[Federal Register: November 29, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 230)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2652-007]
Notice of settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments
November 22, 2002.
Take notice that the following Settlement Agreement has been filed
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
b. Project No.: 2652-007.
c. Date filed: November 12, 2002.
d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.
e. Name of Project: Bigfork Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Swan River, in the Town of Bigfork, Flathead
County, Montana. The project does not occupy any federal or tribal
lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
h. Applicant Contact: Dave Leonhardt, Project Manager, PacifiCorp,
825 NE.
Multnomah, Suite 1500, Portland, OR 97232; (503) 813-6658.
i. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking, (202) 502-8753,
steve.hocking@ferc.gov
j. Deadline for filing comments:
December 12, 2002. Reply comments due December 23, 2002.
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. Please affix Project No. 2652-
007 to all comments. Comments 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 sitehttp://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 Filing: PacifiCorp filed the Settlement Agreement
on behalf of itself and the National Park Service; Montana Department
of Fish, Wildlife and Parks; Bigfork Area
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Chamber of Commerce; American Whitewater; Bigfork Whitewater Festival
Organization; Bigfork Development Company; Flathead Lakers; and
Flathead Whitewater Association. The purpose of the Settlement
Agreement is to resolve among the signatories all recreation issues
associated with relicensing the Bigfork Project. The signatories ask
the Commission to accept and incorporate without modification the
recreation measures set forth in Section 3 of the Settlement Agreement
except for those measures not required for operation of the project or
other project purposes.
l. A copy of the settlement agreement 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, contact FERC
Online Support at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at (866) 208-
3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-30279 Filed 11-27-02; 8:45 am]
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