[Federal Register: August 21, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 162)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Draft License Application and Preliminary Draft
Environmental Assessment (PDEA) and Request for Preliminary Terms and
Conditions
August 15, 2001.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Draft--New Major License.
b. Project No.: 637-016.
c. Applicant: Public Utility District No.1 of Chelan County (Chelan
PUD).
d. Name of Project: Lake Chelan Hydroelectic Project.
e. Location: On the Chelan River in Chelan County, Washington. The
project occupies about 465 acres of federal lands administered by the
U.S Forest Service and the National Park Service.
f. Applicant Contact: Gregg Carrington, Chelan PUD, 327 North
Wenatchee Avenue, P.O. Box 1231, Wenatchee, Washington 98807-1231, 509-
663-8121 or within Washington State toll-free at 888-663-8121, email:
gregg@chelanpud.org.
g. FERC Contact: Vince Yearick, FERC, 888 First Street, NE, Room
61-11, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 219-3073, email:
vince.yearick@ferc.fed.us.
h. Chelan PUD distributed, to interested parties and Commission
staff, an initial review version of their Preliminary Draft
Environmental Assessment (PDEA) and draft application to interested
parties on February 5, 2001 with a 90-day comment period. Chelan PUD
distributed, to interested parties and Commission staff, a revised
version of the PDEA and draft application to interested parties on
August 15, 2001.
i. With this notice we are soliciting preliminary terms,
conditions, and recommendations on the PDEA and draft license
application that were distributed on August 15, 2001. All comments on
the PDEA and draft license application should be sent to the Chelan PUD
address above in item (f) with one copy sent to Commission staff at the
address above in item (g). For those wishing to file comments with the
Commission, an original and eight copies must be filed at the following
address: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, David P. Boergers,
Secretary, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426. All comments should
include the project name and number, and bear the heading ``Preliminary
Comments,'' ``Preliminary Recommendations,'' ``Preliminary Terms and
Conditions,'' or ``Preliminary Prescriptions.'' Comments and
preliminary recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
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.
j. Comment deadline: Any party interested in commenting must do so
before October 15, 2001.
k. Locations of the application: A copy of the draft application
and PDEA 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). Copies are also
available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item f
above.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-20961 Filed 8-20-01; 8:45 am]
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