[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 175 (Friday, September 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54508-54509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23062]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2000-010]


New York Power Authority; Notice of Meeting To Discuss Settlement 
for Relicensing of the St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project and Notice 
Extending Deadline for Filing Requests for Additional Studies and 
Preliminary Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

September 1, 2000.
    The establishment of the Cooperative Consultation Process (CCP) 
Team and Scoping Process for relicensing of the St. Lawrence-FDR Power 
Project (FERC No. 2000-010) (Project) was identified in the Notice of 
Memorandum of

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Understanding, Formation of the Cooperative Consultation Process Team, 
and Initiation of Scoping Process Associated with Relicensing the St. 
Lawrence-FDR Power Project issued May 2, 1996, and found in the Federal 
Register dated May 8, 1996, Volume 61, No. 90, on page 20813. The 
project is located on the St. Lawrence River, St. Lawrence County, New 
York.
    The CCP Team will meet on September 14, 2000 to continue 
negotiations on ecological and local issues. The meeting will be 
conducted at the New York Power Authority's (NYPA) Robert Moses 
Powerhouse, at 10 a.m., located in Massena, New York.
    If you would like more information about the CCP Team and the 
relicensing process, please contact any one of the following 
individuals:

Mr. Thomas R. Tatham, New York Power Authority, (212) 468-6747, (212) 
468-6141 (fax), E-mail: [email protected]
Mr. Bill Little, Esq., New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation, (518) 457-0986, (518) 457-3978 (fax), E-mail: 
[email protected]
Dr. Jennifer Hill, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, (202) 219-2797 
(Jennifer), (202) 219-2152 (fax), E-mail: [email protected]

    Further information about NYPA and the St. Lawrence-FDR Power 
Project can be obtained through the internet at http://www.stl.nypa.gov/index.html. Information about the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission can be obtained at http://www.ferc.fed.us.
    On August 11, 2000, the Commission issued a notice of Scoping 
Document 2 and request for additional study requests and soliciting 
preliminary comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and 
prescriptions for the St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project. The notice set 
September 8, 2000, as the deadline for filing comments. On August 18, 
2000, the United States Department of the Interior filed a request to 
extend the deadline to September 29, 2000.
    Pursuant to Rule 2008 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure,\1\ the deadline for the collaborative team stakeholders to 
file requests for additional studies and preliminary comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions is extended to 
September 29, 2000.
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    \1\ 18 CFR 385.2008
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    All comments should be sent to: Mr. John J. Suloway, New York Power 
Authority, 123 Main Street, White Plains, New York 10601 with one copy 
filed with the Commission at: David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    The Commission's contact for the Project is Dr. Jennifer Hill, see 
E-mail address and phone number listed above.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-23062 Filed 9-7-00; 8:45 am]
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