[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 50507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-24215]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and
Soliciting Additional Study Requests
September 13, 1999.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Minor License.
b. Project No.: P-3052-003.
c. Date Filed: August 27, 1999.
d. Applicant: City of Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
e. Name of Project: Black River Falls Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Black River in Jackson County, Wisconsin. The
project would not utilize federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Loren Radcliffe, Administrator, Black River
Falls Municipal Utilities, 119 North Water Street, Black River Falls,
Wisconsin 54615.
i. FERC Contact: Susan B. O'Brien, susan.obrien@ferc.fed.us, (202)
219-2659.
j. Deadline for filing comments and additional study requests:
October 26, 1999.
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. Status of environmental analysis: This application is not ready
for environmental analysis at this time.
l. Description of the Project: The existing run-of-river project
consists of: (1) 103-foot-long concrete gravity nonoverflow dam with
the crest elevation of 773.0 feet; (2) 221-foot-long Taintor gate
spillway; (3) 83-foot-long flashboard spillway with 12-inch-high
flashboards; (4) nonoverflow concrete wall forming the left side of the
powerhouse forebay; (5) headworks consisting of six head gates, a
forebay, and the powerhouse intake; (6) powerhouse with a total
installed capacity of 920 kilowatts, producing about 4.4 gigawatthours
annually; (7) nonoverflow concrete gravity section extending from the
headworks to the right retaining wall; (8) concrete retaining wall; (9)
198-acre reservoir with a total storage capacity of 1,980 acre-feet;
(10) transmission lines; and (11) other appurtenances.
m. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington,
DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed
on http://www.ferc.fed.us/rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for
assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction
at the address in item h above.
n. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State
Historic Preservation Officer as required by Sec. 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council
on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR at 800.4.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-24215 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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