[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 20970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10440]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

April 23, 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.: P-287-009.
    c. Date Filed: April 8, 2002.
    d. Applicant: Midwest Hydro Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Dayton Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Fox River, near Dayton, in La Salle County, 
Illinois. 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: Loyal Gake, Midwest Hydro Inc., 116 State 
St., P.O. Box 167, Neshkoro, WI 54960, (920) 293-4628.
    i. FERC Contact: Mark Pawlowski, (202) 219-2795, 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: June 7, 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. 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 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.
    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. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    m. The existing Dayton Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) 594-
foot-long arch-buttress uncontrolled fixed crest overflow concrete dam; 
(2) a 200-foot-long left earthen embankment; (3) a concrete head gate 
structure with four 15.5-foot-wide and 9.5 foot-high wooden gates 
located at the right abutment; (4) a 900-foot-long power canal; (5) a 
200 acre impoundment; (6) a powerhouse containing three turbines with 
an installed capacity of 3,680 kW; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The 
applicant estimates that the total average annual generation would be 
14,200 megawatthours. All generated is sold to the Illinois Power 
Company.
    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 
Illinois 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 application is ready for environmental analysis
Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document
Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document
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. 02-10440 Filed 4-26-02; 8:45 am]
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