99-12558. Notice of Intent To File an Application for a New License

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27248-27249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12558]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Intent To File an Application for a New License

May 13, 1999.

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File An Application for a 
New License.

    b. Project No.: 2364.

    c. Date Filed: April 26, 1999.

    d. Submitted By: Madison Paper Industries--current licensee.

    e. Name of Project: Abenaki Project.

    f. Location: On the Kennebec River near the cities of Anson, 
Madison, and Starks, in Somerset County, Maine.

    g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the Federal Power Act.

    h. Licensee Contact: Christopher Bean, Madison Paper Industries, 
P.O. Box 129, Main Street, Madison, ME 04950 [phone].

    i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, [e-mail], or (202) 219-
2778.

    j. Effective date of current license: May 1, 1954.


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    k. Expiration date of current license: April 30, 2004.

    l. The project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a 
25-foot-high dam consisting of a 780-foot-long concrete spillway 
section including a 25-foot-wide log sluice and 3-foot-high 
flashboards; (2) an 830-foot-long forebay, trashrack, and headgate 
section; (3) a 32-acre reservoir at normal water surface elevation of 
222.65 feet msl; (4) a powerhouse containing seven generating units 
with a total installed capacity of 16.977 MW; (5) a 3,400-foot-long 
transmission line; and (6) other appurtenances.

    m. Each application for a new license and any competing license 
applications must be filed with the Commission at least 24 months prior 
to the expiration of the existing license. All applications for license 
for this project must be filed by April 30, 2002.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-12558 Filed 5-18-99; 8:45 am]
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