[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 40 (Monday, March 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 10216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5213]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis
February 24, 1998.
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.: 11120-002.
c. Date Filed: March 3, 1994.
d. Applicant: Commonwealth Power Company.
e. Name of Project: Middleville Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Thornapple River, Thornapple Township, Barry
County, Michigan.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Jan Marie Evans, Commonwealth Power Company,
4572 Sequoia Trail, Okemos, MI 48864, (517) 351-5400.
i. FERC Contact: Mark Pawlowski, 202-219-2795, or E-mail at
mark.pawlowski@ferc.fed.us.
j. Deadline Date: See attached paragraph D9.
k. Status of Environmental Analysis: The application is now ready
for environmental analysis--see attached paragraph D9.
l. Brief Description of Project: The proposed project would consist
of: (1) an existing concrete, gravity dam 12 feet high and 80 feet
long; (2) an existing reservoir with a storage capacity of
approximately 30 acres and a normal maximum surface elevation of 708.5
feet mean sea level; (3) an existing penstock approximately 25 feet by
25 feet; (4) an existing powerhouse with one generating unit having a
capacity of 350 kilowatts; (5) an existing transmission line
approximately 100 feet long; and (6) appurtenant facilities.
m. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs:
A4 and D9.
n. A copy of the application is available for inspection and
reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at: 888
First St., N.E., Room 2A, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202)
208-1371. A copy of the application is also available at Commonwealth
Power Company, Sequoia Trail, Okemos, MI 48864, or by calling (517)
351-5400.
A4. Development Application--Public notice of the filing of the
initial development application, which has already been given,
established the due date for filing competing applications or notices
of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing
development application must be filed in response to and in compliance
with the public notice of the initial development application. No
competing applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to
this notice.
D9. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is
requesting comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions.
The Commission directs, pursuant to section 4.34(b) of the
regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 Fed. Reg. 23108
(May 20, 1991)), that all comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions and prescriptions concerning the application be filed with
the Commission within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.
All reply comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 days
from the date of this notice.
Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
All filings must: (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (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 submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Any of these documents must be filed by
providing the original and the number of copies required by the
Commission's regulations to: 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,
Room 5K-01, at the above address. Each filing must be accompanied by
proof of service on all persons listed in service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-5213 Filed 2-27-98; 8:45 am]
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