[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 28453]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12961]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 10462-002-New York]


Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Notice of Extension of Time to 
File Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

May 17, 2001.
    By letter dated April 5, 2001, Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. 
(Erie) requested an extension of time for the filing of comments in 
response to the Commission's Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis 
and Soliciting, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions issued March 27, 2001, concerning Erie's application for 
a proposed original license for the Allens Falls Project on the West 
Branch of the St. Regis River, near the village of Parishville, St. 
Lawrence County, New York. Erie stated that it had been meeting with 
the New York Department Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) as part of 
continuing negotiations on major licensing issues pertaining to the 
project and anticipated a settlement offer on those issues to be 
achieved by June 2001. Erie stated that the additional time is needed 
so the parties to the proceedings (particularly the resource agencies) 
can avoid having to develop and support positions, especially 
recommendations or mandatory conditions pursuant to Section 10(j) or 
Section 18 of the Federal Power Act, that may differ from proposals 
expected to be arrived at in the settlement offer.
    By letter dated April 23, 2001, the Department of the Interior 
supported Erie's request. By letter dated May 1, 2001, Erie reported it 
had also obtained verbal agreement on the extension request from 
representatives of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the NYSDEC, the 
Adirondack Mountain Club, New York Rivers United, Trout Unlimited, and 
American Whitewater.
    Upon consideration, notice is hereby given that an extension of 
time for the filing of comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, 
and prescriptions is granted, and they are now due on July 25, 2001.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-12961 Filed 5-22-01; 8:45 am]
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