[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 190 (Friday, September 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58526-58527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24988]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments

September 25, 2000.
    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type: Settlement Offer on New License Application.
    b. Project No.: 1864-005.
    Project Name: Bond Falls.
    Applicant: Upper Peninsula Power Company.
    c. Date Settlement Agreement Filed: July 11, 2000.
    d. Location: On the Ontonagon River, in Ontonagon and Gogebic 
Counties, Michigan. About 74 acres of the Ottawa National Forest are 
included within the project boundary.
    e. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    f. Applicant's Contact: Mr. Robert Meyers, Upper Peninsula Power 
Company, 500 North Washington St., P.O. Box 357, Ishpeming, MI 49849, 
(906) 485-2419.
    g. FERC Contact: Patrick Murphy (202) 219-2659, Email: 
[email protected].
    h. Deadline Dates: comments due: October 25, 2000, reply comments 
due: November 9, 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. A Settlement Agreement was filed with the Commission on July 11, 
2000. The agreement is the final, executed bond Falls Hydroelectric 
Project Settlement Agreement for the relicensing of Project No. 1864. 
The purpose of the Settlement is to resolve among the signatory parties 
all issues associated with issuance of a new license for the project 
regarding project operation; upstream fish passage; downstream fish 
protection; woody debris management; water quality; instream flows; 
wildlife enhancement; land-based recreation; endangered and sensitive 
species management; project boundaries; land management; and future dam 
responsibility. Comments and reply comments on the Offer of Settlement 
are due on the dates listed above. Interested parties that have already 
filed comments on the settlement do not need to file their comments 
again for them to be considered by the Commission.
    k. Copies of the offer of settlement are available for inspection 
and reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 
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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. 00-24988 Filed 9-28-00; 8:45 am]
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