[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 138 (Friday, July 18, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 42702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18316]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, 
Soliciting Additional Study Request, and Establishing Procedural 
Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final 
Amendments

July 14, 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.: P-2194-020.
    c. Date filed: June 30, 2003.
    d. Applicant: FPL Energy Maine Hydro, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Bar Mills Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Saco River, in the towns of Buxton and Hollis, 
York County, Maine. 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. F. Allen Wiley, Vice President, FPL 
Energy Maine Hydro LLC, 160 Capitol Street, Augusta, Maine 04330, (207) 
623-8413.
    i. FERC Contact: Blake Condo, [email protected] (202) 502-8914.
    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 the 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 no 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: August 29, 2003.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filled 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 ``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 Bar Mills Hydroelectric Project 
consists of the following existing facilities: (1) The 400-foot-long by 
25-foot-high dam, with 6.75 foot-high flashboards, and a 90 to 200 foot 
wide by 725 foot long power canal; (2) the 5.3 mile long impoundment, 
which has a surface area of 263 acres at the normal full pond elevation 
of 148.5 feet above mean sea level; (3) a powerhouse containing two 
generating units with total installed generating capacity of 4.0 
megawatts (MW); (4) appurtenant facilities. The dam and existing 
project facilities are owned by FPL Energy Maine Hydro LLC.
    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-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 TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available 
for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    p. You may also 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.
    q. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the MAINE 
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.
    r. 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 early 2005.

Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter October 2003.
Issue Scoping Document March 2004.
Notice that application is ready for environmental analysisJune 2004.
Notice of the availability of the EA December 2004.
Ready for Commission decision on the applicationFebruary 2005.

    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. 03-18316 Filed 7-17-03; 8:45 am]
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