[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 226 (Friday, November 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70426-70427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29748]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 469-013]


Notice Extending Deadline for Soliciting Comments, 
Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

November 18, 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.: 469-013.
    c. Date filed: October 30, 2001.
    d. Applicant: ALLETE, Inc., d.b.a. Minnesota Power Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Winton Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Kawishiwi River, near the Town of Ely, in Lake 
and St. Louis Counties, Minnesota. The project occupies federal lands 
within the Superior National Forest.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)--825(r)
    h. Applicant Contact: John Paulson, Minnesota Power, 30 West 
Superior Street, Duluth, MN 55802, [email protected], 218-722-5642, 
ext. 3569.
    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, [email protected], 202-502-6041.
    j. In letters dated October 17, 2002, from the U.S. Forest Service, 
October 18, 2002, from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources 
and the Conservationists With Common Sense, and October 21, 2002, from 
Minnesota Power requested an extension of time until February 14, 2002, 
to complete a Settlement Agreement (SA) and accompanying Explanatory 
Statement (ES), and to file comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions in response to a notice ready for 
environmental analysis (REA) issued on September 13, 2002. The REA 
notice set the deadline for filing comments and recommendations 60 days 
from the issuance date of the notice, or November 11, 2002.
    The Commission is committed to processing license applications in a

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timely manner and can not suspend processing the application (including 
extending the REA comment deadline date) until February 2003, in hopes 
that the collaborative team will reach a settlement.
    The Commission's goal is to issue a draft and final EA during the 
spring and summer of 2003, respectively, and be ready for a Commission 
decision on the application by September 2003, prior to the October 31, 
2003, license expiration date. The requests to file the SA and ES by 
February 14, 2003, could delay taking final action on the license 
application beyond the license expiration date. Therefore, a limited 
extension of time is granted to file the SA, ES, and comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions.
    k. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: December 27, 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.
    Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The 
Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web 
sitehttp://www.ferc.govunder the ``e-Filing'' link.
    l. 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, please contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll-free at (866) 
208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    m. 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 responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the filing; 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 on 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. 02-29748 Filed 11-21-02; 8:45 am]
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