[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 43863]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20961]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Draft License Application and Preliminary Draft 
Environmental Assessment (PDEA) and Request for Preliminary Terms and 
Conditions

August 15, 2001.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Draft--New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 637-016.
    c. Applicant: Public Utility District No.1 of Chelan County (Chelan 
PUD).
    d. Name of Project: Lake Chelan Hydroelectic Project.
    e. Location: On the Chelan River in Chelan County, Washington. The 
project occupies about 465 acres of federal lands administered by the 
U.S Forest Service and the National Park Service.
    f. Applicant Contact: Gregg Carrington, Chelan PUD, 327 North 
Wenatchee Avenue, P.O. Box 1231, Wenatchee, Washington 98807-1231, 509-
663-8121 or within Washington State toll-free at 888-663-8121, email: 
[email protected].
    g. FERC Contact: Vince Yearick, FERC, 888 First Street, NE, Room 
61-11, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 219-3073, email: 
[email protected].
    h. Chelan PUD distributed, to interested parties and Commission 
staff, an initial review version of their Preliminary Draft 
Environmental Assessment (PDEA) and draft application to interested 
parties on February 5, 2001 with a 90-day comment period. Chelan PUD 
distributed, to interested parties and Commission staff, a revised 
version of the PDEA and draft application to interested parties on 
August 15, 2001.
    i. With this notice we are soliciting preliminary terms, 
conditions, and recommendations on the PDEA and draft license 
application that were distributed on August 15, 2001. All comments on 
the PDEA and draft license application should be sent to the Chelan PUD 
address above in item (f) with one copy sent to Commission staff at the 
address above in item (g). For those wishing to file comments with the 
Commission, an original and eight copies must be filed at the following 
address: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, David P. Boergers, 
Secretary, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426. All comments should 
include the project name and number, and bear the heading ``Preliminary 
Comments,'' ``Preliminary Recommendations,'' ``Preliminary Terms and 
Conditions,'' or ``Preliminary Prescriptions.'' Comments and 
preliminary recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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 (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    j. Comment deadline: Any party interested in commenting must do so 
before October 15, 2001.
    k. Locations of the application: A copy of the draft application 
and PDEA are on file with the Commission and are available for public 
inspection. This filing 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). Copies are also 
available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item f 
above.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-20961 Filed 8-20-01; 8:45 am]
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