[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 160 (Thursday, August 17, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50194-50195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20908]


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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

August 11, 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.: 2589-024.
    c. Date filed: July 29, 1999.
    d. Applicant: Marquette Board of Light and Power.
    e. Name of Project: Marquette Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Dead River, near the City of Marquette, 
Marquette County, Michigan. 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: David E. Hickey, Executive Director, 
Marquette Board of Light and Power, 2200 Wright Street, Marquette, 
Michigan 49855; (906) 228-0322.
    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 
interveners 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.
    1. Description of the Project: The Marquette Project consists of 
two hydropower developments: the No. 2 (Forestville) development at 
river mile (RM) 2.5 and the No. 3 (Tourist Park) development at RM 1.0.
    The No. 2 development, which is located immediately downstream of 
the Dead River Project's (FERC Project no. 10855) McClure development, 
consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a 202-foot-long, 62 
foot-high concrete-capped Cyclopean masonry dam comprising: (a) a 197-
foot-long concrete retaining wall, (b) a 75-foot-long training wall, 
and a (c) 33-foot-wide intake for the penstock with inclined trashracks 
having 1.5-inch clear spaced steel bars, a head gate, and hoist. The 
masonry dam, which functions as an uncontrolled spillway during 
extremely high flows, has a spillway crest elevation of 771.0 feet 
National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD). It is founded on, and anchored 
to, the bedrock; (2) one 90-inch-diameter, wood-stave penstock that is 
approximately 4,200 feet long and conveys water from the intake 
structure to a concrete surge tank; (3) two 440-foot-long, 78-inch-
diameter steel penstocks that convey water from the surge tank to 
Powerhouse No. 2; (4) Powerhouse No. 2, a 40-foot by 96-foot

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reinforced concrete and brick structure that contains two turbines, 
with a combined capacity of 3.2 MW; (5) a 110-acre reservoir; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities.
    The No. 3 development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) a dam that includes (looking from left to right 
downstream): (a) a 37-foot-long spillway left dike that has a crest 
elevation of 642.82 feet and a reinforced concrete core wall with a top 
elevation of 641.84 feet; (b) a concrete ogee uncontrolled spillway 
that is 80 feet long and has a crest elevation of 638.84 feet (its 
maximum height is 21 feet above the streambed); (c) a spillway section 
that contains two 10-foot-high by 10-foot-wide Taintor gates (rollway 
crest beneath gates is at elevation 629.84 feet) and electric hoists; 
(d) a 758-foot-long spillway right dike that has a crest elevation of 
642.84 feet and a reinforced concrete wall (crest width 13.5 feet); and 
(e) a reinforced concrete intake structure that has a single 20-foot-
wide by 17-foot-high bay, inclined trashracks having 2.0-inch clear 
spaced steel bars, and a horizontally hinged gate with a dedicated 
electric hoist; (2) one 8-foot-diameter, 150-foot-long steel penstock 
that is supported on 9 reinforced-concrete pedestals and conveys water 
from the intake to Powerhouse No. 3; (3) Powerhouse No. 3, a 28-foot by 
40-foot reinforced-concrete and brick structure containing one 700 kW 
vertical generating unit; (4) a 100-acre reservoir; and (5) appurtenant 
facilities.
    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, Washington, DC 20246, 
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 
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, N.E., Washington, D.C. 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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