[Federal Register: January 23, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 15)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Transfer of License, Substitution of Relicense
Applicant, and Soliciting Comments, Motions to Intervene, and Protests
January 17, 2001.
Take notice that the following application has been filed with the
Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Application Types: (1) Transfer of License and (2) Request for
Substitution of Applicant for New License (in Project No. 2631-007).
b. Project Nos: 2631-007 and 2631-008.
c. Date Filed: December 12, 2000.
d. Applicants: International Paper Company (transferor) and
Woronoco Hydro LLC (transferee).
e. Name and Location of Project: The Woronoco Hydroelectric Project
is on the Westfield River in Hampden County, Massachusetts. The project
does not occupy federal or tribal land.
f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-25(r).
g. Applicant Contacts: For Transferor: Mr. Michael Chapman,
International Paper Company, 6400 Poplar Ave., Memphis, TN 38197, (901)
763-5888 and Mr. William J. Madden, Jr., Winston & Strawn, 1400 L
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005-3502, (202) 371-5700. For Transferee:
Mr. Peter B. Clark, Woronoco Hydro LLC, P.O. Box 149A, 823 Bay Road,
Hamilton, MA 01936 and Mr. John C. Hutchins, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart
LLP, 75 State Street, Boston, MA 02109, (617) 951-9165.
h. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed
to Tom Papsidero at (202) 219-2715.
i. Deadline for Filing Comments and/or Motions: March 13, 2001.
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. Comments and protests may be
filed electronically via the internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's web site
at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
Please include the noted project numbers on any comments or motions
filed.
j. Description of Proposal: The applicants propose a transfer of
the license for Project No. 2631 from the transferor to the transferee,
in connection with the proposed sale of the project.
The transfer application was filed within five years of the
expiration of the license for Project No. 2631, which is the subject of
a pending relicense application. In Hydroelectric Relicensing
Regulations Under the Federal Power Act (54 Fed. Reg. 23,756; FERC
Stats. and Regs., Preambles 1986-1990 30,854 at p. 31,437), the
Commission declined to forbid all license transfers during the last
five years of an existing license, and instead indicated that it would
scrutinize all such transfer requests to determine if the primary
purpose of the transfer was to give the transferee an advantage in
relicensing (id. at p. 31,438 n. 318).
The transfer application also contains a separate request for
approval of the substitution of the transferee for the transferor as
the applicant in the pending relicensing application, filed by the
transferor on August 31, 1999, in Project No. 2631-007.
k. 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. The application may be viewed
on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. (Call (202) 208-2222 for
assistance). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction
at the addresses in item g above.
l. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211,
.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission
will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules
may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or
motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified
comment date for the particular application.
Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must bear
in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
TERMS AND CONDITIONS;'', ``PROTEST'', OR ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', as
applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to
which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed
by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the
Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 first Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any
motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the
Applicant specified in the particular application.
Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited to
file comments on the described application. A copy of the application
may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency
does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments,
it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's
comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
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