[Federal Register: August 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 160)]
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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

August 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: New Major License.
    b. Project No.: 2589-024.
    c. Date Filed: July 29, 1999.
    d. Applicant: Marquette Board of Light and Power.
    e. Name of Project: Marquette Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Dead River near the city of Marquette, 
Marquette County, Michigan. The project does not use federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. David E. Hickey, Marquette Board of Light 
and Power, 2200 Wright Street, Marquette, MI 49855, (906) 228-0322.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Lee Emery, E-mail address lee.emery@ferc.fed.us, or telephone 202-
219-2779.
    j. Deadline for filing additional study requests: September 27, 
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 project consists of the 
following two existing facilities: The Marquette Development No. 2 
includes (1) Forestville Reservoir with a surface area of 110 acres and 
a storage volume of 2,900 acre-feet, impounded by (2) a 202-foot-long, 
62-foot high, concrete-capped Cyclopean masonry dam with crest 
elevation 771.0 feet NGVD, which acts as a spillway under extremely 
high flows, with (a) a 197-foot-long concrete retaining wall, (b) a 75-
foot-long training wall, and (c) a 33-foot-wide intake structure, with 
inclined trashracks, which discharges into (3) a 90-inch-diameter, 
wood-stave penstock, about 4,200 feet long, which conveys the water to 
(4) a concrete surge tank. From the surge tank, the water is carried by 
(5) two 440-foot-long, 78-inch-diameter steel penstocks to (6) 
Powerhouse No. 2, which is a 40-foot by 96-foot reinforced

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concrete and brick structure containing (7) two, two-phase, 60-cycle 
horizontal turbine-generator sets with a combined generating capacity 
of 3,200 kilowatts, which transmit power to the 12,500 kV power 
distribution system.
    The Marquette Development No. 3 includes (8) Tourist Park Reservoir 
with a surface area of 100 acres and a storage volume of 875 acre-feet, 
impounded by (9) a dam composed of (a) a 37-foot-long left spillway 
dike with a crest elevation of 642.84 feet NGVD, (b) an 80-foot long, 
21-foot high, uncontrolled concrete ogee-shaped overflow spillway, with 
a crest elevation of 638.84 feet NGVD, (c) a gated spillway with two 
electric-hoist-operated, 10-foot-high by 10-foot-wide Taintor gates 
with a crest elevation of 629.84 feet NGVD, (d) a 758-foot-long right 
dike, with a reinforced concrete core wall with a crest elevation of 
642.84 feet NGVD, and (e) a reinforced concrete intake structure with 
inclined trash racks, located 123 feet from the right end of the right 
dike, and having a single 20-foot-wide by 17-foot high bay. This bay 
controls water flowing into (10) an 8-foot-diameter, 150-foot long 
steel penstock, supported on nine reinforced-concrete pedestals spaced 
16 feet apart, which carries water to (11) Powerhouse No. 3, which is a 
28-foot by 40-foot reinforced concrete and brick structure containing 
(12) one two-phase, 60-cycle vertical turbine-generator set, which 
transmits power to the 12,500 kV power distribution system.
    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. This filing 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 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 Sec. 800.4.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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