[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 88 (Tuesday, May 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30679-30680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11264]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

May 1, 2002.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed

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with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    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) 219-2778 or [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, final terms and conditions, 
recommendations, and prescriptions: 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 Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments, recommendations, 
terms and conditions, and prescriptions 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 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.
    k. The license application has been accepted for filing and is now 
ready for environmental analysis. No additional information or studies 
are needed to prepare the Commission's environmental assessment. 
Comments are now being requested from interested parties. The applicant 
will have 45 days following the end of this comment period to respond 
to any comments filed within the comment period.
    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, (I) a west embankment that is 
140 feet long and has a crest width of 15 feet and extends to the 
powerhouse, (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, (I) Taintor gates are 
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. 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. The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, 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.
    These deadlines may be extended by the Commission, but 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 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. 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. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed in the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-11264 Filed 5-6-02; 8:45 am]
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