[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 63 (Monday, April 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17546-17547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7975]


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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

March 27, 2001.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: 10462-002.
    c. Date filed: May 31, 1990.
    d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.
    e. Name of Project: Allens Falls Project.
    f. Location: On the West Branch of the St. Regis River, near the 
village of Parishville, St. Lawrence County, New York. The project 
would not use federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jerry L. Sabattis, Erie Boulevard 
Hydropower, L.P., Suite 201, 225 Greenfield Parkway, Liverpool, NY 
13088-6656, (315) 413-2700.
    i. FERC Contact: Peter Leitzke, (202) 219-2803.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance 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. Comments, protests and 
interventions may be filed electronically via the internet in lieu of 
paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
    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 and is now ready for 
environmental analysis.
    l. Description of project: The Allens Falls Project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) A 40-foot-high dam composed of a 
425-foot-long ungated concrete spillway, a 130-foot-long gated section 
with two 9-foot-high by 60-foot-long steel gates, an 8-foot-wide log 
sluice gate, and a 72-foot-long needle beam section; (2) a 132-acre 
reservoir having a 661-acre-foot net storage capacity at elevation 
742.0 feet MSL (mean sea level); (3) an intake structure; (4) a 7-foot-
diameter pipeline 9,344 feet long; (5) a differential surge tank; (6) a 
7-foot-diameter penstock 886 feet long; 97) a powerhouse housing a 
4,400-kW hydropower unit; (8) a tailrace 450 feet long; (9) a 2.4-mile-
long 115-kV transmission line; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
    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. Public notice of the filing of the initial development 
application, which has already been given, established the due date for 
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the 
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be 
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the 
initial development application. No competing applications or notices 
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
    o. 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

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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. 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. Boerger,
Secretary.
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