[Federal Register: May 12, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 91)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 
Notice of Public Meetings and Site Visit

May 6, 1999.
    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.: 1864.
    c. Date Filed: March 5, 1985.
    d.  Applicant: Upper Peninsula Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Bond Falls Project.
    f. Location: On the west branches of the Ontonagon River, a 
tributary of western Lake Superior, in Ontonagon and Gogebic Counties, 
Michigan, and a small portion of Vilas County in northern Wisconsin. 
The project is partially located on the Ottawa National Forest, which 
is federal land administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Max O. Curtis, Upper Peninsula Power Company, 
600 Lakeshore Drive, P.O. Box 130, Houghton, MI 49931-0130, (906) 487-
5063.

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    i. FERC Contact: Frankie Green, e-mail address: 
frankie.green@ferc.fed.us, (202) 501-7704.
    j. Parties to this relicensing proceeding recently provided 
Commission staff with a draft Offer of Settlement for this project. The 
parties anticipate finalizing the Offer of Settlement by mid-1999. 
Commission staff and parties to the settlement will host a site visit 
and two public meetings to discuss the draft Offer of Settlement for 
the Bond Falls Project. All interested individuals, organizations, and 
agencies are invited to attend the site visit and either of the 
meetings and discuss any issues or concerns with the draft Offer of 
Settlement.
    The site visit by Commission staff and other interested parties is 
planned for May 25, 1999, to familiarize staff and other parties with 
elements included in the draft offer of Settlement. The visit will 
begin at 9:00 AM, EDT, at the Forest Service's Watersmeet, MI office 
parking lot. Any one wishing to accompany Commission staff as invited 
to attend.
    Both meetings will be held on Wednesday, May 26, 1999. The first 
meeting will be held at the Best Western Porcupine Mountain Lodge in 
Silver City, MI from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, EDT. The second meeting will 
be held at the Sylvania Visitor Center in Watersmeet, MI from 8:00 PM 
to 11:00 PM, EDT.
    The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer, and the 
transcripts will become part of the Commission's public record of this 
proceeding. Anyone wishing to receive a copy of the transcript of the 
meetings may contact Ace Federal Reporting Company by calling (202) 
347-3700 or by writing to 1120 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
    Any comments on the draft Offer of Settlement or any other concerns 
with the Bond Falls project should be submitted to the Commission no 
later than June 18, 1999.
    All written comments (original and eight copies) should be filed 
with: David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 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 
also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been 
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Description of Project: The Bond Falls project consists of four 
developments on the Middle Cisco (South), and West branches of the 
Ontonagon River. Each project development consists of a storage 
reservoir or lake, a main dam or dams, and appurtenant facilities. The 
four project water bodies are Bond Falls flowage, Lake Gogebic 
(Bergland development), Cisco Chair-of-Lakes, and Victoria reservoir. 
The Bond Falls, Bergland, and Sisco Developments provide seasonal 
reservoir storage and diverson of the river flow to the Victoria 
development, where the flow is used to generate power.
    m. Locations 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, N.E., Room 2A, Washington, 
D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above and may be 
viewed on the web at http://WWW.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (please 
call (202) 208-2222 for assistance).
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-11944 Filed 5-11-99; 8:45 am]
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