[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70424-70425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29746]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application and Applicant-Prepared Environmental 
Assessment Tendered and Accepted for Filing, Notice Soliciting Motions 
To Intervene and Protests, Notice Soliciting Comments, Final Terms and 
Conditions, Recommendations and Prescriptions, Notice Establishing 
Procedures for Relicensing and Submission of Final Amendments

November 18, 2002.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application and 
applicant-prepared environmental assessment has been tendered and 
accepted for filing

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with the Commission, and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: New License.
    b. Project No.: 201-014.
    c. Date filed: October 30, 2002.
    d. Applicant: Petersburg Municipal Power and Light (PMPL).
    e. Name of Project: Blind Slough Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Crystal Creek, Mitkof Island, near the City of 
Petersburg, Alaska.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)--825).
    h. Applicant Contact: Dennis C. Lewis, Superintendent, Petersburg 
Municipal Power and Light, P.O. Box 329, 11 South Nordic, Petersburg, 
Alaska 99833, 907-772-4203, email: [email protected]; or Nan A. Nalder, 
Relicensing Manager, Acres International, 150 Nickerson St., Suite 310, 
Seattle, WA 98109, 206-352-5730 e-mail: [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Vince Yearick, FERC, 888 First Street, NE., Room 
61-11, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6174, e-mail: 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing interventions, protests, comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from 
the issuance date of this notice; and reply comments 105 days from the 
date of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Documents may also 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.gov under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person whose name appears 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. Brief Project Description: The 2.4-megawatt (MW) project is 
located on Crystal Creek in Southeast Alaska approximately 16.5 highway 
miles south of the City of Petersburg on the southern portion of Mitkof 
Island. The project does not occupy any federal lands. The project 
generates an average of about 11,308,410 kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually 
which provides approximately 28 percent of PMPL's energy requirements. 
The project is also the principal source of water supply for the 
Crystal Lake Hatchery. Petersburg proposes no new capacity and no new 
construction. The primary features of the project include: a dam at the 
outlet of Crystal Lake; a pumpback system located at the base of 
Crystal Lake Dam; approximately 4,600 feet of penstock with a static 
head of 1,256 feet; two powerhouse structures situated near Blind 
Slough; and a tailrace system providing water to the fish hatchery and 
returning water to Crystal Creek.
    l. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is 
available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or 
may be viewed on the Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov using 
the ``FERRIS'' link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three 
digits in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] 
or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is 
also available for inspection and reproduction by contacting the 
applicant identified in item h above.
    m. 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 o. below.
    n. Relicensing schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following schedule:
    Notice of the availability of the NEPA document--April, 2003.
    Order issuing the Commission's decision on the application--July, 
2003.
    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 45 days from the issuance date of the notice 
soliciting final terms and conditions.
    o. Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, Prescriptions, 
and Reply Comments: Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion 
to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice 
and Procedures, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, 385.214. In determining the 
appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests 
or other comments filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene 
in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party to the 
proceeding. Any comments, protest, or motions to intervene must be 
received on or before the specified comment date for the particular 
application.
    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.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the 
Commission 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 
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,'' ``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 responds; (3) furnish the 
name, address, and telephone number of the person protesting or 
intervening; (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. Any of 
these documents must be filed by providing the original and the number 
of copies required by the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must 
be served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the 
particular application.
    A copy of all other filings in reference to this application 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. 02-29746 Filed 11-21-02; 8:45 am]
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