[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 90 (Thursday, May 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 31296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11596]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Settlement Agreement and Solicitation of Comments

May 3, 2002.
    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project Nos.: 2364-012 and 2365-023.
    c. Date Filed: January 31, 2002.
    d. Applicant: Madison Paper Industries.
    e. Name of Projects: Abenaki and Anson Projects.
    f. Location: On the Kennebec River, in the towns of Anson and 
Madison, Somerset County, Maine. The projects do not occupy any federal 
lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Christopher C. Bean; Vice-President of 
Engineering, Maintenance, and Utilities; Main Street; P.O. Box 129, 
Madison, ME; (207) 696-1195. The applicant requests that copies of all 
correspondence be provided to Maureen Winters, Project Manager, 
Kleinschmidt Associates, 75 Main Street, P.O. Box 576, Pittsfield, ME 
04967; (207) 487-3328.
    i. FERC Contact: Nan Allen, (202) 219-2938, e-mail: 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments: 30 days from the date of this 
notice. Reply comments due 45 days from the 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.
    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.
    Comments 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. Madison Paper Industries (MPI) filed the Settlement Agreement on 
behalf of itself and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; National Park 
Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Maine State Planning Office; Maine 
Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife; Maine Department of Marine 
Resources; Maine Department of Conservation; Maine Atlantic Salmon 
Commission; Town of Anson; Town of Madison; Appalachian Mountain Club; 
Trout Unlimited, including the Kennebec Valley Chapter of Trout 
Unlimited; Kennebec Valley Trails; Friends of the Kennebec Salmon; 
Maine Council of the Atlantic Salmon Federation; Maine Historic 
Preservation Commission; and American Rivers. The purpose of the 
Settlement Agreement is to resolve among the signatories all issues 
associated with issuance of new licenses for the projects regarding the 
projects' operations, instream flows, fish passage, flow and water 
level monitoring, Atlantic salmon restoration, wetlands monitoring, 
shoreland buffers, recreation facilities, protection of cultural 
resources, time to license expiration; and upgrades to the Abenaki 
Project. MPI requests that the Commission accept and incorporate into 
any new licenses for the projects the protection, mitigation, and 
enhancement measures stated in sections 3.0 and 4.0 of the Settlement 
Agreement.
    l. A copy of the settlement agreement 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 h above.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-11596 Filed 5-8-02; 8:45 am]
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