[Federal Register: May 26, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 100)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission

May 19, 1998.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major Relicense.
    b. Project No.: P-2634-007.
    c. Date Filed: April 28, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Great Northern Paper, Inc.
    e. Name of Project: Storage Project.
    f. Location: On Ragged Stream, Caucomgomoc Stream, and West Branch 
and South Branch of the Penobscot River in the Counties of Somerset and 
Piscataquis, Maine.
    g. Filed pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Brian Stetson, Manager of Environmental 
Affairs, Great Northern Paper, Inc., One Katahdin Avenue, Millinocket, 
ME 04462-1398, (207) 723-2664.
    i. FERC Contact: William Diehl, P.E. (202) 219-2813.
    j. Comment Date: 60 days from the date of filing of the 
application.
    k. Description of Project: The constructed project consists of four 
dams and reservoirs on headwaters tributaries of the Penobscot River. 
The four developments are named Canada Falls Lake, Seboomook Lake, 
Caucomgomoc Lake, and Ragged Lake. There are no power generating 
facilities included in the project. The total storage capacity of the 
four reservoirs is about 9.224 billion cubic feet or about 212,000 
acre-feet.
    l. With this notice we are initiating consultation with the MAINE 
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by Sec. 106, 
National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 
Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    m. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-13833 Filed 5-22-98; 8:45 am]
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