[Federal Register: September 17, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 180)]
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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

September 13, 1999.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Minor License.
    b. Project No.: P-3052-003.
    c. Date Filed: August 27, 1999.
    d. Applicant: City of Black River Falls, Wisconsin.
    e. Name of Project: Black River Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Black River in Jackson County, Wisconsin. 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: Loren Radcliffe, Administrator, Black River 
Falls Municipal Utilities, 119 North Water Street, Black River Falls, 
Wisconsin 54615.
    i. FERC Contact: Susan B. O'Brien, susan.obrien@ferc.fed.us, (202) 
219-2659.
    j. Deadline for filing comments and additional study requests: 
October 26, 1999.
    All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE, 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 
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 existing run-of-river project 
consists of: (1) 103-foot-long concrete gravity nonoverflow dam with 
the crest elevation of 773.0 feet; (2) 221-foot-long Taintor gate 
spillway; (3) 83-foot-long flashboard spillway with 12-inch-high 
flashboards; (4) nonoverflow concrete wall forming the left side of the 
powerhouse forebay; (5) headworks consisting of six head gates, a 
forebay, and the powerhouse intake; (6) powerhouse with a total 
installed capacity of 920 kilowatts, producing about 4.4 gigawatthours 
annually; (7) nonoverflow concrete gravity section extending from the 
headworks to the right retaining wall; (8) concrete retaining wall; (9) 
198-acre reservoir with a total storage capacity of 1,980 acre-feet; 
(10) transmission lines; and (11) other appurtenances.
    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, NE, Room 2A, Washington, 
DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The application may be viewed 
on http://www.ferc.fed.us/rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance). A copy is also available 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 at 800.4.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-24215 Filed 9-16-99; 8:45 am]
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