[Federal Register: November 15, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 221)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission,
Establishing Procedures for Relicensing, and a Deadline for Submission
of Final Amendments
November 8, 2001.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent License.
b. Project No.: 469-013.
c. Date Filed: October 30, 2001.
d. Applicant: Minnesota Power Inc., d.b.a. ALLETE, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Winton Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Kawishiwi River near the City of Ely, in Lake
and St. Louis Counties, MN. The project occupies federal lands within
the Superior National Forest.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: John Paulson, Minnesota Power, Inc., 30 West
Superior Street, Duluth, MN 55802, jpaulson@mnpower.com, 218-722-5642,
ext. 3569.
i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, thomas.dean@ferc.fed.us, 202-219-2778.
j. Deadline for filing comments: 30 days from the issuance date of
this notice.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commissions,
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments, protests, and
interventions may be filed electronically via the internet in lieu of
paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(l)(iii) and the instructions on the
Commission's web site under the ``e-Filing'' link.
k. Description of the Project: The project consists of the
following two developments:
The Winton Development consists of the following existing
facilities: (1) The Winton Dam comprising: (a) a 227-foot-long earth
dike; (b) a 29-foot-high, 176-foot-long spillway section; (c) an 84-
foot-long Taintor gate and log sluice section; (d) an 80-foot-long
stop-log gate section; (e) an 111-foot-long and a 120-foot-long non-
over-flow section; (f) a 161-foot-long intake section; and (g) a 1,250-
foot-long earth dike; (3) a 2,982-acre reservoir comprising the Garden,
Farm, South Farm, and Friday Lakes at
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a normal water surface elevation of 1,385.67 feet USGS; (4) two 250-
foot-long, 9-foot-diameter underground penstocks extending to; (5) a
powerhouse containing two generating units with a total installed
capacity of 4,000 kW; and (6) other appurtenances.
The Birch Lake Reservoir Development consists of: (1) A 7-foot
high, 227-foot-long dam comprising; (a) a 72-foot-long Taintor gate
section; and (b) an 85-foot-long sluice gate section; and (2) the
7,624-acre Birch Lake reservoir at normal water surface elevation of
1,420.5 feet USGS. This development provides water storage for the
Winton Development.
l. Copies of this filing are on file with the Commission and are
available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the
web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link, select ``Docket#''
and follow the instructions (call 202-208-2222 for assistance). A copy
is also available for inspection and reproduction by contacting the
applicant identified in item h above.
m. Alternative procedures schedule and final amendments: The
application will be processed according to the following milestones,
some of which may be combined to expedite processing: Notice of
application has been accepted for filing; Notice soliciting final terms
and conditions; Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA document;
Notice of the availability of the final NEPA document; and Order
issuing the Commission's decision on the application.
Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 45 days from the issuance date of the notice
soliciting final terms and conditions.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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