95-11361. Hydroelectric Applications, Engineering Company, Inc., et al.; Notice of Applications

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24623-24625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-11361]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project Nos. 11527-000, et al.]


Hydroelectric Applications, Engineering Company, Inc., et al.; 
Notice of Applications

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been 
filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection:
    1 a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.
    b. Project No.: P-11527-000.
    c. Date Filed: March 2, 1995.
    d. Applicant: Engineering Company, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Uniontown Project.
    f. Location: On the Ohio River, Union County, Kentucky, Gallatin 
County, Illinois, and Posey County, Indiana.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Richard A. Volkin, Engineering Company, 
Inc., Orchard Hill Office Park, 354 Turnpike Street, P.O. Box 359, 
Canton, MA 02021, [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell [phone].
    j. Comment Date: June 18, 1995.
    k. Competing Application: Project No. 11511-000.
    Date Filed: December 7, 1994.
    Due Date: March 23, 1994.
    l. Description of Project: The proposed project would utilize the 
existing 3,504-foot-long, 20-foot-high Uniontown Locks and Dam, owned 
by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers and consists of: (1) A proposed 
intake structure; (2) a proposed powerhouse having generating units 
with a total installed capacity of 57,200-kW; (4) a proposed 9.5-mile-
long, 69-kV transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation would be 304-GWh.
    m. Purpose of Project: All project energy produced would be sold to 
a local utility.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A8, A10, B, C, and D2.
    o. Available Location of Application: A copy of the application, as 
amended and supplemented, is available for inspection and reproduction 
at the Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, 
located at 941 North Capitol Street, N.E., Room [[Page 24624]] 3104, 
Washington, D.C., 20426, or by calling [phone]. A copy is also 
available for inspection and reproduction at Uniontown Hydro Matrix 
Partnership, Ltd., 120 Calumet Court, Aiken, SC 29803, [phone].
    2 a. Type of Application: Proposed Revised Recreation Plan and Land 
Use Management Plan.
    b. Project No: 271-033 (Recreation Plan) and 271-034 (Land Use 
Plan).
    c. Applicant: Arkansas Power and Light Company.
    d. Name of Project: Carpenter-Remmel Project.
    e. Location: Garland and Hot Spring Counties, Arkansas.
    f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-
825(r).
    g. Applicant Contact: Mr. Douglas Sikes, Arkansas Power and Light 
Company, Hydro Operations, 2255 East Grand Avenue, P.O. Box 1330, Hot 
Springs, AR 71902,
    h. FERC Contact: Dan Hayes, [phone].
    i. Comment Date: June 5, 1995.
    j. Description of Project: Arkansas Power and Light Company filed 
on March 22, 1995 a Report on Future Measures and Facilities for 
Recreation and a Comprehensive Water and Land Use Management Plan. The 
recreation plan proposes a five-year period of study to determine if a 
need for additional public recreation facilities exists. The land use 
plan proposes to study the need for marinas and similar conveyances, 
and to place a temporary moratorium on new or expanded marina 
development.
    k. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, and D2.
    3 a. Type of Application: Amendment of License.
    b. Project No.: 2170-003.
    c. Date Filed: January 17, 1995.
    d. Applicant: Chugach Electric Association, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Cooper Lake.
    f. Location: The project is located on Cooper Creek, Cooper Lake, 
and Kenai Lake on Kenai Peninsula, about 55 miles south of Anchorage, 
Alaska.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Jim K. Topolski, Chugach Electric 
Association, Inc., 5601 Minnesota Drive, P.O. Box 196300, Anchorage, 
Alaska 99519-6300, Phone: [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Buu T. Nguyen, [phone].
    j. Comment Date: June 5, 1995
    k. Description of Amendment: The licensee, Chugach Electric 
Association, Inc., applied for an amendment of license to relocate the 
transmission line which extends from the vicinity of Bird Point on the 
north to the vicinity of Girdwood, Alaska on the south. The relocation 
is needed to accommodate the reconstruction of a portion of the Seward 
Highway by the State of Alaska.
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, and D2.
    4 a. Type of Application: Reservoir Level Management Plan for 
Sebago Lake.
    b. Project No.: 2984-024.
    c. Date Filed: April 3, 1995.
    d. Applicant: S. D. Warren Company.
    e. Name of Project: Eel Weir Project.
    f. Location: Cumberland County, Maine.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791 (a)-825 
(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: William F. Foley, S. D. Warren Company, P.O. 
Box 5000, 89 Cumberland Street, Westbrook, ME 04098, [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Scott Riedmann, [phone].
    j. Comment Date: June 12, 1995.
    k. Description of Project: In accordance with the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's Order on Complaint, dated August 4, 1994 and 
Order Granting Extension of Time, dated December 20, 1994 and March 7, 
1995, the S. D. Warren Company has submitted its Final Proposed Level 
Management Plan for Sebago Lake. The submittal, prepared by S. D. 
Warren Company, is a lake level plan that seeks to balance the various 
competing uses of Sebago Lake.
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, D2.
    5 a. Type of Application: Surrender of License.
    b. Project No: 10047-005.
    c. Date Filed: April 13, 1995.
    d. Applicant: Northern Hydro Consultants, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Imperial Dam.
    f. Location: Saranac River, Clinton County, New York, near 
Plattsburgh.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a) 
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. James Dowd, Northern Hydro Consultants, 
Inc., P. O. Box 919, Chateaugay, NY 12920, [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Mark Hooper, [phone].
    j. Comment Date: June 12, 1995.
    k. Description of Application: Applicant states that the inability 
to secure a power sales agreement renders the project uneconomic. No 
construction has occurred.
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
B, C1, and D2.
    6 a. Type of Application: Amendment of License.
    b. Project No.: 2058-009.
    c. Dated Filed: March 21, 1995.
    d. Applicant: Washington Water Power.
    e. Name of Project: Cabinet Gorge.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Clark Fork River in 
Bonner County, Idaho and Sanders County, Montana.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Steven A. Fry, Hydro Safety and Compliance 
Administrator, The Washington Water Power Company, P.O. Box 3727, 
Spokane, WA 99220, Phone: [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Buu T. Nguyen, [phone].
    j. Comment Date: June 16, 1995.
    k. Description of Amendment: The licensee, Washington Water Power, 
applied for an amendment of license to delete its approximately 80-mile 
long Cabinet Gorge-Rathdrum-Beacon 230-kV transmission line and 
portions of the switchyard adjacent to the project. The transmission 
line and supporting facilities have been integrated into its 
interconnected transmission system.
    l. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs; 
B, C1, and D2.
    7 a. Type of Application: Minor License.
    b. Project No.: 11530-000.
    c. Date Filed: April 5, 1995.
    d. Applicant: Mitchell County, Iowa.
    e. Name of Project: Mitchell Mill Dam.
    f. Location: On the Cedar River near Mitchell in Mitchell County, 
Iowa.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Sec. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Milton R. Owen, 415 Lime Kiln Road, Osage, IA 
50461, [phone].
    i. FERC Contact: Julie Bernt [phone].
    j. Comment Date: 60 days from the filing date in paragraph C.
    k. Description of Project: The proposed project consists of: (1) An 
existing 195-foot-wide concrete dam; (2) a 120-acre natural 
impoundment; (3) two existing intake structures, one 19 feet wide and 
one 15 feet wide; (4) a 125-foot-wide concrete spillway; (5) an 
existing powerhouse containing two generating units with a total rated 
capacity of 900 kW; (6) an existing 220-foot-long transmission line; 
and, (7) appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that the total 
average annual generation would be 2,829,335 kWh. The cost of 
restoration would be $600,000. The project site is owned by Mitchell 
County. [[Page 24625]] 
    l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Iowa 
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by Sec. 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    m. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for complete analysis of the application 
on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a 
request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the 
filing date and serve a copy of the request on the applicant.

