[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 204 (Wednesday, October 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60357-60358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00088]


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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

October 15, 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: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-289-013.
    c. Date filed: October 7, 2003.
    d. Applicant: Louisville Gas and Electric Company (LG&E).
    e. Name of Project: Ohio Falls Hydroelectric Station.
    f. Location: On the Ohio River, in Jefferson County, Kentucky. This 
project is located at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's McAlpine Locks 
and Dam Project.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Linda S. Portasik, Senior Corporate 
Attorney, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, 220 West Main Street, 
Louisville, Kentucky 40202, (502) 627-2557.
    i. FERC Contact: John Costello, [email protected] (202) 502-
6119.
    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 a 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: December 5, 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.

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    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.
    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Project Description: The Ohio Falls Hydroelectric Station 
consists of the following existing facilities: (a) A concrete 
powerhouse containing eight-10,040 kW generating units, located at the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineer's McAlpine Locks and Dam Project; (b) a 
concrete headworks section, 632 feet long and 2 feet wide, built 
integrally with the powerhouse; (c) an office and electric gallery 
building; (d) a 69 kV transmission line designated as line 6608 to the 
Canal substation; (e) an access road, (f) a 266.6-foot long swing 
bridge over McAlpine Locks for access; (g) one half mile of railroad 
tracks; and (h) appurtenant facilities. The project facilities are 
owned by LG&E.
    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 ``eLibrary'' link--select ``Docket 
'' and follow the instructions. For assistance, please contact 
FERC Online Support at FERC Online [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 e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support. To view upcoming FERC events, go to 
www.ferc.gov and click on ``View Entire Calendar.''
    q. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Kentucky State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the 
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, at 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--February 2004..
Issue Scoping Document--July 2004
Notice that application is ready for environmental analysis--November 
2004
Notice of the availability of the EA--February 2005
Ready for Commission decision on the application--October 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.''

Linda Mitry,
Acting Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E3-00088 Filed 10-21-03; 8:45 am]
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