[Federal Register: March 25, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 57)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Accepted for Filinf and Soliciting Motions
To Intervene and Protests
March 18, 2002.
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: P-401-027.
c. Date Filed: September 14, 2001.
d. Applicant: Indiana Michigan Power Company.
e. Name of Project: Mottville Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the St. Joseph River, in Mottville Township, St.
Joseph County, Michigan. The project does not affect federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: J.F. Norris, Jr., American Electric Power
Service Corporation, 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 223-
1700, or jfnorris@aep.com.
i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery (202) 219-2779 or lee.emery@FERC.gov.
j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protest: 60 days
from the issuance date of this notice.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Magalie Roman Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all interveners filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person on the official service list for the project.
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Further, if an intervener 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, motions to intervene and protests 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.
k. Status of environmental analysis: This application is not ready
for environmental analysis at this time.
l. Description of Project: The existing Mottville Project consists
of: (1) Two 17-foot high earth-filled embankments extending towards the
center of the river from both riverbanks, including (i) a west
embankment that is 140 feet long and has a crest width of 15 feet and
extends to the powerhouse, and (ii) an east embankment that is 365 feet
long and has a crest width of 8 feet and extends from the east
riverbank to the spillway; (2) a 237-foot long, reinforced concrete
spillway with 10 steel Taintor gates along the crest of the spillway,
which are separated by 2.5-foot-wide piers between Bays 1 and 2, and 3
and 4 and 1.5-foot-wide piers between the remaining Bays with the
Taintor gates being 22-feet-wide and 13-feet-high in Bays 1 and 2 and
22-feet-wide and 7.5-feet-high in Bays 3 through 10; (3) a combined
powerhouse-intake structure, made of brick and concrete, that is 118
feet long, 28 feet wide, and 25 feet long; (4) 4 vertical shaft, single
runner, propeller type generating units with an installed generating
capacity of 420 kW each; (5) a 14.5-foot-long, 28-foot-wide, and 25-
foot-long switchboard bay attached to the west end of the powerhouse;
(6) a 50 horsepower, 460-volt, 3-phase air bubbler system; (7) a 15-ton
overhead traveling crane; (8) a 20-foot-wide stilling basin extending
across the length of the spillway; (9) a 12-inch-thick, reinforced
concrete spillway apron; (10) an inoperable 4-foot-wide by 150-foot-
long concrete fishway with a slope of about 25 percent; (11) sets of
angled steel intake trashracks that are 3-feet 2-inches wide by 14-
feet-high with 3/8-inch steel bars with 4-inch spacing between the
bars; (12) a five-mile-long, 378-acre reservoir with a gross storage
capacity of 2,900-acre-feet at the normal operating pool surface
elevation of 770.4 NGVD; (13) a three phase, 2.4/34.5 kV transformer;
and (14) other appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that the
total average annual generation would be 7,800 MWh. All generated power
is sold to Indiana Michigan Power Company's customers.
m. Location of the Application: A copy of the application is
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426,
or by calling (202) 208-1371. 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 inspection and reproduction at the address in item h
above.
n. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following milestones, some of which may be combined to expedite
processing:
Notice of NEPA scoping--March 2002
Notice that the application is ready for environmental analysis--April
2002
Notice of availability of the NEPA document--August 2002
Order issuing the Commission's decision on the application December
2002
o. Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest or
motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules and
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In
determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will
consider all protests filed, but only those who file a motion to
intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party
to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to intervene must be
received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular
application.
All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST'' or ``MOTION TO INTERVENE;'' (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 protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the
applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served
upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular
application.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-7038 Filed 3-22-02; 8:45 am]
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