99-3813. 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 7877-7878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3813]


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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.: 2084-020.
    c. Date filed: January 28, 1999.
    d. Applicant: Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Upper Raquette River.
    f. Location: On the Raquette River, between river miles 52 and 68 
above the confluence with the St. Lawrence River, in the towns of 
Colton and Parishville, St. Lawrence County, New York. The project 
would not utilize federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 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 Regulation 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.
    l. Description of the Project: The project consists of five 
developments:
    (1) The Stark Falls Development comprising: (a) A 35-foot-high 
concrete gravity-type dam with a concrete overflow section and a 
control gate section flanked by earth dikes; (b) six earth saddle 
dikes; (c) a 1.5-mile-long reservoir at normal pool elevation 1,355.0 
feet USGS; (d) an intake; (e) a penstock; (f) a powerhouse containing a 
23,872-kW generating unit; and (g) appurtenant facilities;
    (2) The Blake Falls Development comprising: (a) A 75-foot-high 
concrete gravity-type dam with a concrete overflow section (b) an earth 
dike; (c) a 5.5-mile-long reservoir at normal pool elevation 1,250.5 
feet USGS; (d) an intake; (e) a penstock; (f) a powerhouse containing a 
13,913-kW generating unit; and (g) appurtenant facilities;
    (3) The Rainbow Falls Development comprising: (a) A 75-foot-high 
concrete gravity-type dam with a concrete overflow section flanked by a 
1,600-foot-long earth dike; (b) an earth saddle dike; (c) a 3.5-mile-
long reservoir at normal pool elevation 1,181.5 feet USGS; (d) an 
intake; (e) a penstock; (f) a powerhouse containing a 22,828-kW 
generating unit; and (g) appurtenant facilities;
    (4) The Five Falls Development comprising: (a) A 50-foot-high 
concrete gravity-type dam with a concrete overflow section flanked at 
each end by an earth dike; (b) a 1.0-mile-long reservoir at normal pool 
elevation 1,077.0 feet USGS; (c) an intake; (d) a 1,200-foot-long 
penstock; (e) a powerhouse containing a 22,828-kW generating unit; and 
(f) appurtenant facilities; and
    (5) The South Colton Development comprising: (a) A 45-foot-high 
concrete gravity-type dam with a concrete overflow section and earth 
abutments; (b) a 1.5-mile-long reservoir at normal pool elevation 973.5 
feet USGS; (c) an intake; (d) a 1,300-foot-long penstock; (e) a 
powerhouse containing an 18,948-kW generating unit; and (f) appurtenant 
facilities. The project has a total installed capacity of 102.389-kW
    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.

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    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. 99-3813 Filed 2-16-99; 8:45 am]
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