[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 90 (Thursday, May 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 31298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-11598]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

May 3, 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.: 2574-032.
    c. Date Filed: April 29, 2002.
    d. Applicant: Merimil Limited Partnership.
    e. Name of Project: Lockwood Project.
    f. Location: On the Kennebec River in Kennebec County, near City of 
Waterville and Town of Winslow, Maine. 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: Mr. F. Allen Wiley, Kennebec Hydro Resources 
Inc., c/o FPL Energy Maine Hydro, LLC, 150 Main Street, Lewiston, ME 
04240, (207) 795-1342.
    i. FERC Contact: David Turner, (202) 219-2844 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 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 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 Lockwood Project consists of: (1) A 1,300-foot-long 
concrete gravity dam, consisting of three spillway sections, a small 
island, and the forebay headworks; (2) 450-foot-long forebay; (3) a 
81.5-acre reservoir; (3) two powerhouses, one containing six vertical 
Francis type turbines and the second containing one horizontal variable 
pitch kaplan turbine, for a total installed capacity of 7,250 
kilowatts; (4) about 4,225 feet of buried and overhead transmission 
lines; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project is estimated to 
generate an average of 30,911 megawatthours annually.
    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 (unless scoping has already occurred)
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. 02-11598 Filed 5-8-02; 8:45 am]
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