[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 46964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23543]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Draft License Application and Preliminary Draft
Environmental Assessment (PDEA)
August 29, 1997.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Major Unconstructed Project.
b. Project No.: 11480-000.
c. Applicant: Haida Corporation.
d. Name of Project: Reynolds Creek Hydroelectric Project.
e. Location: On the southwest side of Prince of Wales Island in
southeast Alaska approximately 10 air miles east of Hydaburg, Alaska.
f. Applicant Contact: Mr. John Bruns, Haida Corporation, P.O. Box
89, Hydaburg, AK 99922, (907) 285-3721.
Send Comments to: Mr. Michael V. Stimac, HDR Engineering, Inc.,
500-108th Avenue, NE, Suite 1200, Bellevue, WA 98004-5538, (425) 453-
1523.
g. FERC Contact: Nan Allen (202) 219-2938.
h. Haida mailed a copy of the PDEA and Draft License Application to
interested parties on August 20, 1997.
i. As discussed in the Commission's February 12, 1996, letter to
all parties, with this notice we are soliciting preliminary terms,
conditions, and recommendations on the PDEA and comments on the draft
license application.
j. Haida intends to seek benefits under Sec. 210 of the Public
Utility Regulatory Policy Act of 1978 (PURPA), and believes that the
project meets the definition under Sec. 292.202(p) of 18 CFR for a new
dam or diversion. As such, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the
National Marine Fisheries Service, and the state agency exercising
authority over the fish and wildlife resources of the state have
mandatory conditioning authority under the procedures provided for at
Sec. 30(c) of the Federal Power Act (Act).
k. All comments on the PDEA and draft license application for the
Reynolds Creek Project should be sent to the address noted above in
item (f) with one copy filed with the Commission at the following
address: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Secretary,
Dockets - Room 1A, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426.
All comments must bear the heading ``Preliminary Comments'',
``Preliminary Recommendations'', ``Preliminary Terms and Conditions'',
or ``Preliminary Prescriptions''. Any party interested in commenting
must do so by November 18, 1997.
l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State
Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by Sec. 106, National
Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council
on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-23543 Filed 9-4-97; 8:45 am]
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