[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 62 (Thursday, April 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15740-15741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-7982]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Extension of Time To File Comments, Recommendations,
Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions for License Application
March 26, 1999.
Take notice that the time limit for filing comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions for the
following hydroelectric license applicaiton has been extended from
March 26, 1999 to May 26, 1999. The extension was requested by the
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation to continue pursuing
consensus of all the parties on measures needed to protect the
environment, and no party has objected to a 60-day extension:
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 2731-020.
c. Date Filed: May 27, 1998.
d. Applicant: Central Vermont Public Service Corporation.
e. Name of Project: Weybridge Project.
f. Location: On Otter Creek, at river mile 19.5 from the confluence
with Lake Champlain, in Addison County, Vermont. There are no federal
lands located within the project area.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Fedral Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. John C. Greenan, P.E., Central Vermont
Public Service Corporation, 77 Grove Street, Rutland, Vermont 05701,
(802) 747-5707.
i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed
to Jack Duckworth, E-mail address, jack.duckworth@ferc.fed.us, or
telephone (202) 219-2818.
j. Deadline for comments, recommendations, terms and conditions,
and prescriptions: May 26, 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 has been
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. Description of the Project: The project consists of the
following existing facilities: (1) a 30-foot-high, 302.6-foot-long
concrete gravity dam consisting of two spillway sections, a 150-ft-long
west spillway section, topped with a 6-foot-high hinged steel
flashboard, and abutted by a 20-foot-wide and 10-foot-high Taintor
gate, and a 116-foot-long east spillway section topped with an
automatically inflated rubber weir; (2) a 1.5-mile-long, 62-acre
impoundment with a normal water surface elevation of 174.3 feet above
mean sea level (msl); (3) a powerhouse integral with the dam containing
a single turbine generator with an installed capacity of 3,000
kilowatts (kW); (4) transmission facilities; and (5) appurtenant
facilities.
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,
DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed
on the web at www.ferc.fed.us. Call (202) 208-2222 for assistance. A
copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address
shown in item h.
n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraph:
D10.
D10. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is
ready for environmental analysis at this time,
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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 FR 23108, May 20,
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commisison
within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply
comments must be filed with the Commisison 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). Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant. 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, NE, Washington, DC 20426. An
additional copy must be sent to Director, Division of Project Review,
Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commisison,
at the above address. Each filing must be accompanied by proof of
service on all persons listed on the service list prepared by the
Commisison in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and
385.2010.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-7982 Filed 3-31-99; 8:45 am]
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