[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 991-992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-209]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis
December 31, 1996.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Minor License.
b. Project No.: P-11428-000.
c. Date Filed: August 5, 1993.
d. Applicant: The City of St. Louis, Michigan.
e. Name of Project: Municipal Dam Hydro Project.
f. Location: On the Pine River, in The City of St. Louis, Gratiot
County, Michigan.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Nancy Roehrs, 108 West Saginaw Street, St.
Louis, MI 48880, (517) 681-2137.
i. FERC Contact: Ed Lee, (202) 219-2809.
j. Deadline Date: See paragraph D9.
k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this
time--see attached paragraph D9.
l. Description of Project: The existing project consists of the
following: (1) A 21-foot-high, 126-foot-long reinforced concrete dam
surmounted by six 19-foot-wide, 8-foot-high radial gates; (2) a 60-
foot-long left embankment, 55-foot-long center embankment, and 250-
foot-long right embankment; (3) a 1,575-acre-foot reservoir at a normal
water surface elevation of 719 feet; (4) a gated 18-foot-wide, 12-foot-
deep intake flume; (5) a powerhouse containing two generating units
rated at 225-kW for a total installed capacity of 450-kW; (6) a
tailrace; (7) a short 2400-volt transmission line; and (8) appurtenant
electric and mechanical facilities. The applicant estimates the average
annual generation for this project would be 1,599 MWh. The dam and
existing project facilities are owned by the applicant.
m. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs:
A4 and D9.
n. Available Location of Application: A copy of the application, as
amended and supplemented, is available for inspection and reproduction
at the Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch,
located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2A-1, Washington, DC 20426, or
by calling (202) 208-2326. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the City of St. Louis, 108 Saginaw Street, St. Louis,
MI 48880, or by calling (517) 681-2137.
o. Scoping Process: In gathering background information for
preparation of the environmental document for the issuance of a Federal
hydropower license, staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
is using a scoping process to identify significant environmental issues
related to the construction and operation or the continued operation of
hydropower projects. The staff will review all issues raised during the
scoping process and identify issues deserving of study and also
deemphasize insignificant issues, narrowing the scope of the
environmental analysis as well. If preliminary analysis indicates that
any issues presented in the scoping process would have little potential
for causing significant impacts, the issue or issues
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will be identified and the reasons for not providing a more detailed
analysis will be given.
p. Request for Scoping Comments: Federal, state, and local resource
agencies; licensees, applicants and developers; Indian tribes; other
interested groups and individuals, are requested to forward to the
Commission, any information that they believe will assist the
Commission staff in conducting an accurate and thorough analysis of the
site-specific and cumulative environmental effects of the proposed
licensing activities of the project(s). Therefore you are requested to
provide information related to the following items:
Information, data, maps or professional opinion that may
contribute to defining the geographical and temporal scope of the
analysis and identifying significant environmental issues.
Identification of and information from any other EIS or
similar study (previous, on-going, or planned) relevant to the proposed
licensing activities in the subject river basin.
Existing information and any data that would aid in
describing the past and present effects of the project(s) and other
developmental activities on the physical/chemical, biological, and
socioeconomic environments. For example, fish stocking/management
histories in the subject river, historic river quality data and the
reasons for improvement or degradation of the quality, and wetland
habitat loss or proposals to develop land and water resources within
the basin.
Identification of any federal, state or local resource
plans and future project proposals that encompass the subject river or
basin. For example, proposals to construct or operate water treatment
facilities, recreation areas, or implement fishery management programs.
Documentation that would support a conclusion that the
project(s) does not contribute, or does contribute to adverse and
beneficial cumulative effects on resources and therefore should be
excluded from further study or excluded from further consideration of
cumulative impacts within the river basin. Documentation should
include, but not be limited to: how the project(s) interact with other
projects within the river basin or other developmental activities;
results from studies; resource management policies; and, reports from
federal, state, and local agencies.
Comments concerning the scope of the environmental document should
be filed by the deadline established in paragraph D9.
A4. Development Application--Public notice of the filing of the
initial development application, which has already been given,
established the due date for filing competing applications or notices
of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing
development application must be filed in response to and in compliance
with public notice of the initial development application. No competing
applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to this
notice.
D9. 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 reply
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). 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
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