[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 129 (Friday, July 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 44827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-16838]


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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 Procedural 
Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final 
Amendments

June 28, 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.: 1979-012.
    c. Date Filed: June 21, 2002.
    d. Applicant: Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Alexander Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Wisconsin River near the City of Merrill, 
Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. David W. Harpole, Wisconsin Public 
Service Corporation, 700 N. Adams Street, P.O. Box 19002, Green Bay, 
Wisconsin. 54307 (920) 433-1264.
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer, [email protected], 
(202) 219-2846.
    j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: August 20, 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.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing Alexander Project consists of: (1) A dam, comprised 
of earthen embankments, an integral powerhouse and a gated spillway; 
(2) a 803-acre reservoir; (3) a powerhouse with an total installed 
capacity of 4,200-kilowatts and (4) appurtenant facilities. The 
applicant estimates that the average annual generation is 23,550 mega-
watthours.
    m. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    Additional study requests 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 at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm. n. With this notice, we are initiating consultation 
with the Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as 
required by section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the 
regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 
800.4.
    o. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule will be made if the Commission determines it 
necessary to do so.

Issue Deficiency Letter--August 2002
Issue Acceptance letter--November 2002
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments--December 2002
Request Additional Information--February 2003
Issue Scoping Document 2--March 2003
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--March 2003
Notice of the availability of the draft EA--September 2003
Notice of the availability of the final EA--December 2003
Ready for Commission's decision on the application--December 2003

    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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-16838 Filed 7-3-02; 8:45 am]
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