98-19962. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation; Notice of Filing for Application

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 143 (Monday, July 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 40112]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2047-004]


Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation; Notice of Filing for 
Application

July 21, 1998.
    Take notice that on June 23, 1998, the Niagara Mohawk Power 
Corporation filed an application to relicense the Stewarts Bridge 
Hydroelectric Project No. 2047.
    The Stewarts Bridge Project is located on the Sacandaga River, in 
Saratoga County, New York. The project includes an earth dam about 
1,650 feet long and 112 feet high with a concrete gated spillway and 
penstock intake structure; a reservoir of about 475 acres at elevation 
705 feet USGS datum; a steel penstock to a brick powerhouse with one 
generator rated at 30,000 kW; an outdoor transformer, switching station 
and 400-foot-long transmission line; and appurtenant facilities. The 
licensee proposes no changes in operation or new construction for the 
project. The current operating license expires July 1, 2000.
    To facilitate on going discussions to settle issues at projects in 
the Sacandaga-Hudson River Basin, including the Stewart's Bridge 
Project, requirements for compliance with Sections 16.8(c)(5)-(10) have 
been waived and modified. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation has until 
October 15, 1998 to comply with Sections 16.8(c)(8) and 16.8(f). 
Therefore, 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 a complete analysis of the 
application on its merits, a request for the study, together with 
justification for such request in accordance with section 4.32 of the 
Commission's regulations, must be filed no later than November 30, 
1998.

David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-19962 Filed 7-24-98; 8:45am]
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