[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 249 (Friday, December 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 79076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32678]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice Soliciting Scoping Comments

December 20, 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.: 2516-026.
    c. Date Filed: December 17, 2001.
    d. Applicant: Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Dam No. 4 Hydro Station.
    f. Location: On the Potomac River, near the Town of Shepherdstown, 
in Berkeley and Jefferson Counties, West Virginia.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Charles L. Simons, Allegheny Energy Supply 
Company, LLC, 4350 Northern Pike, Monroeville, PA 15146, (412) 858-
1675.
    i. FERC Contact: Peter Leitzke, (202) 502-6059 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: 45 days from issuance date 
of this notice.
    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 include the project 
number (P-2516-026) on any comments or motions filed.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners 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 intervener 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.
    Scoping comments 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.
    k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. The existing Dam No. 4 Hydro Station Project consists of: (1) A 
200-foot-long, 80-foot-wide headrace; (2) a stone and concrete 
powerhouse containing three generating units with a total installed 
capacity of 1,900 kilowatts; (3) a 350-foot-long, 90-foot-wide 
tailrace; (4) a substation; (5) a 4.5-mile-long, 34.5-kilovolt 
transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The applicant 
estimates that the total average annual generation would be 7,886 
megawatthours. All generated power is sold to Allegheny Power for use 
in the existing electric grid system serving West Virginia and 
Maryland. The project dam and reservoir are owned by the United States 
and operated by the National Park Service.
    m. 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 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, call 1-866-208-
3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    n. Scoping Process: The Commission staff intends to prepare a 
Multiple Project Environmental Assessment (MPEA) for the Dam No. 4 
Hydro Station Project (FERC No. 2561-026) and the Dam No. 5 Hydro 
Station Project (FERC No. 2517-012) in accordance with the National 
Environmental Policy Act. The MPEA will consider both site-specific and 
cumulative environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the 
proposed action. The staff believes that combining both the projects 
into one environmental document would provide the best approach for 
analyzing potential cumulative environmental effects associated with 
both projects located relatively close to one another on the Potomac 
River.
    Commission staff does not propose to conduct any on-site scoping 
meetings at this time. Instead, we will solicit comments, 
recommendations, information, and alternatives by issuing a Scoping 
Document (SD).
    Copies of the SD outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the 
MPEA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's mailing list. 
Copies of the SD may be viewed on the web 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, call 1-866-208-3676 or for TTY, (202) 502-8659.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-32678 Filed 12-26-02; 8:45 am]
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