[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 60427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26059]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions 
To Intervene and Protests

October 4, 2000.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent license.
    b. Project No.: 2103-002.
    c. Date filed: June 29, 2000.
    d. Applicant: Cominco American Incorporated.
    e. Name of Project: Cedar Creek.
    f. Location: On Cedar Creek, a tributary of the Pend Oreille River, 
in Stevens County, Washington. The project occupies 2.058 acres of BLM 
land, 0.298 acres of International Boundary Reserve land controlled by 
the International Joint Commission, and 0.44 acres of private land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Bruce DiLuzio, Cominco American Incorporated, 
15918 E. Euclid Avenue, Spokane, WA, 98216, (509)747-6111.
    i. FERC Contact: Brandi Bradford, (202) 219-2789, 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 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 require all intervenors 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 
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.
    k. This application has been accepted, but is not ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Project Description: The existing Cedar Creek Project consists 
of 2.4 acres of land periodically inundated by operation of the Waneta 
Project located in British Columbia, Canada. The Cedar Creek Project 
area is located in the United States. All Waneta Project facilities, 
including the dam and power generation facilities, are located in 
Canada and are outside FERC jurisdiction. Within the confines of the 
Cedar Creek Project, the maximum pool is EL 1517.8 (Canadian Geodetic 
Survey of Canada Datum) and minimum pool is EL 1502. Cominco American 
Incorporated currently has flowage rights to lands in the Cedar Creek 
Project boundary up to EL 1521.
    m. A copy of the application is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 888 
First Street, NE, Room 2-A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-1371. The application may be viewed on 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.
    n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate 
action to take, the Commission will consider all protests 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 protests 
or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
deadline date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-26059 Filed 10-10-00; 8:45 am]
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