[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 240 (Wednesday, December 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75058-75059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3665]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 7321-018]


Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; 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

December 3, 2004.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: 7321-018.
    c. Date Filed: November 26, 2004.
    d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.
    e. Name of Project: Macomb Project.
    f. Location: On the Salmon River in Franklin County, near Malone, 
New York. The project does not occupy Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Jerry L. Sabattis, Erie Boulevard Hydropower, 
L.P., 225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 201, Liverpool, NY 13088, (315) 
413-2787.
    i. FERC Contact: John Smith, (202) 502-8972 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 l below.
    k. Pursuant to (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 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: January 24, 2005.
    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.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The existing Macomb Project consists of: (1) A 106-foot-long, 
32-foot-high concrete gravity overflow-type dam having a spillway crest 
elevation of 570.7 feet above mean sea level; (2) a 38-foot-long, 25-
foot-high intake structure along each bank; (3) a 6-foot-diameter, 60-
foot-long, riveted-steel, gated waste tube along each bank; (4) a 14-
acre reservoir with a net storage capacity of 14 acre-feet at the 
spillway crest elevation; (5) a 6.5-foot-diameter, 60-foot-long, 
riveted-steel, concrete-encased, gated pipeline along the left (south) 
bank; (6) a powerhouse containing one 1,000-kilowatt horizontal Francis 
turbine; (7) a 370-foot-long, 34.5-kilovolt transmission line; and (8) 
appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that the total average 
annual generation would be 5,660 megawatthours.
    o. 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 e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the New 
York State

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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.
    q. 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.

Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter--January 2005
Issue Scoping Document--February 2005
Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--May 2005
Notice of the availability of the EA--November 2005
Ready for Commission's decision on the application--December 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. E4-3665 Filed 12-14-04; 8:45 am]
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