[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 7, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 56297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27897]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3494-058 Pennsylvania]


Allegheny No. 6 Hydro Partners; Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Assessment and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions 
to Intervene

November 1, 2001.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed an application to install 12-inch-high 
flashboards at the Allegheny Lock and Dam No. 6 Hydroelectric Project 
and has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA). The 
hydroelectric project is located at a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam 
(Lock and Dam No. 6) on the Allegheny River, near the town of Ford 
City, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. No other federal or tribal 
lands are occupied by the hydroelectric project.
    The Commission has begun a proceeding to determine if reserved 
authority in article 17 of the license should be used to require 12-
inch-high flashboards at Lock and Dam No. 6. Flashboards can be used to 
increase water levels in Pool No. 6 to more closely resemble pre-
hydroelectric conditions. The proceeding is in response to concerns 
raised by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and private 
citizens about the impacts of project-induced lower water levels on 
recreational boating in Pool No. 6. The DEA contains Commission staff's 
preliminary analysis of the potential environmental impacts of 
installing 12-inch-high flashboards and concludes that flashboards 
should not be installed at Lock and Dam No. 6 because of adverse 
impacts to wetlands.
    A copy of the DEA is on file with the Commission and is available 
for public inspection. The DEA may also be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link--select ``Docket #'' (P-3494) and 
follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
    Any comments, protests, and motions to intervene should be filed 
within 60 days from the date of this notice and should be addressed to 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Please affix Project No. P-
3494-058 to all comments, protests, and motions to intervene.
    Comments, protests, and motions to intervene 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.
    The Commission's rules of practice and procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person whose name appears 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.
    Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing 
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
    Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of rules of practice and procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, 385.211, 385.214. In determining the appropriate action to 
take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments 
filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with 
the Commission's rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any 
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or 
before the specified comment date for the particular application.
    Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS,'' ``PROTEST,'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' as applicable, 
and the Project Number of the particular application to which the 
filing refers. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served 
upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular 
application.
    Federal, state, and local agencies are invited to file comments on 
the described application. If an agency does not file comments within 
the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no 
comments. One copy of an agency's comments must also be sent to the 
licensee's representatives. For further information contact the 
licensee's representative: Robert Hanna, Sithe Energies, Inc., 1400 
Fourth Avenue, Ford City, PA 16226 at (724) 763-2026 or the 
Commission's contact person: Steve Hocking at (202) 219-2656.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-27897 Filed 11-6-01; 8:45 am]
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