99-27480. Notice of Competing Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests  

  • [Federal Register Volume 64, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 1999)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 56783-56784]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 99-27480]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
    
    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
    
    
    Notice of Competing Application Tendered for Filing With the 
    Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests
    
    October 15, 1999.
        Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
    filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. This 
    application competes with an application for a subsequent license filed 
    by the City of Hamilton, Ohio (Project No. 2724-023):
        a. Type of Application: New Major License
        b. Project No.: 11826-000
    
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        c. Date filed: September 29, 1999
        d. Applicant: Northbrook Energy, LLC
        e. Name of Project: Hamilton Hydroelectric Project
        f. Location: Ford Canal and Great Miami River, Butler County, Ohio. 
    The project would not utilize federal lands.
        g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
        h. Applicant Contact: Northbrook Energy, LLC, 225 W. Wacker Drive, 
    Suite 2330, Chicago, IL 60606, or telephone (312) 553-2131.
        i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
    to Nick Jayjack, E-mail address nicholas.jayjack@ferc.fed.us. or 
    telephone (202) 219-2825.
        j. Deadline for filing additional study request: November 29, 1999
        All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
    David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
    First Street, NW, 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 is not ready 
    for environmental analysis at this time.
        l. Description of the Project: The project consists of: (1) an 8-
    foot-high (average), 1,660-foot-long concrete overflow diversion dam; 
    (2) an 8-foot-high (average), 196-foot long concrete overflow diversion 
    dam; (3) a 3-mile-long power canal; (4) a concrete headgate structure 
    at the canal entrance; (5) a 93-foot-wide by 63-foot-long by 50-foot-
    high powerhouse with an installed capacity of 1,500 kilowatts (kW) to 
    be upgraded to 2,250 kW (the turbine-generator units are currently 
    capable of producing, 1,940 kW; however, system governors limit output 
    to 1,500 kW); (6) a 21-foot-long spillway adjacent to the powerhouse; 
    (7) a 50-foot-wide, 1,600-foot-long concrete and earthen tailrace; (8) 
    a 0.25-mile-long, 13.2 kilovolt transmission line; (9) generator leads; 
    and (10) appurtenant facilities.
        m. 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. The application may be viewed 
    on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-
    2222 for assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and 
    reproduction at the address in item h above.
        n. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State 
    Historic Preservation Officer as required by Sec. 106, National 
    Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council 
    on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    David P. Boergers,
    Secretary.
    [FR Doc. 99-27480 Filed 10-20-99; 8:45 am]
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Document Information

Published:
10/21/1999
Department:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
99-27480
Pages:
56783-56784 (2 pages)
PDF File:
99-27480.pdf