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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 
Notice of Site Visit; Notice of Scoping Period

September 6, 2001.
    Take notice that on October 11, 2001, the Commission staff will 
visit the Hailesboro #4 Hydroelectric Project No. 6058, to view the 
project area.
    a. Type of Application: New Minor License.
    b. Project No.: P-6058-005.
    c. Date Filed: January 2, 2001.
    d. Applicant: Hydro Development Group, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Hailesboro #4.
    f. Location: On the Oswegatchie River in St. Lawrence County, near 
the Town of Gouverneur, New York.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Kevin M. Webb, Hydro Development Group, Inc., 
200 Bulfinch Drive, Andover, MA 01810, (978) 681-1900 ext. 1214.
    i. FERC Contact: Charles T. Raabe (202) 219-2811 or E-mail address 
at Charles.Raabe@FERC.fed.us.
    j. Deadline Date: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.
    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. Comments, protests and 
interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of 
paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the 
Commission's web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' 
link.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person 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. Description of Project: The existing, operating Hailesboro #4 
Project consists of: (1) A concrete gravity-type dam comprising: (i) 
the 92-foot-long, 14-foot-high Dam #1 surmounted by a pneumatic gate; 
and (ii) the 58-foot-long, 5-foot-high Dam #2 surmounted by 
flashboards; (2) a reservoir with a 2.0-acre surface area and a gross 
storage volume of 20 acre-feet at normal water surface elevation 461 
feet NGVD; (3) a gated intake structure with trashracks; (4) a 170-
foot-long concrete-lined forebay canal; (5) a powerhouse containing a 
640-kW gerating unit and an 850-kW generating unit for a total 
installed capacity of 1,490 kW; (6) a 2.4/23-kV substation; (7) a 50-
foot-long, 23-kV transmission line; (8) a tailrace; and (9) appurtenant 
facilities. The applicant estimates that the total average annual 
generation would be 11.0 MWh. All generated power is sold to Niagara 
Mohawk Power Corporation.
    l. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection or reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, located at 888 First Street, 
NE., Room 2A-1, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-2326. 
Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and are available 
for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the web at 
http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link, select ``Docket#'' and 
follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222 for assistance). A copy is 
also available for

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inspection and reproduction at the Hydro Development Group, Inc., 200 
Bulfinch Drive, Andover, MA 01810, (978) 681-1900 ext. 1214.
    m. Status of the Application and Environmental Analysis: This 
application has been accepted for filing, but it is not ready for 
environmental analysis.
    n. Site visit: On October 11, the participants will meet at 9:00 
a.m. at the Hailesboro #4 powerhouse. Those interested in participating 
should contact Mr. Kevin Webb at (978) 681-1900 ext. 1214 in advance. 
Participants should provide their own transportation for the site 
visit. Further, for the October 11 site visit, participants should 
bring their own lunches, water, and boots.
    o. Scoping: Scoping Document 1 has been mailed. It provides 
information on the Hailesboro #4 and Fowler #7 Projects, the 
environmental analysis process we will follow to prepare the EA, and 
our preliminary identification of issues that we will address in the 
EA. Comments and suggestions on the issues we have identified are 
encouraged and should be filed by the deadline identified in paragraph 
(j) above.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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