[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35649-35650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16723]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of PP&L, Inc. Request To Use Alternative Procedures in
Preparing a License Application
June 25, 1999.
Take notice that the following request to use alternative
procedures to prepare a license application has been filed with the
Commission:
a. Type of Application: Request to use alternative procedures to
prepare a license application.
b. Project No.: 487.
c. Date filed: May 4, 1999.
d. Applicant: PP&L, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Wallenpaupack.
f. Location: On the Wallenpaupack Creek and Lackawaxen River, near
the Borough of Hawley and the City of Seranton, in Wayne and Pike
Counties, Pennsylvania. The project would not utilize federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Gary Petrewski, PP&L, Inc., Two North Ninth
Street (GENN5), Allentown, PA 18101-1179, 610-774-4759.
i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed
to Patrick Murphy, E-mail address, patrick.murphy@ferc.fed.us, or
telephone 202-219-2659.
j. Deadline for comments: 30 days from the date of this notice.
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. Description of the Project: The project consists of an 870-foot-
long, 67-foot-high concrete dam with a center spillway equipped with
two 67.5-foot-long by 14-foot-high steel roller gates; a 13-mile-long,
5,700-acre reservoir at a full pool elevation of 1,190 feet msl; an
18,000-foot-long 14-foot-diameter pipeline connecting the dam with the
powerhouse; a powerhouse containing two generating units with a total
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installed capacity of 40,000 kW; and other appurtenances.
m. PP&L has demonstrated that it has made an effort to contact all
resource agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and others
affected by the proposal, and that a consensus exists that the use of
alternative procedures is appropriate in this case. PP&L has submitted
a communications protocol that is supported by the interested entities.
The purpose of this notice is to invite any additional comments on
PP&L's request to use the alternative procedures, pursuant to Section
4.34(i) of the Commission's regulations. Additional notices seeking
comments on the specific project proposal, interventions and protests,
and recommended terms and conditions will be issued at a later date.
PP&L will complete and file a preliminary Environmental Assessment (EA)
in lieu of Exhibit E of the license application. This differs from the
traditional process in which an applicant consults with agencies,
Indian tribes, and NGOs during preparation of the application for the
license and before filing it, but the Commission staff performs the
environmental review after the application is filed. The alternative
procedures are intended to simplify and expedite the licensing process
by combining the prefiling consultation and environmental review
processes into a single process, to facilitate greater participation,
and to improve communication and cooperation among the participants.
PP&L has met with state and federal resource agencies, and NGOs
regarding the Wallenpaupack Project. PP&L intends to file 6-month
progress reports during the alternative procedures process that leads
to the filing of a license application by September 30, 2002.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-16723 Filed 6-30-99; 8:45 am]
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