[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5051]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Action Acquiring Lands to Satisfy License Conditions,
Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests
February 24, 1999.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Notice of Action Acquiring Lands to Satisfy
Articles 417 and 418.
b. Project No.: 1417-056 and -057.
c. Date Filed: February 5, 1999.
d. Applicant: Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation
District.
e. Name of Project: Kingsley Dam Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The hydroelectric project is on the North Platte and
Platte Rivers in Garden, Keith, Lincoln, Dawson, and Gosper counties in
south-central Nebraska. The project does not use federal or tribal
lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Articles 417 and 418.
h. Applicant Contact: Jay Maher, Central Nebraska Public Power and
Irrigation District, 415 Lincoln Street, Holdrege, NE 68949.
i. FERC Contact: For more information on this notice, please
contact Steve Hocking, e-mail address: Steve.Hocking@ferc.fed.us, or
telephone 202-219-2656.
j. Deadline for filing comments and or motions: March 26, 1999.
Please include the project number (1417-056 and -057) on any comments
or motions filed.
k. Description of Application: Central Nebraska Public Power and
Irrigation District (licensee) filed notice of its action acquiring
about 4,037 acres of land on the Platte River known as Jeffrey Island
between Lexington and Kearney, Nebraska. The licensee has entered into
a lease/purchase agreement to acquire the lands and satisfy the
requirements of articles 417 and 418 of its license for the Kingsley
Dam Hydroelectric Project. These lands will be managed under a land
management plan (to be developed later) to improve habitat for whooping
cranes, piping plovers, least terns, sandhill cranes and other
wildlife.
1. 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,
DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed
on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-
2222 for assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
m. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs:
B, C1, and D2.
B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211,
.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission
will consider all protests or other comments 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 comments, protests, or
motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified
comment date for the particular application.
C1. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must
bear in all capital letters the title COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
TERMS AND CONDITIONS, PROTEST, OR MOTION TO INTERVENE, as applicable,
and the Project Number of the particular application to which the
filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed by
providing the original and the number of copies provided by the
Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any
motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the
Applicant specified in the particular application.
D2. Agency Comments--Federal, State, and local agencies are invited
to file comments on the described application. A copy of the
application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If
an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing
comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an
agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-5051 Filed 3-1-99; 8:45 am]
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