[Federal Register: March 25, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 58)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2004-075]
Holyoke Gas & Electric Department; Notice of Settlement Agreement
and Soliciting Comments
March 19, 2004.
Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Settlement agreement.
b. Project No.: 2004-075.
c. Date Filed: March 12, 2004.
d. Applicant: The City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department.
e. Name of Project: Holyoke Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: Located on the Connecticut River in Hampden,
Hampshire, and Franklin Counties, Massachusetts. No Federal lands are
occupied by the project works or located with the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's rules of
practice and procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Paul S. Ducheney, Superintendent of Hydro
Operations, City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department, 99 Suffolk
Street, Holyoke, MA 01040; (413) 536-9300.
i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer at (202) 502-8365, or by e-mail at
allan.creamer@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for Filing Comments: The deadline for filing comments
on the Settlement Agreement is 20 days from the date of this notice.
The deadline for filing reply comments is 30 days from the date of this
notice. All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The Commission's rules of practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person 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.
Comments may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of
paper; see 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions of the
Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-filing''
link. After logging into the e-Filing system, select ``Comment on
Filing'' from the Filing Type Selection screen and continue with the
filing process. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing.
k. The City of Holyoke Gas & Electric Department filed the
Settlement Agreement on behalf of itself and 7 other stakeholders. The
purpose of the Settlement Agreement is to resolve, among the settling
parties, all issues presented in the pending requests for rehearing of
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's August 20, 1999, ``Order
Issuing New License and Denying Competing Application,'' for the
Holyoke Project. The issues resolved through the settlement relate to
run-of-river operations, bypass minimum flows and canal system flows,
flow prioritization, and upstream and downstream fish passage. The
settlement also addresses compliance issues with plans previously filed
and approved by the Commission, pursuant to the 1999 license and the
revised 2001 water quality certification. The City of Holyoke Gas &
Electric Department and the settling parties request that the
Commission, pending completion of formal consultation with NOAA
Fisheries on the shortnose sturgeon, approve the Settlement Agreement
and incorporate various proposed license articles into modified license
articles for the project.
l. A copy of the Settlement Agreement is available for review at
the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site at http://www. ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary''
link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits in the
docket number field (P-2004) to access the document. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free
at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm
to be notified via e-mail of new filings and
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-666 Filed 3-24-04; 8:45 am]
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