98-28576. Notice of Intent To File Application for New License

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 206 (Monday, October 26, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57116-57117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28576]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Intent To File Application for New License

October 20, 1998.
    Take notice that the following notice of intent has been filed with 
the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of filing: Notice of Intent to File Application for New 
License.
    b. Project No.: 637.
    c. Date filed: October 5, 1998.
    d. Submitted By: Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, 
Washington, the current licensee.
    e. Name of Project: Lake Chelan Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Chelan River, near the City of Chelan in Lewis 
County, Washington. Federal lands within the project boundary include 
361.42 acres of the Wenatchee National Forest, and 104.10 acres of the 
Lake Chelan National Recreation Area.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the Federal Power Act, 18 CFR 
16.6 of the Commission's regulations.
    h. Effective date of current license: May 1, 1981.
    i. Expiration date of current license: March 31, 2004.
    j. The 48-megawatt project consists of a 40-foot-high dam on the 
Chelan River at the lower end of Lake Chelan, a 2.2-mile-long steel and 
concrete tunnel, and a powerhouse located near the confluence of the 
Chelan and Columbia Rivers.

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    k. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.7, information on the project is available 
at: Public Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County, Washington, ATTN: 
Rosana Sokolowski, 327 North Wenatchee Avenue, Wenatchee, WA 98801, 
Phone: [phone]; FAX: [phone]; E-mail: [e-mail] or 
via the internet at www.chelanpud.org/relicense.
    l. FERC contact: Vince Yearick [phone].
    m. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.9(b)(1) each application for a new license 
and any competing license applications must be filed with the 
Commission at least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing 
license. All applications for license for this project must be filed by 
March 31, 2002.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-28576 Filed 10-23-98; 8:45 am]
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