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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 
Notice of Intent To File an Application for a New License

February 10, 1999.
    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File An Application for a 
New License.
    b. Project No.: 700.
    c. Date Filed: January 29, 1999.
    d. Submitted By: Newton Falls Inc.--current licensee.
    e. Name of Project: Newton Falls Project.
    f. Location; On the Oswegatchie River near the Town of Clifton, St. 
Lawrence County, New York.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the Federal Power Act.
    h. Licensee Contact: Appleton Papers Inc., Newton Falls Mill, 875 
County Route 60, P.O. Box 253, Newton Falls, NY 13666-0253, Fred. M. 
Gillespie, Jr., (315) 848-3321.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed 
to Tom Dean, E-mail address, thomas.dean@ferc.fed.us, or telephone 
(202) 219-2778.
    j. Effective date of current license: April 1, 1962.
    k. Expiration date of current license: January 31, 2004.
    l. Description of the Project: The project consists of the 
following two developments:
    The Upper Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) a 600-foot-long, 40-foot-high concrete gravity dam with 
3-foot-high flashboards; (2) a 650-acre reservoir at elevation 1,424.0 
feet msl; (3) a 9-foot-diameter, 1,200-foot-long penstock; (4) a 
150,000-gallon surge tank; (5) a powerhouse containing three generating 
units with a total installed capacity of 1,540 KW; (6) a 35-foot-wide, 
250-foot-long tailrace; (7) three 375-foot-long, 2.3-kV transmission 
lines; and (8) other appurtenances.
    The Lower Development consists of the following existing 
facilities: (1) a 350-foot-long, 25-foot-high concrete gravity dam with 
3-foot-high flashboards; (2) a 9-acre reservoir at elevation 1,376.5 
feet msl; (3) a 20-foot-wide, 15-foot-high intake structure; (4) a 
powerhouse containing a single generating unit with an installed 
capacity of 680 kW; (5) a 30-foot-wide, 200-foot-long tailrace; (6) a 
2,200-foot-long, 2.3-kV transmission lines; and (7) other 
appurtenances.
    m. Each application for a new license and any competing license 
applications must be filed with the Commission at least 24 months prior 
to the expiration of the existing license. All applications for license 
for this project must be filed by January 31, 2002.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-3815 Filed 2-16-99; 8:45 am]
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