[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71133-71134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32814]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions
to Intervene and Protests
December 14, 1999.
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-11727-000.
c. Date Filed: April 6, 1999.
d. Applicant: City of Granite Falls, Minnesota.
e. Name of Project: Minnesota Falls Hydro Project.
f. Location: On the Minnesota River in Chippewa and Yellow Medicine
Counties, near Granite Falls, Minnesota.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: William P. Levin, City Manager, City of
Granite Falls, 885 Prentice Street, Granite Falls, MN 56241-1598, (320)
564-3011 Ext. 5000.
i. FERC Contact: Ed Lee (202) 319-2809 or E-mail address at
[email protected]
j. Comment Date: February 18, 2000.
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 the
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.
k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application is not ready
for environmental analysis at this time.
l. Description of Project: The proposed run-of-river Minnesota
Falls Project consists of: (1) an 18-foot-high and 500-foot-long
embankment and gravity dam which includes two 13-foot-high concrete
spillway sections approximately 307-foot-long, and a 175-foot-long, 4-
foot-high earth embankment section on the west side; (2) a 3.4-mile-
long reservoir having a surface area of 150-acre and a storage area of
735 acre-feet at normal pool elevation of 883.9 feet M.S.L.; (3) a
conduit intake structure located at the east abutment of the spillway;
(4) a 9-foot-diameter, 200-foot-long penstock and bifurcation; (5) a
powerhouse housing two 580-kW generating units for an installed
capacity of 1,160 kW; (6) a proposed substation; and (7) appurtenant
facilities. The applicant estimates that the total average annual
generation would be 3,600 MWh. All generated power is utilized within
the applicant's electric utility system.
m. 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, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202)
208-1371. The application may be viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/
online/rims.htm or call (202) 208-2222 for assistance. A copy is also
available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h
above.
n. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest or a
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In
determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will
consider all protests filed, but only those who file a motion to
intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party
to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to intervene must be
received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular
application.
[[Page 71134]]
Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is not
ready for environmental analysis at this time; therefore, the
Commission is not now requesting comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, or prescriptions.
When the application is ready for environmental analysis, the
Commission will issue a public notice requesting comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
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, N.E., Washington, D.C. 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.
A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each
representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-32814 Filed 12-17-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-M
