[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 221 (Thursday, November 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57434-57435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28595]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

November 8, 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.: P-2056-016.
    c. Date filed: December 21, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Northern States Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: St. Anthony Falls Project.
    f. Location: On the Mississippi River, near Minneapolis and St. 
Paul, Hennepin County, Minnesota. There are no federal lands within the 
project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mark H. Holmberg, P.E., Northern States Power 
Company, 414 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55401; (612) 330-6568.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Monte TerHaar, E-mail: [email protected], or telephone (202) 
219-2768.
    j. Deadline Date: 60 days from the date of issuance of this notice.
    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 under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    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 whose name appears 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 has been 
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this 
time. The Commission will prepare a draft and a final Environmental 
Assessment.
    l. Description of the Project: The St. Anthony Falls Project 
currently consists of two developments on the Mississippi River, the 
Upper Development and the Lower Development.
    The Upper Development consists of the following existing facilities 
located across from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Upper Saint 
Anthony Lock: (1) Horseshoe Dam, a 1,952-foot-long concrete, timber, 
and rock structure topped with 1.6-foot-high wooden flashboards; (2) 
the main spillway, a concrete, timber and rock structure 425 feet wide 
and 150 feet-long; (3) a 340-foot-long roll dam; (4) a 358-acre 
reservoir with a normal pool water surface elevation of 799.2 feet 
NGVD, and a total storage capacity of 967 acre-feet; (5) a concrete and 
masonry powerhouse, 133 feet long by 92 feet wide; (6) 5 turbines with 
a total installed capacity of 12,400 kilowatts, and a maximum hydraulic 
capacity of 4,025 cfs, producing an average of 79,518 megawatt-hours 
annually; and (7) four 115-kilovolt primary transmission lines; and 
other appurtenances.
    The Lower Development consists of an upstream closure dam, a 
downstream closure dam, and left retaining wall which encompass 
approximately 3.53 acres of land owned by Northern States Power Company 
(NSP). There are currently no hydropower facilities at the Lower 
Development. In November of 1987, the St. Anthony Falls Lower Dam Hydro 
Plant experienced an undermining failure. On August 19, 1988, the 
Commission issued an order authorizing complete demolition and removal 
of the lower facility. Demolition of the powerhouse was completed by 
the end of 1988. As of August 2001, all necessary remedial work 
necessary to ensure dam safety at the Lower Development has been 
completed to the Commission's satisfaction.
    As part of the application for re-license of St. Anthony Falls 
Project, the applicant proposes to remove the lower development from 
the project. The Commission will discuss this alternative in its 
Environmental Assessment.
    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, Washington, DC 20246. 
Copies of this filing 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). A copy is 
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item 
``h'' above.
    Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is 
requesting comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to Sec. 4.34(b) of the regulations 
(see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 1991) that 
all comments,

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recommendations, terms and conditions and prescriptions concerning the 
application be filed with the Commission within 60 days from the 
issuance date of this notice. All reply comments must be filed with the 
Commission within 105 days from the date of this notice.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the 
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary 
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. Any of these documents must be 
filed by providing the original and the number of copies required by 
the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. An 
additional copy must be sent to Director, Division of Environmental and 
Engineering Review, Office of Energy Projects, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, at the above address. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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