[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 157 (Monday, August 14, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 49561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20486]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments

August 8, 2000.
    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of application: Settlement on New License Application.
    b. Project No: 137-002; Project Name: Mokelumne; Applicant: Pacific 
Gas and Electric.
    c. Date Settlement Agreement Filed: July 28, 2000.
    d. Location: On the North Fork Mokelumne and its tributaries, east 
of the city of Sacramento, California, in Alpine, Amador and Calaveras 
Counties. The project occupies federal lands managed by the Eldorado 
and Stanislaus National Forests and the Bureau of Land Management.
    e. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    f. Applicant's Contact: David W. Moller, Pacific Gas and Electric 
Company, P.O. Box 770000, San Francisco, CA 94177-0001, (415) 973-4696.
    g. FERC Contact: Jim Fargo (202) 219-2848, [email protected].
    h. Deadline Dates: comments due: September 4, 2000 reply comments 
due: September 19, 2000.
    i. 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 
interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person 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.
    j. Settlement Agreement was filed with the Commission on July 28, 
2000. The agreement is the final, executed Mokelumne Relicensing 
Settlement Agreement for Project No. 137. The purpose of the Settlement 
is to resolve among the signatory parties all streamflow issues for 
ecological purposes and river-based recreational use, as well as other 
resolved subjects. The Settlement will support the Forest Service in 
issuing its Final 4(e) Conditions and FERC in preparing its Final 
Environmental Assessment and issuing a new license for the project. 
Comments and reply comments on the Offer of Settlement are due on the 
dates listed above.
    k. Copies of the offer of settlement are 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. This filing may be viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance) or at the address 
listed in item f above.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-20486 Filed 8-11-00; 8:45 am]
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