[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 23, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8801-8802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-722]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application for Transfer of License and Approval of 
Financing Arrangement and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, 
and Protests

February 15, 2005.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Partial transfer of license and transfer of 
license.
    b. Project No.: P-2669-039.
    c. Date Filed: February 8, 2005.

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    d. Applicants: USGen New England, Inc., Bear Swamp Generating Trust 
No. 1 LLC, Bear Swamp Generating Trust No. 2 LLC, Bear Swamp Power 
Company LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Bear Swamp.
    f. Location: On the Deerfield River in Franklin and Berkshire 
Counties, Massachusetts.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicants' Contact: Amy S. Koch, Patton Boggs LLP, 2550 M 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037, (202) 457-6000.
    i. FERC Contact: James Hunter at (202) 502-6086.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, protests, and motions to 
intervene: March 4, 2005.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with the 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    k. Description of Application: Bear Swamp Generating Trust No. 1 
LLC, Bear Swamp Generating Trust No. 2 LLC, (the Trusts), USGen New 
England, Inc. (USGenNE) and Bear Swamp Power Company LLC (BSPC) 
tendered for filing an application for a two-step transfer of license. 
First, the Applicants seek the partial transfer of license from USGenNE 
and the Trusts, as joint licensees, to the Trusts and BSPC, as joint 
licenses. The Trusts and BSPC then seek approval for a subsequent 
transfer of license from the Trusts and BSPC to BSPC as sole licensee. 
The Trusts and BSPC also request that the Commission allow them to 
consummate the transaction without filing a second application for 
transfer of the license. BSPC and the Trusts also inform the Commission 
that there is a possibility that an affiliate of BSPC may operate the 
Project at the direction of BSPC for a period of time if BSPC has not 
received its market-based rate authorization from the Commission by the 
effective date of an interim operating arrangement among BSPC and the 
Trusts. They respectfully request that the Commission approve such an 
arrangement.
    l. Location of the Application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, 
DC 20426 or by calling (202) 208-1371.
    This filing is accessible online at http://www.ferc.gov using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail 
[email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    m. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must 
file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be 
considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to 
be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of 
intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. 
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the Applicant. On or before the comment date, it is 
not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons 
other than the Applicant.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an 
original and eight copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E5-722 Filed 2-22-05; 8:45 am]
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