[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13622-13623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7038]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Accepted for Filinf and Soliciting Motions 
To Intervene and Protests

March 18, 2002.
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-401-027.
    c. Date Filed: September 14, 2001.
    d. Applicant: Indiana Michigan Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Mottville Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the St. Joseph River, in Mottville Township, St. 
Joseph County, Michigan. The project does not affect federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: J.F. Norris, Jr., American Electric Power 
Service Corporation, 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 223-
1700, or [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery (202) 219-2779 or [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protest: 60 days 
from the issuance date of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie Roman Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all interveners filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person on the official service list for the project.

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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.
    Comments, motions to intervene and protests 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.
    k. Status of environmental analysis: This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of Project: The existing Mottville Project consists 
of: (1) Two 17-foot high earth-filled embankments extending towards the 
center of the river from both riverbanks, including (i) a west 
embankment that is 140 feet long and has a crest width of 15 feet and 
extends to the powerhouse, and (ii) an east embankment that is 365 feet 
long and has a crest width of 8 feet and extends from the east 
riverbank to the spillway; (2) a 237-foot long, reinforced concrete 
spillway with 10 steel Taintor gates along the crest of the spillway, 
which are separated by 2.5-foot-wide piers between Bays 1 and 2, and 3 
and 4 and 1.5-foot-wide piers between the remaining Bays with the 
Taintor gates being 22-feet-wide and 13-feet-high in Bays 1 and 2 and 
22-feet-wide and 7.5-feet-high in Bays 3 through 10; (3) a combined 
powerhouse-intake structure, made of brick and concrete, that is 118 
feet long, 28 feet wide, and 25 feet long; (4) 4 vertical shaft, single 
runner, propeller type generating units with an installed generating 
capacity of 420 kW each; (5) a 14.5-foot-long, 28-foot-wide, and 25-
foot-long switchboard bay attached to the west end of the powerhouse; 
(6) a 50 horsepower, 460-volt, 3-phase air bubbler system; (7) a 15-ton 
overhead traveling crane; (8) a 20-foot-wide stilling basin extending 
across the length of the spillway; (9) a 12-inch-thick, reinforced 
concrete spillway apron; (10) an inoperable 4-foot-wide by 150-foot-
long concrete fishway with a slope of about 25 percent; (11) sets of 
angled steel intake trashracks that are 3-feet 2-inches wide by 14-
feet-high with 3/8-inch steel bars with 4-inch spacing between the 
bars; (12) a five-mile-long, 378-acre reservoir with a gross storage 
capacity of 2,900-acre-feet at the normal operating pool surface 
elevation of 770.4 NGVD; (13) a three phase, 2.4/34.5 kV transformer; 
and (14) other appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that the 
total average annual generation would be 7,800 MWh. All generated power 
is sold to Indiana Michigan Power Company's customers.
    m. Location 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 20426, 
or by calling (202) 208-1371. 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.
    n. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following milestones, some of which may be combined to expedite 
processing:

Notice of NEPA scoping--March 2002
Notice that the application is ready for environmental analysis--April 
2002
Notice of availability of the NEPA document--August 2002
Order issuing the Commission's decision on the application December 
2002

    o. Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest or 
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules and 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. 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 on or before the specified deadline date for the particular 
application.
    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 responds; (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. 02-7038 Filed 3-22-02; 8:45 am]
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