98-20987. Baldwin Hydroelectric Corporation; Notice Denying Intervention and Rejecting Request for Rehearing

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 151 (Thursday, August 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42013-42014]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20987]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 7962-025]


Baldwin Hydroelectric Corporation; Notice Denying Intervention 
and Rejecting Request for Rehearing

July 31, 1998.
    By unpublished order of June 5, 1998, the Director, Office of 
Hydropower Licensing (Director), granted the

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Baldwin Hydroelectric Corporation (Baldwin), licensee of the Baldwin 
Project No. 7962,\1\ an extension of time from July 7, 1998, until 
January 7, 2000 to complete project construction. On July 6, 1998, 
Trout Unlimited and its New Hampshire and Vermont Councils (Trout 
Unlimited) moved to intervene in this post-licensing proceeding, and 
filed a request for rehearing of the order granting the extension.
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    \1\ The license was originally issued in 1988, and transferred 
to Baldwin in 1991. 42 FERC para. 62,007 and 57 FERC para. 62,203.
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    The Commission entertains motions to intervene in or requests for 
rehearing of post-licensing proceedings only where the actions at issue 
involve a substantial or material change in either the plan of project 
development or the license's terms and conditions, or can adversely 
affect the rights of property-holders in a manner not contemplated by 
the license.\2\ Extending the time to finish project construction makes 
no substantial or material change to the project, nor will it adversely 
affect any property holder's rights. Therefore Trout Unlimited's motion 
to intervene is denied and its request for rehearing is rejected.
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    \2\ See Kings River Conservation District, 36 FERC para. 61,365 
(1986).
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    This notice constitutes final agency action. Requests for rehearing 
by the Commission of this notice must be filed within 30 days of the 
date of issuance of this notice, pursuant to 18 CFR 385.713.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-20987 Filed 8-5-98; 8:45 am]
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