Standard Paragraphs:

    A8. Preliminary Permit--Public notice of the filing of the initial 
preliminary permit application, which has already been given, 
established the due date for filing competing preliminary permit 
applications or notices of intent. Any competing preliminary permit or 
development application or notice of intent to file a competing 
preliminary permit or development application must be filed in response 
to and in compliance with the public notice of the initial preliminary 
permit application. No competing applications or notices of intent to 
file competing applications may be filed in response to this notice. A 
competing license application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 
4.36.
    A10. Proposed Scope of Studies under Permit--A preliminary permit, 
if issued, does not authorize construction. The term of the proposed 
preliminary permit would be 36 months. The work proposed under the 
preliminary permit would include economic analysis, preparation of 
preliminary engineering plans, and a study of environmental impacts. 
Based on the results of these studies, the Applicant would decide 
whether to proceed with the preparation of a development application to 
construct and operate the project.
    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.
    C. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``NOTICE OF INTENT 
TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION'', ``COMPETING APPLICATION'', 
``PROTEST'', ``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, 825 North Capitol 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. An additional copy must be sent to 
Director, Division of Project Review, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, Room 1027, at the above-mentioned address. A copy of any 
notice of intent, competing application or motion to intervene must 
also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in 
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, 825 North Capitol 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.

    Dated: May 3, 1995.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
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