[Federal Register: April 2, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 63)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and
Prescriptions
March 27, 2001.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
b. Project No.: 10462-002.
c. Date filed: May 31, 1990.
d. Applicant: Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.
e. Name of Project: Allens Falls Project.
f. Location: On the West Branch of the St. Regis River, near the
village of Parishville, St. Lawrence County, New York. The project
would not use federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jerry L. Sabattis, Erie Boulevard
Hydropower, L.P., Suite 201, 225 Greenfield Parkway, Liverpool, NY
13088-6656, (315) 413-2700.
i. FERC Contact: Peter Leitzke, (202) 219-2803.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance 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 website at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
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. This application has been accepted and is now ready for
environmental analysis.
l. Description of project: The Allens Falls Project consists of the
following existing facilities: (1) A 40-foot-high dam composed of a
425-foot-long ungated concrete spillway, a 130-foot-long gated section
with two 9-foot-high by 60-foot-long steel gates, an 8-foot-wide log
sluice gate, and a 72-foot-long needle beam section; (2) a 132-acre
reservoir having a 661-acre-foot net storage capacity at elevation
742.0 feet MSL (mean sea level); (3) an intake structure; (4) a 7-foot-
diameter pipeline 9,344 feet long; (5) a differential surge tank; (6) a
7-foot-diameter penstock 886 feet long; 97) a powerhouse housing a
4,400-kW hydropower unit; (8) a tailrace 450 feet long; (9) a 2.4-mile-
long 115-kV transmission line; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
m. 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 2-A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202)
208-1371. The application may be viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/
online/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. Public notice of the filing of the initial development
application, which has already been given, established the due date for
filing competing applications or notices of intent. Under the
Commission's regulations, any competing development application must be
filed in response to and in compliance with public notice of the
initial development application. No competing applications or notices
of intent may be filed in response to this notice.
o. The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20,
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission
within 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply
comments must be filed with the Commission within 105 days from the
date of this notice.
Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS'', ``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS'', ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS'', or ``PRESCRIPTIONS''; (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
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which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.
David P. Boerger,
Secretary.
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