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Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

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 [Federal Register: December 14, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 241)]
[Notices]
[Page 78165-78166]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and
Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and
Prescriptions

December 7, 2000.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Major New License.
    b. Project No.: P-2631-007.
    c. Date Filed: August 31, 1999.
    d. Applicant: International Paper Company.
    e. Name of Project: Woronoco Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Westfield River in the Town of Russell, Hampden
County, Massachusetts. No federal lands are affected by the proposed
project.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact:

Ted Lewellyn, P.E., International Paper Company, Paper Mill Road,
Millers Falls, MA 01349, (413) 659-2337
Michael K. Chapman, Esq., International Paper Company, 6400 Poplar
Avenue, Memphis, TN 38197, (901) 763-5888
Jon Christensen, Kleinschmidt Associates, 75 Main Street, Pittsfield,
ME 04967, (207) 487-3328

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    i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer, (202) 219-0365,
allan.creamer@ferc.fed.us.
    j. Deadline for Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions,
and Prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance of this notice.
    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.
    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.
    Protests, comments on filings, comments on environmental
assessments and environmental impact statements, and reply 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
at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been
accepted for filing, and, pursuant to Sec. 4.30(b)(25), is ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
    l. Description of Project: The proposed run-of-river project would
consist of the following features: (1) Two non-contiguous dam sections,
with lengths of about 307 feet (North dam) and 351 feet (South dam),
and a crest elevation of 229 feet NGVD; (2) a 655-foot-long earthen
dike with a sheet steel core; (3) a 40-foot-wide by 15-foot-high intake
structure, having trashracks with 1.25-inch clear bar spacing; (4) a
550-foot-long penstock; (5) a powerhouse containing three Francis
turbines and generating units, having an installed capacity of 2,700
kW; (6) a 43-acre impoundment that extends approximately 1.2 miles
upstream; (7) an interim downstream fish passage facility; and (8)
appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates that the total average
annual generation would be approximately 7,700 MWh.
    m. Availability of Application: A copy of the application, as
supplemented, is available for inspection and reproduction at the
Commission's Public Reference and Files and Maintenance Branch, located
at 888 First Street, NE., Room 2-A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
(202) 219-1371. The application may be viewed at http://
www.ferc.fed.us./online/rims.htm, or call (202) 208-2222 for
assistance. A copy of the application, as supplemented, is also
available for inspection and reproduction at International Power
Company, Paper Mill Road, Millers Falls, Massachusetts 01349 and
through the Town of Russell, Robert P. Drake, Chairman, Board of
Selectman, Town of Russell, Russell, Massachusetts 01071
    n.  Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The Commission
directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the Regulations (see Order No.
533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 1991) that all comments,
recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions concerning the
application be filed with the Commission within 60 days from the
issuance date of this notice. All reply comments must be filed with the
Commission within 105 days from the date of this notice.
    Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these deadlines from the
Commission only upon a showing of good cause or extraordinary
circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
    All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital letters the title
``COMMENTS,'' ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND
CONDITIONS,'' or ``PRESCRIPTIONS;'' (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All
comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, or prescriptions must
set forth their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain copies of the
application directly from the applicant. Each filing must be
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed on the service
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-31862 Filed 12-13-00; 8:45 am]
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