[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 71 (Friday, April 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17988-17989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8918]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedures for 
Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

April 5, 2002.
    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.: 2984-042.
    c. Date Filed: March 29, 2002.
    d. Applicant: S.D. Warren Company.
    e. Name of Project: Eel Weir Project.
    f. Location: On the Presumpscot River at Sebago Lake, in Cumberland 
County, Maine. The project does not affect federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-
825)
    h. Applicant Contact: Thomas P. Howard, S.D. Warren Company, 89 
Cumberland Street, P.O. Box 5000, Westbrook, ME 04098-1597, (207) 856-
4286.
    I. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer at (202) 219-0365, or 
[email protected].
    j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking federal, state, local, and 
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect 
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the 
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating 
status should follow the instructions for filing comments described in 
item k below.
    k. Deadline for Filing Additional Study Requests and Requests for 
Cooperating Agency Status: 60 days from the filing date shown in 
paragraph (c), or May 28, 2002.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R. 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. 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.
    Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency 
status 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.
    l. Status: This application is not ready for environmental analysis 
at this time.
    m. Description of Project: The existing Eel Weir Project operates 
in a store-and-release mode. The Eel Weir Project consists of the 
following features: (1) a 115-foot-long, 23-foot-high stone masonry 
spillway dam; (2) a 150-foot-long, 10-foot-high stone and earth-fill 
east abutment section; (3) a 90-foot-long, 5-foot-high stone and earth-
fill west abutment section; (4) five 6.5-foot-high by 4.75-foot-wide 
discharge gates; (5) four 8.8-foot-high by 7-foot-wide canal intake 
gates; (6) a 12-mile-long, 28,771-acre, reservoir, Sebago Lake, at 
elevation 266.65 msl; (7) a 90-foot-long fish screen located upstream 
of the canal gates; (8) a 4,826-foot-long, 15-foot-deep earthen power 
canal; (9) a 90-foot-long timber-sheathed canal overflow weir; (10) a 
powerhouse containing three Hercules turbines and generating units, 
having an installed capacity of 1,800 kW; (11) a 3.5-mile-long, 11-kV 
transmission line; and (12) appurtenant facilities.
    The applicant estimates that the average annual generation would be 
about 12,300 MWh. All generated power is utilized by the applicant's 
paper mill in Westbrook, Maine.
    n. A copy of the application 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 the instructions (call 202-208-2222 for assistance). A copy 
is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in 
item h above.
    o. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the MAINE 
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by Sec. 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    p. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following milestones, some of which may 
be combined to expedite processing:

Notice of application has been accepted for filing
Notice of NEPA Scoping
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis
Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document
Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document

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Order issuing the Commission's decision on the application

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice 
of ready for environmental analysis.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-8918 Filed 4-11-02; 8:45 am]
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