[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 137 (Tuesday, July 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 37226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17820]


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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

July 11, 2001.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: 469.
    c. Date Filed: July 5, 2001.
    d. Applicant: Minnesota Power Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Winton Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Kawishiwi River near the City of Ely, in Lake 
and St. Louis Counties, MN. The project occupies federal lands within 
the Superior National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: John Paulson, Minnesota Power, Inc., 30 West 
Superior Street, Duluth, MN 55802, [email protected], 218-722-5642, 
ext. 3569.
    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, [email protected], 202-219-2778.
    j. Status of Project: With this notice the Commission is 
soliciting: (1) Preliminary recommendations, prescriptions, and terms 
and conditions on the Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment 
(PDEA); and (2) 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 Preliminary DEA 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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    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, NE., Room 2-A, Washington, DC 
20426, or by calling (202) 219-1371 and may also be viewed on the web 
at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link, select ``Docket#'' and 
follow the instructions (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 from 
the internet at www.mnpower.com/wintonrelicensing or 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. 01-17820 Filed 7-16-01; 8:45 am]
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