[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49662-49663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24299]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments

September 24, 2001.
    Take notice that the following Settlement Agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project No.: 2496-051.
    c. Date filed: September 13, 2001.
    d. Applicant: Eugene Water & Electric Board.
    e. Name of Project: Leaburg-Walterville Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the McKenzie River, in Lane County, Oregon. The 
project does not occupy any federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Gale Banry, Relicensing Project Manager, 
Eugene Water & Electric Board, 500 East 4th Avenue, P.O. Box 10148, 
Eugene, OR 97440, (541) 484-2411.
    i. FERC Contact: John Smith, 202-219-2460, [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments: October 15, 2001. Reply comments 
due October 30, 2001.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P.

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Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments 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 website (http://www.ferc.gov) 
under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    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. Description of Filing: Eugene Water & Electric Board filed the 
Settlement Agreement on behalf of itself and the U.S. Department of 
Commerce's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the U.S. 
Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The 
purpose of the Settlement Agreement is to resolve among the signatories 
issues raised in NMFS's and FWS's pending Request for Rehearing and 
Reconsideration and EWEB's pending Petition for Rehearing of the 
Commission's April 27, 2000, Order on Remand and Lifting Stays for the 
Leaburg-Walterville Hydroelectric Project (FERC Project No. 2496). The 
signatories request that the Commission accept the Offer of Settlement; 
approve the Agreement and the construction schedule proposed pursuant 
to license article 403 (Attachment 2 to the Offer of Settlement) 
without material modification; substitute revised and updated license 
articles 410, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, and 421 (Attachment 3 to the 
Offer of Settlement) for those contained in the license as issued on 
March 24, 1997; and delete Appendices A and B from the March 24, 1997 
license order. Comments and reply comments on the Settlement Agreement 
are due on the dates listed above.
    l. A copy of the Settlement Agreement is on file with the 
Commission and is 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 instructions (call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction 
at the address in item h above.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-24299 Filed 9-27-01; 8:45 am]
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