a 
tailrace which extends 450 feet downstream from the powerhouse; (8) an 
outdoor transformer, switching station, and 400-foot-long transmission 
line; and (9) appurtenant facilities. There is no bypassed reach. The 
project has an installed capacity of 30.0 megawatts and an annual 
average energy production of 118,678 megawatt hours.
    The project currently operates as a peaking facility in tandem with 
the upstream E.J. West Project (P-2318), generating 12 hours a day 
(typically between 8 AM to 10 PM). Daily reservoir fluctuations are 
less than one foot most of the year except for maintenance drawdowns 
that approach 15 feet and are timed to coincide with the drawdowns of 
Great Sacandaga Lake which begin in mid-March.
    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, 
DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed 
on the web at 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 or Responsive Documents--The application is 
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is 
requesting comments, reply comments,

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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, NE, Washington, DC 20426. An 
additional copy must be sent to Director, Division of Environmental 
Engineering Review, 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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