[Federal Register: September 20, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 183)]
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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
September 13, 2002.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 469-013.
c. Date filed: October 30, 2001.
d. Applicant: ALLETE, Inc., d.b.a. Minnesota Power Inc.
e. Name of Project: Winton Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Kawishiwi River, near the Town of Ely, in Lake
and St. Louis Counties, Minnesota. The project occupies federal lands
within the Superior National Forest.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)--825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: John Paulson, Minnesota Power, 30 West
Superior Street, Duluth, MN 55802, jpaulson@mnpower.com, 218-722-5642,
ext. 3569.
i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, thomas.dean@ferc.gov, 202-502-6041.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this
notice.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
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.
Comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions
may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The
Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. 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.
k. This application has been accepted, and is now ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. Description of the Project: The project consists of the
following two developments:
The Winton Development consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) The Winton Dam comprising: (a) a 227-foot-long earth
dike; (b) a 29-foot-high, 176-foot-long spillway section; (c) an 84-
foot-long Taintor gate and log sluice section; (d) an 80-foot-long
stop-log gate section; (e) an 111-foot-long and a 120-foot-long non-
over-flow section; (f) a 176-foot-long forebay; and (g) a 1,250-foot-
long earth dike; (3) a 2,982-acre reservoir comprising the Garden,
Farm, South Farm, and Friday Lakes at a normal water surface elevation
of 1,385.67 feet USGS; (4) two 215-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter
underground penstocks extending to; (5) a powerhouse containing two
generating units with a total installed capacity of 4,000 kW; and (6)
other appurtenances.
The Birch Lake Reservoir Development consists of: (1) A 7-foot
high, 227-foot-long dam comprising; (a) a 72-foot-long Taintor gate
section; and (b) an 85-foot-long sluice gate section; and (2) the
7,624-acre Birch Lake reservoir at normal water surface elevation of
1,420.5 feet USGS. This development provides water storage for the
Winton Development.
m. A copy of the application is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link.
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket
number field to access the document. For assistance, call (202) 502-
8222 or for TTY, (202) 208-1659. A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
n. 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
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.
o. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule
will be made as appropriate.
Notice of availability of the draft EA--March 2003
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Notice of availability of the final EA--May 2003
Ready for Commission's decision on the application--May 2003
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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