[Federal Register: October 21, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 203)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and 
Soliciting Additional Study Requests

October 15, 1999.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
    b. Project No.: 2724-023.
    c. Date filed: September 30, 1999.
    d. Applicant: City of Hamilton, Ohio.
    e. Name of Project: City of Hamilton Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: Ford Canal and Great Miami River, Butler County, Ohio. 
The project would not utilize federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: City Manager, City of Hamilton, Ohio, 20 High 
Street, Hamilton, OH 45011, or telephone (513) 868-5891.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Nick Jayjack, E-mail address nicholas.jayjack@ferc.fed.us or 
telephone (202) 219-2825.
    j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: November 29, 
1999.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person whose name appears 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. Status of environmental analysis. This application is not ready 
for environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of the Project: The project consists of: (1) an 8-
foot-high (average), 1,660-foot-long concrete overflow diversion dam; 
(2) an 8-foot-high (average), 196-foot-long concrete overflow diversion 
dam; (3) a 3-mile-long power canal; (4) a concrete headgate structure 
at the canal entrance; (5) a 93-foot-wide by 63-foot-long by 50-foot-
high powerhouse with an installed capacity of 1,500 kilowatts (kW) to 
be upgraded to 1,940 kW (the turbine-generator units are currently 
capable of producing 1,940 kW; however, system governors limit output 
to 1,500 kW); (6) a 21-foot-long spillway adjacent to the powerhouse; 
(7) a 50-foot-wide, 1,600-foot-long concrete and earthen tailrace; (8) 
a 0.25-mile-long, 13.2-kilovolt transmission line; (9) generator leads; 
and (10) appurtenant facilities.
    m. Locations of the application: A copy of the application is 
available for

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inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, 
located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 2A, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by 
calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed on the web at 
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance). A copy is also avaialble for inspection and reproduction 
at the address in item h above.
    n. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State 
Historic Preservation Officer as required by Sec. 106, National 
Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council 
on Historic preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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