[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23251-23252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11482]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Amended License Application To Include Co-Applicant and 
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

May 2, 2001.
    Take notice that the following amended hydroelectric application 
has been filed with the Commission and is available for public 
inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New major license.
    b. Project No.: P-2318-002.
    c. Date filed: April 12, 2000.
    d. Applicants: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. and Hudson River-
Black River Regulating District.
    e. Name of Project: E.J. West Hydro Project.
    f. Location: On the Sacandaga River, 6 miles upstream from its 
confluence with the Hudson River, in the town of Hadley, Saratoga 
County, New York. The project would not utilize federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r) 
and the Commission regulations, 18 CFR 385.215(a), 16.9(b)(3) and 
16.9(c).
    h. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Jerry L. Sabattis, Hydro Licensing 
Coordinator, 225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 201, Liverpool, New York 
13088, (315) 413-2787 (Erie); and Mr. Thomas E. Brewer, Chief Engineer, 
Hudson River-Black River Regulating District, 350 Northern Boulevard, 
Albany, New York 12204, (518) 465-3491 (District).
    i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery, E-mail address at 
[email protected]. or telephone (202) 219-2779.
    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. 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.
    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 ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of Amended Application: Erie filed its relicense 
application for the E.J. West Project with the Commission on December 
13, 1991. The Commission issued a Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis (REA) for the project on July 14, 2000. The 
description of project facilities are described in the REA Notice. The 
District is a state agency that currently operates and maintains the 
Great Sacandaga Lake and the Conklingville Dam for flood control and 
low-flow augmentation purposes for the Lower Hudson River. Erie 
currently generates hydroelectric power using its own powerhouse and 
the District's facilities of the dame and reservoir (Great Sacandaga 
Lake).
    The Applicants have requested waivers concerning any final 
amendment deadline to accommodate the filing of this amendment, and 
they have requested the Commission, in their future licensing action on 
this project, consider issuing (1) a separate license to Erie (existing 
licensee) for the project powerhouse and generating facilities; and (2) 
a separate license to the District (currently unlicensed) for the 
Conklingville Dam and Great Sacandaga Lake.
    m. A copy of the amendment 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 amendment 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

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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.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-11482 Filed 5-7-01; 8:45 am]
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