[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 221 (Monday, November 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64891-64892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E3-00279]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


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

October 20, 2003.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed

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with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Minor license (subsequent).
    b. Project No.: 620-009.
    c. Date filed: October 3, 2003.
    d. Applicant: NorQuest Seafoods, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Chignik Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located along Indian Creek, in Lake and 
Peninsula Borough counties, near the town of Chignik, Alaska. The 
project occupies 58 acres of Federal land managed by the Bureau of Land 
Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contacts: Ron Soule, NorQuest Seafoods, Inc., 5245 
Shilshole Avenue NW., Seattle, Washington, 98107-4833, (206) 281-7022. 
Daniel Hertrich, Polarconsult Alaska, Inc., 1503 W 33rd Avenue 
 310, Anchorage, Alaska, 99503, (907) 258-2420.
    i. FERC Contact: John Mudre, (202) 502-8902 or [email protected].
    j. Cooperating agencies: We are asking Federal, State, local, and 
tribal agencies 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 Sec.  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 adequate factual basis for a 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 
December 3, 2003, and serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
    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 ``eFiling'' link.
    l. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    m. The existing project consists of a 16.5-foot-high timber dam at 
the outlet of Upper Lake (a.k.a. Indian Lake), creating a reservoir 
with a surface area of approximately 20.4 acres at the maximum 
reservoir elevation of 431 feet (local datum), a channel spillway, a 
7,700-foot-long, 8-inch-diameter wood-stave and steel pipeline, a 60-
kilowatt generating unit inside the applicant's fish cannery, the 
generator leads, and appurtenant facilities. No new facilities or 
changes in operation are proposed.
    n. 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 ``eLibrary'' 
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.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    o. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Alaska 
State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by section 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR 800.4.
    p. 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.
    Scoping: October 2003.
    Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter: November 2003.
    Notice that application is ready for environmental analysis: April 
2004.
    Notice of the availability of the EA: November 2004.
    Ready for Commission decision on the application: January 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. E3-00279 Filed 11-14-03; 8:45 am]
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