[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17247-17248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1511]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 7321-018]


Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. ; Notice of Application Ready for 
Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms 
and Conditions, and Prescriptions

March 28, 2005.
    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.: P-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. 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: 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. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days

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from the issuance date of this notice; reply comments are due 105 days 
from the issuance 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, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions 
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. The Commission 
encourages electronic filings.
    k. This application has been accepted, and is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. 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; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that 
the total average annual generation would be 5,660 megawatthours.
    The applicant proposes to continue to operate the project in a run-
of-river mode but to reduce the impoundment fluctuations from 1 foot to 
0.25 foot (0.5 foot for compliance purposes) from the top of the dam 
crest when project inflow exceeds 125 cubic feet per second (cfs). At 
inflows of 125 cfs or less, impoundment levels would be maintained at 
or above the spillway crest elevation.
    Within 8 years of license issuance, the applicant proposes to 
replace the existing trash racks (2.5-inch clear spacing) with trash 
racks with 1-inch clear spacing or a system of seasonal overlays. No 
other major construction activities are proposed.
    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 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.
    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.
    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.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E5-1511 Filed 4-4-05; 8:45 am]
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