[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23249-23250]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11480]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Draft License Application and Preliminary Draft 
Environmental Assessment and Request for Preliminary Recommendations, 
Prescriptions, and Terms and Conditions

May 2, 2001.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 346.
    c. Date Filed: April 30, 2001.
    d. Applicant: Minnesota Power Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Blanchard Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Mississippi River near the City of Royalton, in 
Morrison County, MN. The project does not occupy any federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.A. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Bob Bohm, Minnesota Power, Inc., P.O. Box 60, 
Little Falls, MN 56345, [email protected] 320-632-2318, ext. 5042.
    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, [email protected]. 202-219-2778.
    j. Status of Project: With this notice the Commission is 
soliciting: (1) Preliminary recommendations,

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prescriptions, and terms and conditions on the Preliminary Draft 
Environmental Assessment (PDEA); and (2) preliminary comments on the 
Draft License Application.
    k. Deadline for filing preliminary comments, recommendations, 
prescriptions, and terms and conditions: 60 days from the issuance date 
of this notice.
    All comments on the PDEA and Draft License Application should be 
sent to the addresses noted above in Item (h), with one copy filed with 
FERC at the following address: David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 
20426. All comments must include the project name and number and bear 
the heading Preliminary Comments, Preliminary Recommendations, 
Preliminary Prescriptions, or Preliminary Terms and Conditions.
    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 web site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
    l. A copy of the application is available for inspection and 
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance 
Branch, located at 888 First Street, N.E., Room 2-A, Washington, D.C. 
20426, or by calling (202) 219-1371. A copy of the application may also 
be viewed or printed by accessing the Commission's website on the 
Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm, or call (202) 208-
2222 for assistance.
    Minnesota Power Inc. has mailed notification to members of the 
collaborative team and interested parties of the filed PDEA and Draft 
License Application. Copies of these documents are also available by 
calling the applicant contact identified in Item (h) above.
    m. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Minnesota STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by 
Section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-11480 Filed 5-7-01; 8:45 am]
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