[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 33962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15955]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing with the Commission and 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests

June 20, 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.: 362-004.
    c. Date filed: June 1, 2001.
    d. Applicant: Ford Motor Company.
    e. Name of Project: Ford Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Mississippi River, at mile 847.6 above the 
mouth of the Ohio River, on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Lock and 
Dam No. 1, between Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. The project is 
partially located within federal lands administered by the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant contact: George Waldow, HDR Engineering, Inc., 6190 
Golden Hills Drive, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416, (763) 591-5485.
    i. FERC Contact: Sergiu Serban, E-mail address 
[email protected]. or telephone (202) 501-6935.
    j. Deadline Date: July 30, 2001.
    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 and Procedure require all 
interveners 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 intervener 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. Status of environmental analysis: This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of the Project: The proposed project would utilize 
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Lock and Dam No. 1 and would consist 
of the following facilities: (1) an existing powerhouse integral with 
the dam having a total installed capacity of 18,000 kilowatts; and (2) 
appurtenant facilities. The average annual generation is estimated to 
be 97 gigawatthours.
    m. Locations of the application: 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 2A, Washington, 
D.C. 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. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the  
Minnesota State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
Sec. 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    o. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the filing date and serve a copy of the request on the 
applicant.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-15955 Filed 6-25-01; 8:45 am]
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