[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23708-23709]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10965]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 6032-051]


Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and Fourth Branch Associates 
(Mechanicville); Notice of Settlement and Soliciting Comments

April 28, 2003.
    Take notice that the following offer of settlement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Offer of Settlement and Request to Rescind 
Acceptance of License Surrender.
    b. Project No.: 6032-051.
    c. Date filed: April 23, 2003.
    d. Applicant: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and Fourth Branch 
Associates.
    e. Name of Project: Mechanicville Project.
    f. Location: On the Hudson River, in Saratoga and Rensselaer 
Counties, New York. There are no known federal lands, including Indian 
reservations, occupied by project works or located within the project 
boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contacts: Frances E. Francis, Spiegel & McDiarmid, 
1333 New Hampshire Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20036, (202) 879-4000. 
Stephen C. Palmer, Swidler, Berlin, Shereff, Friedman LLP, 3000 K 
Street NW., Suite 300, Washington, DC 20007-5116, (202) 424-7500.
    i. FERC Contact: Heather Campbell, (202) 502-6182, 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments: May 8, 2003. Reply comments due: 
May 19, 2003.
    All comments (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
Magalie R.

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Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The Commission's Rules of Practice 
require all persons filing documents with the Commission to serve a 
copy of those documents on each person on the official service list for 
the project, which is maintained by the Secretary.
    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 
site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and Fourth Branch Associates 
(co-licensees) state that they filed the Offer of Settlement for the 
purpose of resolving between the co-licensees all issues associated 
with the Mechanicville Project. The co-licensees request that the 
Commission approve and implement the Settlement Agreement; rescind its 
acceptance of the surrender of the license for the Mechanicville 
Project; and, upon effectiveness of a license transfer, terminate the 
surrender proceeding. The Settlement Agreement transfers all of Niagara 
Mohawk Power Corporation's interests in the Project to Fourth Branch 
Associates and, in turn, Fourth Branch Associates will discontinue all 
proceedings against Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.
    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 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.
    Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be 
notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or 
other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-10965 Filed 5-2-03; 8:45 am]
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