[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 58992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25311]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application for Land and Shoreline Management Plan

September 27, 2000.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Application Type: Land and Shoreline Management Plan.
    b. Project No.: 1417-080.
    c. Date Filed: July 28, 2000; supplemented August 14, 2000.
    d. Applicant: Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation 
District.
    e. Name of Project: Kingsley Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The Kingsley Dam Project is located on the North 
Platte and Platte Rivers in Keith, Lincoln, Dawson and Gosper Counties, 
Nebraska.
    g. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jeremiah (Jay) L. Maher, Central Nebraska 
Public Power and Irrigation District, P.O. Box 740, 415 Lincoln Street, 
Holdrege, NE 68949.
    h. FERC Contact: Questions about this notice can be answered by 
Steve Hocking at (202) 219-2656 or e-mail address: 
[email protected]. Please note the Commission cannot accept 
comments, recommendations, motions to intervene or protests sent by e-
mail; these documents must be filed as described below.
    i. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, motions to 
intervene and protests: October 30, 2000.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors 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 intervenor 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. Description of the Application: Central Nebraska Public Power 
and Irrigation District (Central), licensee for the Kingsley Dam 
Hydroelectric Project, filed a Land and Shoreline Management Plan 
(LSMP) for Commission approval. Central filed the plan to satisfy the 
requirements of article 421 of its license issued July 29, 1998. The 
LSMP addresses: (1) those project lands and shorelines that are and 
will be reserved for present and future wildlife, public recreation, 
residential, agricultural and other uses; (2) proposed changes in land 
use; (3) the protection of least tern and piping plover nesting sites 
at Lake McConaughy; (4) the need to protect bald eagle perch and roost 
sites on project lands; (5) the need to control aquatic vegetation and 
sedimentation in project reservoirs; (6) the use of project lands and 
shorelines designated for public recreation and; (7) Central must 
update the LSMP every 5 years.
    k. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room 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.
    Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit 
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, 
.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission 
will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who 
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules 
may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 
motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
comment date for the particular application.
    Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must bear 
in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS FOR 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS,'' ``PROTEST,'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' as 
applicable, and the Project Number (P-1417-080) of the particular 
application to which the filing refers. Any of the above-named 
documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of 
copies provided by the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, 
DC 20426. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served upon 
each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular 
application.
    Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited to 
file comments on the described application. A copy of the application 
may be obtained by agencies directly from the applicant. If an agency 
does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, 
it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's 
comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-25311 Filed 10-2-00; 8:45 am]
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