[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5334-5335]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-173]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2181-014]


Northern States Power Company (d/b/a Xcel Energy); Notice of 
Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, 
Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

January 28, 2004.
    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-2181-014.
    c. Date filed: February 10, 2003.
    d. Applicant: Northern States Power Company (d/b/a Xcel Energy).
    e. Name of Project: Menomonie Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Red Cedar River, in the City of Menomonie, Dunn 
County, Wisconsin. This project does not occupy federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. William Zawacki, Director, Hydro Plants, 
or Ms. Kristina Bourget, Esq., Northern States Power Company (d/b/a 
Xcel Energy), 1414 West Hamilton Avenue, P.O. Box 8, Eau Claire, 
Wisconsin 54702-0008, 715-836-1136 or 715-839-1305, respectively.
    i. FERC Contact: John Ramer, [email protected], (202) 502-8969.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this 
notice, reply comments are due 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.
    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 Menomonie Project consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) A 624-foot-long, 40-foot-high dam, topped with five, 
40-foot-wide by 19-foot-high and one, 9-foot-high by 25-foot-wide, 
steel Tainter gates, with a total dam discharge capacity of 62,000 
cubic feet per second (cfs); (2) a 1,405-acre reservoir (Lake Menomin) 
with a gross storage capacity of 15,000-acre feet; (3) a powerhouse 
containing two vertical-shaft Kaplan turbine-generators with a combined 
total maximum hydraulic capacity of 2,700 cfs and a total installed 
generating capacity of about 5.4 megawatts (MW), producing a total of 
23,358,292 kilowatt-hours (kWh) annually; and (4) appurtenant 
facilities.
    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 ``eLibrary'' 
link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field (P-2181), 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/esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other

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pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. To view 
upcoming FERC events, go to http://www.ferc.gov and click on ``View 
Entire Calendar''.
    n. 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. Procedures schedule: The Commission staff proposes to issue one 
Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than issuing a draft and final EA. 
Staff intends to allow at least 30 days for entities to comment on the 
EA, and will take into consideration all comments received on the EA 
before final action is taken on the license application. The 
application will be processed according to the following schedule, but 
revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.

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                 Action                           Tentative date
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Notice of availability of the NEPA        August 2004.
 document.
Ready for Commission decision on the      November 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. E4-173 Filed 2-3-04; 8:45 am]
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