[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 140 (Thursday, July 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45050-45051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-18335]


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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 14, 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.: 2318-002.
    c. Date filed: December 13, 1991.
    d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.
    e. Name of Project: E.J. West Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Sacandaga River, 6 miles upstream from its 
confluence with the Hudson River, in the towns of Hadley, Day, 
Edinburg, Providence (Saratoga County), Broadalbin, Mayfield, 
Northampton (Fulton County), and Hope (Hamilton County), New York. The 
proejct 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 1,100-foot-long and 100-foot-high earth fill and 
concrete dam (Conklingville dam) with an outlet consisting of two 
spillways and a spillway weir; (2) a reservoir (Great Sacandaga Lake) 
with a surface area of 25,950-acres, a gross storage capacity of 
792,000-acre-feet (ac-ft), and a usable storage capacity of 681,000 ac-
ft, at normal maximum surface elevation of 768 feet National Geodetic 
Vertical Datum; (3) a concrete canal; (4) a log

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boom to exclude debris and boaters from entering the canal; (5) an 
intake structure with 4\1/2\-inch clear spaced trashracks located 
directly in front of the gates; (6) four penstocks; (7) a powerhouse 
with two vertical Francis turbines (10 megawatts each) and two 
generators; (8) appurtenant equipment and controls; and (9) a control 
house. There is no bypassed reach. The project has a total installed 
capacity of 20 megawatts and an annual average energy production of 
63,188 megawatt-hours.
    The project operates in a limited peaking mode, using water stored 
in the Great Sacandaga lake. The Hudson River Black River Regulating 
District determines the amount of water to be released on any given day 
and Erie determines how that volume will be released over each 24-hour 
period. Great Sacandaga lake is typically drawn down for a 3 week 
period in the spring to allow collection of water during high flow 
events. Outflow from the lake during this 3 week period is restricted. 
The lake's average annual water fluctuation is 23 feet. Water from the 
powerhouse is discharged directly into the upper reach of the Stewarts 
Bridge Project (FERC No. 2047) reservoir.
    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 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 
Regulation (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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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