[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 8, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 6648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-505]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 7321-018]


Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Notice of Scoping and Soliciting 
Scoping Comments

February 1, 2005.
    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, New York. 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. Jerry L. Sabattis, Erie Boulevard 
Hydropower, L.P., 225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 201, Liverpool, NY 
13088, (315) 413-2787.
    i. FERC Contact: John Smith, telephone (202) 502-8972, e-mail 
[email protected].
    j. Deadline for Filing Scoping Comments: March 2, 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.
    Scoping comments 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 ``Filing'' link.
    k. 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.
    l. 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 [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.
    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.
    m. Scoping Process. Scoping is intended to advise all parties 
regarding the proposed scope of the environmental analysis and to seek 
additional information pertinent to this analysis. The Commission staff 
intends to prepare an environmental assessment (EA) on the project in 
accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The EA will 
consider both site-specific and cumulative environmental impacts and 
reasonable alternatives to the proposed action.
    At this time, the Commission staff does not propose to conduct any 
formal public or agency meetings or an on-site visit. Instead we will 
solicit comments, recommendations, information, and alternatives by 
conducting paper scoping through issuing this scoping document.
    Copies of the scoping document outlining the subject areas to be 
addressed in the EA were distributed to the parties on the Commission's 
mailing list. Copies of the scoping document are available for review 
at the Commission 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 (806) 208-3676, or for TTY, 
contact (202) 502-8659.
    As part of scoping, the staff will: (1) Summarize the environmental 
issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (2) solicit from 
comments all available information, especially quantifiable data, on 
the resources at issue; (3) encourage statements from experts and the 
public on issues that should be analyzed in the EA, including 
viewpoints in opposition to, or in support of, the staff's preliminary 
views; (4) determine the resource issues to be addressed in the EA; and 
(5) identify those issues that require a detailed analysis, as well as 
those issues that do not require a detailed analysis. Consequently, 
interested entities are requested to file with the Commission any data 
and information concerning environmental resources and land uses in the 
project area and the subject project's impacts to the aforementioned.
    n. The revised schedule for processing the Macomb Project license 
application is:

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              Major milestone                        Target date
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Notice of application is ready for          April 2005.
 environmental analysis.
Notice of the availability of the EA......  October 2005.
Ready for Commission's decision on the      November 2005.
 application.
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Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-505 Filed 2-7-05; 8:45 am]
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