[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9967-9968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5172]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application and Applicant Prepared Draft Environmental 
Assessment Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and 
Protests

February 27, 2002.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application, including 
an applicant prepared draft environmental assessment, have been filed 
with the Commission and are available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 469-013.

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    c. Date Filed: October 30, 2001.
    d. Applicant: ALLETE, Inc., d.b.a. 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. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions, 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 require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person that is 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. The license application has been accepted for filing, but is not 
ready for environmental analysis. When the license application is ready 
for environmental analysis, a public notice will be issued soliciting 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions.
    l. Description of the Project: The project consists of the 
following two developments:
    The Winton Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) The Winton Dam comprising: (a) A 227-foot-long earth 
dike; (b) a 29-foot-high, 176-foot-long spillway section; (c) an 84-
foot-long Taintor gate and log sluice section; (d) an 80-foot-long 
stop-log gate section; (e) an 111-foot-long and a 120-foot-long non-
over-flow section; (f) a 176-foot-long forebay; and (g) a 1,250-foot-
long earth dike; (3) a 2,982-acre reservoir comprising the Garden, 
Farm, South Farm, and Friday Lakes at a normal water surface elevation 
of 1,385.67 feet USGS; (4) two 215-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter 
underground penstocks extending to; (5) a powerhouse containing two 
generating units with a total installed capacity of 4,000 kW; and (6) 
other appurtenances.
    The Birch Lake Reservoir Development consists of: (1) A 7-foot 
high, 227-foot-long dam comprising; (a) a 72-foot-long Taintor gate 
section; and (b) an 85-foot-long sluice gate section; and (2) the 
7,624-acre Birch Lake reservoir at normal water surface elevation of 
1,420.5 feet USGS. This development provides water storage for the 
Winton Development.
    m. 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 by contacting the 
applicant identified in item h above.
    n. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, 
the Commission will consider all protests 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 protests or motions to 
intervene must be received at the Commission on or before the specified 
deadline date.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (2) set forth in the heading 
the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing pertains; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served 
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-5172 Filed 3-4-02; 8:45 am]
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