[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71163-71164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30279]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2652-007]


Notice of settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments

November 22, 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 No.: 2652-007.
    c. Date filed: November 12, 2002.
    d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.
    e. Name of Project: Bigfork Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Swan River, in the Town of Bigfork, Flathead 
County, Montana. The project does not occupy any federal or tribal 
lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Dave Leonhardt, Project Manager, PacifiCorp, 
825 NE.
    Multnomah, Suite 1500, Portland, OR 97232; (503) 813-6658.
    i. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking, (202) 502-8753, 
[email protected]
    j. Deadline for filing comments:
    December 12, 2002. Reply comments due December 23, 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. Please affix Project No. 2652-
007 to all comments. Comments 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.gov under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    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. Description of Filing: PacifiCorp filed the Settlement Agreement 
on behalf of itself and the National Park Service; Montana Department 
of Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Bigfork Area

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Chamber of Commerce; American Whitewater; Bigfork Whitewater Festival 
Organization; Bigfork Development Company; Flathead Lakers; and 
Flathead Whitewater Association. The purpose of the Settlement 
Agreement is to resolve among the signatories all recreation issues 
associated with relicensing the Bigfork Project. The signatories ask 
the Commission to accept and incorporate without modification the 
recreation measures set forth in Section 3 of the Settlement Agreement 
except for those measures not required for operation of the project or 
other project purposes.
    l. A copy of the settlement agreement is available for review at 
the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site 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 (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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-30279 Filed 11-27-02; 8:45 am]
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