[Federal Register: July 30, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 146)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Addendum to January 30, 2002; Offer of Settlement
July 24, 2002.
Take notice that the following addendum to an offer of settlement
has been filed with the Commission and is available for public
inspection.
a. Type of Application: Addendum to January 30, 2002 Offer of
Settlement.
b. Project Nos.: 2364-012 and 2365-023.
c. Date Filed: July 16, 2002.
d. Applicant: Madison Paper Industries.
e. Name of Projects: Abenaki and Anson Projects.
f. Location: On the Kennebec River, in the towns of Anson and
Madison, Somerset County, Maine. The projects do not occupy any federal
lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's rules of
practice and procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
h. Applicant Contact: Christopher C. Bean; Vice-President of
Engineering, Maintenance, and Utilities; Main Street; P.O. Box 129,
Madison, ME; (207) 696-1195. The applicant requests that copies of all
correspondence be provided to Maureen Winters, Project Manager,
Kleinschmidt Associates, 75 Main Street, P.O. Box 576, Pittsfield, ME
04967; (207) 487-3328.
I. FERC Contact: Nan Allen, (202) 219-2938, e-mail:
nan.allen@ferc.gov
j. Deadline for filing comments: 20 days from the date of this
notice. Reply comments due 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 on the
Commission's web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing''
link.
k. Madison Paper Industries (MPI) filed an addendum to its January
30, 2002 offer of settlement on behalf of itself and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service; National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs;
Maine State Planning Office; Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and
Wildlife; Maine Department of Marine Resources; Maine Department of
Conservation; Maine Atlantic Salmon Commission; Town of Anson; Town of
Madison; Appalachian Mountain Club; Trout Unlimited, including the
Kennebec Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited; Kennebec Valley Trails;
Friends of the Kennebec Salmon; Maine Council of the Atlantic Salmon
Federation; Maine Historic Preservation Commission; and American
Rivers. In the addendum, the signatories agree that their intent is
that the licensee not be obligated to implement any protection,
mitigation, or enhancement measures earlier than May 1, 2004. The
addendum additionally states that a parcel of land included in the
shoreland buffer zone under the offer of settlement has been reserved
by MPI for future development, and therefore, a separate set of
conservation easement restrictions would be developed for the parcel.
l. A copy of the Addendum to the January 30, 2002 Offer of
Settlement is on file with the Commission and is available for public
inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the Commission's web site
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 at the address in h
above.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-19204 Filed 7-29-02; 8:45 am]
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