[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 58 (Thursday, March 25, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 15321]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-666]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2004-075]


Holyoke Gas & Electric Department; Notice of Settlement Agreement 
and Soliciting Comments

March 19, 2004.
    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement agreement.
    b. Project No.: 2004-075.
    c. Date Filed: March 12, 2004.
    d. Applicant: The City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department.
    e. Name of Project: Holyoke Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Located on the Connecticut River in Hampden, 
Hampshire, and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts. No Federal lands are 
occupied by the project works or located with the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's rules of 
practice and procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Paul S. Ducheney, Superintendent of Hydro 
Operations, City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department, 99 Suffolk 
Street, Holyoke, MA 01040; (413) 536-9300.
    i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer at (202) 502-8365, or by e-mail at 
ferc.gov">allan.creamer@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for Filing Comments: The deadline for filing comments 
on the Settlement Agreement is 20 days from the date of this notice. 
The deadline for filing reply comments is 30 days from the date of this 
notice. 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.
    Comments may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of 
paper; see 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions of 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. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing.
    k. The City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department filed the 
Settlement Agreement on behalf of itself and 7 other stakeholders. The 
purpose of the Settlement Agreement is to resolve, among the settling 
parties, all issues presented in the pending requests for rehearing of 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's August 20, 1999, ``Order 
Issuing New License and Denying Competing Application,'' for the 
Holyoke Project. The issues resolved through the settlement relate to 
run-of-river operations, bypass minimum flows and canal system flows, 
flow prioritization, and upstream and downstream fish passage. The 
settlement also addresses compliance issues with plans previously filed 
and approved by the Commission, pursuant to the 1999 license and the 
revised 2001 water quality certification. The City of Holyoke Gas & 
Electric Department and the settling parties request that the 
Commission, pending completion of formal consultation with NOAA 
Fisheries on the shortnose sturgeon, approve the Settlement Agreement 
and incorporate various proposed license articles into modified license 
articles for the project.
    l. A copy of the Settlement Agreement 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-2004) to access the document. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support at ferc.gov">FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 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 e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E4-666 Filed 3-24-04; 8:45 am]
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