[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34941-34942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14754]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

June 5, 2003.
    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.: 2984-042.
    c. Date filed: March 29, 2002.
    d. Applicant: S.D. Warren Company.
    e. Name of Project: Eel Weir Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The existing project is located on the Presumpscot 
River at the outlet of Sebago Lake, in Cumberland County, Maine. The 
project does not affect federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Thomas P. Howard, S.D. Warren Company, 89 
Cumberland Street, P.O. Box 5000, Westbrook, ME 04098-1597; Telephone 
(207) 856-4286.
    i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer, (202) 502-8365 or 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance of this 
notice. The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply 
comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 days from the 
date of this notice. Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these 
deadlines from the Commission only upon a showing of good cause or 
extraordinary circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.

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    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 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.
    Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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. The Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filing.
    k. This application has been accepted, and is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. The existing Eel Weir Project operates in a store-and-release 
mode. The project consists of the following features: (1) A 115-foot-
long, 22-foot-high stone masonry spillway dam; (2) a 900-foot-long 
stone and earth-fill east abutment section that varies in height from a 
few inches to a maximum of 20 feet; (3) a 260-foot-long stone and 
earth-fill west abutment section with variable height; (4) five 6.5-
foot-high by 4.75-foot-wide discharge gates; (5) four 8.8-foot-high by 
7-foot-wide canal intake gates; (6) a 12-mile-long, 28,771-acre 
impoundment, Sebago Lake, at elevation 266.65 msl; (7) a 6,700-mile-
long bypassed reach; (8) a 90-foot-long fish screen, located upstream 
of the canal gates; (9) a 4,826-foot-long, 15-foot-deep earthen power 
canal; (10) three canal waste gates that discharge to the upper 
bypassed reach, each with an integral minimum flow gate, and two canal 
sluice gates, located along the canal wall integral to the powerhouse 
intake structure wall, which discharge to the lower bypassed reach; 
(11) a powerhouse containing three Hercules turbines and generating 
units, having an installed capacity of 1,800 kilowatts; (12) a 3.5-
mile-long, 11-kilovolt transmission line; and (13) appurtenant 
facilities. The average annual generation is estimated to be about 
12,300 megawatt-hours. All power generated by the project is utilized 
by the applicant's paper mill in Westbrook, Maine.
    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 (P-2984), 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.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND 
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the 
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to 
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply 
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All 
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must 
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the 
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be 
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service 
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.
    o. The application will be processed according to the following 
Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made if the 
Commission determines it necessary to do so:

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                Action                           Tentative date
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Notice of availability of the draft     October 2003.
 NEPA document.
Initiate 10(j) process................  October 2003.
Notice of availability of the final     February 2004.
 NEPA document.
Ready for Commission decision on the    May 2004.
 application.
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    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of this notice.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 03-14754 Filed 6-10-03; 8:45 am]
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