[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 159 (Monday, August 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44003-44004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21756]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2114-060]
Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County, Washington; Notice
of Application for Approval of Canadian Entitlement Allocation
Extension Agreement Beyond the Term of the License
August 12, 1997.
On July 24, 1997, pursuant to Section 22 of the Federal Power Act,
16 U.S.C. Sec. 815, Public Utility District No. 2 of Grant County,
Washington (Grant), filed an application requesting Commission approval
of the Canadian Entitlement Allocation Extension Agreement (CEAA) for
the Priest Rapids Project No. 2114, for a period extending
approximately 19 years beyond the 2005 expiration date of the license.
The project is located on the Columbia River in Chelan, Douglas,
Kittitas, Grant, Yakima, and Benton Counties, Washington.
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Section 22 provides that contracts for the sale and delivery of
power for periods extending beyond the termination date of a license
may be entered into upon the joint approval of the Commission and the
appropriate state public service commission or other similar authority
in the state in which the sale or delivery of power is made. Grant
states in its application that approval of the CEAA is in the public
interest because it implements provisions of a 1961 Treaty between the
United States and Canada, 15 U.S.T. 1555.
The CEAA was executed on April 29, 1997, between Grant and the
United States of America, acting by and through the Bonneville Power
Administration, and provides for the delivery of power from the Priest
Rapids Project for transfer to Canada in exchange for Grant's use of
the improved streamflow provided by Canadian water storage projects
pursuant to the 1961 Treaty. Grant will retain one-half of the power
generation benefits of the improved streamflow.
Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in
accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211 and 385.214. In determining the
appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests
and other comments, but only those who file a motion to intervene may
become a party to the proceeding. Comments, protests, or motions to
intervene must be filed by September 17, 1997; must bear in all capital
letters the title ``COMMENTS,'' ``PROTEST,'' or ``MOTION TO
INTERVENE,'' as applicable and ``Project No. 2114.'' Send the filings
(original and 14 copies) to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any
filing must also be served upon each representative of the licensee
specified in its application.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-21756 Filed 8-15-97; 8:45 am]
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