99-2156. Notice of Application Ready for Environmental, Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 19 (Friday, January 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4645-4646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2156]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental, Analysis and 
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and 
Prescriptions

January 25, 1999.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2737-002.
    c. Date Filed: June 25, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Central Vermont Public Service Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Middlebury Lower Project.
    f. Location: On Otter Creek, at river mile 24.5 from the confluence 
with Lake Champlain, in Addison County, Vermont. There are no federal 
lands located within the project area.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John C. Greenan, P.E., Central Vermont 
Public Service Corporation, 77 Grove Street, Rutland, Vermont 05701, 
[phone].

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    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Jack Duckworth, E-mail address, [e-mail], or 
telephone [phone].
    j. Deadline for comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, 
and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person whose name appears 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.
    k. Status of environmental analysis: This application has been 
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Description of the Project: The project consists of the 
following existing facilities: (1) a 30-foot-high, 478-foot-long 
concrete gravity dam consisting of two ogee spillway sections, a 123-
foot-long western spillway section, and a 260-foot-long eastern 
spillway section; (2) a 1-mile-long, 16 acre impoundment with a normal 
water surface elevation of 314.5 feet above mean sea level (msl); (3) a 
powerhouse integral with the dam containing three Francis turbine units 
for a total installed capacity of 2,250 kilowatts (kW); (4) 
transmission facilities; and (5) appurtenant facilities.
    m. Locations 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 [phone]. The application may be viewed 
on the web at www.ferc.fed.us. Call [phone] for assistance. A 
copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address 
shown in item h.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraph: 
D10.
    D10. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is 
requesting comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All rely comments 
must be filed with the Commission within 105 days from the date of this 
notice.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the 
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary 
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
    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. Any of these documents must be 
filed by providing the original and the number of copies required by 
the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. An 
additional copy must be sent to Director, Division of Project Review, 
Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
at the above address. 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.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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