99-3812. Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7876-7877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3812]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests

February 10, 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.: 2060-005
    c. Date filed: January 28, 1999
    d. Applicant: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation
    e. Name of Project: Carry Falls
    f. Location: On the Raquette River, at river mile 68 above the 
confluence with the St. Lawrence River, in the town of Colton, St. 
Lawrence County, New York. The project would not utilize federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant contact: Mr. Jerry L. Sabattis, P.E., Licensing 
Coordinator, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, 300 Erie Boulevard West, 
Syracuse, New York 13202, [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Charles T. Raabe, E-mail address, [e-mail], or 
telephone [phone].
    j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: March 29, 1999.
    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 is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.

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    l. Description of the Project: the project consists of: (1) an 826-
foot-long dam comprising: (a) a 568-foot-long and 76-foot-high concrete 
gravity spillway with a crest elevation of 1,386 feet; and (b) a 258-
foot-long and 63-foot-high concrete gated non-overflow spillway with 
two 14.5-foot by 27-foot taintor regulating gates, two 10-foot-square 
low-level sluice gates, and an intake structure with two 15-foot-square 
openings for future power installation; (2) five earth dikes totaling 
2,500 feet in length, with lengths varying from 320 feet to 1,015 feet, 
maximum heights varying from 12 feet to 31 feet, each with a crest 
width of 12 feet at elevation 1,392 feet; (3) a 7-mile-long reservoir 
having a 3,000-acre surface area and a 107, 478-acre-foot usable 
storage capacity at normal pool elevation 1,385 feet USGS; and (4) 
appurtenant facilities. The project has no installed generating 
capacity.
    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, 
D.C. 20246, 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 
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.
    o. Under Section 4.32(b)(7) of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 
4.32(b)(7)), if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that the applicant should conduct an additional scientific study to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merits, they must file a request for the study with 
the Commission, not later than 60 days after the date the application 
is filed, and must serve a copy of the request on the applicant.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-3812 Filed 2-16-99; 8:45 am]
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