98-3947. Notice of Application Acceptance and Notice Requesting Interventions and Protests

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8194-8195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-3947]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Acceptance and Notice Requesting 
Interventions and Protests

February 11, 1998.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Original License for a Major Water Power 
Project--5 Megawatts or Less.
    b. Project No.: 11480.
    c. Date filed: November 25, 1997.
    d. Applicant: Haida Corporation.
    e. Name of Project: Reynolds Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On Reynolds Creek, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act and Public Utility 
Regulatory Policies Act.
    h. Applicant Contact: Michael V. Stimac, HDR Engineering, Inc., 
500-108th Avenue NE, Suite 1200, Bellevue, Washington 98004-5538, (425) 
453-1523.
    i. FERC Contact: Carl J. Keller, [phone].
    j. Deadline for filing interventions and protests: April 15, 1998.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time; therefore, the Commission is 
not now requesting comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, or 
prescriptions--see attached paragraph D7.
    l. Brief Description of Project: The proposed modified run-of-river 
hydroelectric project would consist of: (1) A 20-foot-long, concrete 
weir, diversion dam and intake at the outlet of Rich's Pond; (2) a 
3,200-foot-long, 42-inch diameter, steel penstock, (3) a metal 
powerhouse initially containing a 1,500 kilowatt (kW) horizontal 
impulse turbine/generator for Phase 1; Phase II would add a second 
3,500 kW turbine/generator, (4) about 500 feet of new access road, and 
(5) a 10.9-mile-long, 34.5 kilovolt overhead transmission line.
    m. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A2, A-9, B1, and D7.
    n. Available Locations of Application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, Room 2A, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426 
or by calling [phone]. A copy is also available

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for inspection and reproduction by contacting Mr. Michael Stimac at HDR 
Engineering, Inc. at [phone] in Bellevue, Washington or Mr. 
Charles Skultka, Sr., Haida Corporation, at [phone] in Hydaburg, 
Alaska.
    A2. Development Application--Any qualified applicant desiring to 
file a competing application must submit to the Commission, on or 
before the specified deadline date for the particular application, a 
competing development application, or a notice of intent to file such 
an application. Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an 
interested person to file the competing development application no 
later than 120 days after the specified deadline date for the 
particular application. Applications for preliminary permits will not 
be accepted in response to this notice.
    A9. Notice of intent--A notice of intent must specify the exact 
name, business address, and telephone number of the prospective 
applicant, and must include an unequivocal statement of intent to 
submit, if such an application may be filed, either a preliminary 
permit application or a development application (specify which type of 
application). A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) 
named in this public notice.
    B1. 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.
    D7. 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,'' ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' or ``COMPETING APPLICATION;'' (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. 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.
Lindwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-3947 Filed 2-19-98; 8:45 am]
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