[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 53 (Wednesday, March 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13296-13297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6525]


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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 Licensing

March 12, 2003.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric license application 
has been filed with the Commission and is available for public 
inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Minor License.
    b. Project No.: P-12449-000.
    c. Date filed: February 28, 2003.
    d. Applicant: Neshkoro Power Associates, LLC
    e. Name of Project: Big Falls Milldam Hydroelectric Project
    f. Location: On the Little Wolf River (north branch), near the 
Village of Big Falls, in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. The project does 
not affect any Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Charles Alsberg, North American Hydro, 
Inc., P.O. Box 167, Neshkoro, Wisconsin 54960, 920-293-4628 ext. 11.
    i. FERC Contact: Tim Konnert, [email protected] (202) 502-
6359
    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 and serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: April 28, 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 and requests for cooperating agency 
status 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 site ( 
http://www.ferc.gov ) under the ``e-Filing'' link. After logging into 
the e-Filing 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 existing Big Falls Milldam 
Hydroelectric Project consists of the following facilities: (1) a 256-
foot-long by 18-foot-high dam, topped with a 76-foot-long fixed crest 
ogee with 6-inch flashboards and one 16-foot-wide Taintor gate; (2) a 
23.27-acre reservoir (Big Falls Flowage) with a negligible gross 
storage capacity at a normal elevation of 901.65 feet Mean Sea Level; 
(3) a 7-foot-diameter by 175-foot-long penstock leading to; (4) a 
powerhouse containing one, vertical-shaft Francis turbine-generator 
with an installed generating capacity of 350 kilowatts (kW), producing 
a total of 1,513,514 kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually; and (5) appurtenant 
facilities.
    o. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is 
available for public inspection. This filing may also 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, 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: 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--May 2003
Issue Scoping Document--June 2003
Notice that application is ready for environmental analysis--September 
2003
Notice of the availability of the EA--January 2004

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Ready for Commission decision on the application--February 2004

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-6525 Filed 3-18-03; 8:45 am]
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