[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6912-6913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3360]


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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

February 5, 2003.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric subsequent license 
application has been filed with the Commission and is available for 
public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License for a Minor Water Power 
Project.
    b. Project No.: P-7264-010.
    c. Date filed: January 22, 2003.
    d. Applicant: Fox River Paper Company and N.E.W. Hydro, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Middle Appleton Dam Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Lower Fox River, Outagamie County, Wisconsin. 
This project would not use Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John Rom, Manager, Fox River Paper 
Company, P.O. Box 2215, Appleton, Wisconsin 54913, 920-733-7341 or Mr. 
Arie DeWaal, Mead and Hunt, Inc., 6501 Watts Road, Madison, Wisconsin 
53719, 608-273-6380.
    i. FERC Contact: John Ramer, [email protected], (202) 502-8969.
    j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, State, and local 
agencies and Indian tribes 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 k below.
    k. 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 factual basis for 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 after the 
application filing (i.e., by March 22, 2003) and serve a copy of the 
request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: March 22, 2003.
    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.
    Additional study requests may be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 
on the Commission's Web site ( http://www.ferc.gov ) under the 
``eFiling'' link. After logging into the eFiling system, select 
``Comment on Filing'' from the Filing Type Selection screen and 
continue with the filing process.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The Middle Appleton Dam Hydroelectric 
Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) A 372-foot-
long by about 20-foot-high dam, topped with 15 functional and one non-
functional, 20-foot-wide by 10-foot-high, steel Taintor gates; (2) a 
35.5-acre reservoir with a gross storage capacity of about 195-acre 
feet; (3) two power channels, one about 500-feet-long by 40-foot-wide, 
and another 1700-foot-long and from 120 foot-to 200 foot-wide; (4) 
three powerhouses containing seven open-flume Francis turbines with a 
total maximum hydraulic capacity of 1,650 cubic feet per second (cfs) 
and seven generating units with a total installed generating capacity 
of 1,190 kilowatts (kW) and producing a total of 8,635,000 kilowatt 
hours (kWh) annually; (5) two transformer banks and one 4.16-kilovolt 
(kV) transmission line; along with (6) appurtenant facilities, such as 
govenors and electric switchgear. The dam and existing project 
facilities are owned by Fox River Paper Company and N.E.W. Hydro, Inc.
    o. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is 
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for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the web at 
http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link--select ``Docket 
'' and follow the instructions. For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at [email protected] or toll free at (866) 
208-3676 or for TYY, contact (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available 
for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
Sec.  106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following hydro licensing schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. The Commission 
staff proposes to issue one environmental assessment rather than issue 
a draft and final EA. Comments, terms and conditions, recommendations, 
prescriptions, and reply comments, if any, will be addressed in an EA 
issued in the spring of 2004.

Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter: June 2003
Issue Scoping Document: July 2003
Notice that application is ready for environmental analysis: October 
2003
Notice of the availability of the EA: March 2004
Ready for Commission decision on the application: May 2004

    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.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-3360 Filed 2-10-03; 8:45 am]
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