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Notice of Application and Applicant Prepared Environmental Assessment Accepted for Filing; Requesting Interventions and Protests; Establishing Procedural Schedule and Final Amendment Deadline; Requesting Comments, Final Terms and Conditions, Recommendations and Prescriptions; Requesting Reply Comments

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 [Federal Register: March 2, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 42)]
[Notices]
[Page 11299-11300]
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 and Applicant Prepared Environmental
Assessment Accepted for Filing; Requesting Interventions and Protests;
Establishing Procedural Schedule and Final Amendment Deadline;
Requesting Comments, Final Terms and Conditions, Recommendations and
Prescriptions; Requesting Reply Comments

February 25, 2000.
    Take notice that the following license application has been filed
with the Commission. An Applicant-Prepared Environmental Assessment
(APEA) for the Upper and Middle Dams Storage Project, which includes
the project below, has been filed with the Commission. Both documents
are available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: 11834-000\1\
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    \1\On August 1, 1994, the Upper and Middle Dams Storage Project
(UL94-1) was the subject of a jurisdictional order issued by the
Commission, which required the project owner to prepare and submit
an Application for Initial License to the Commission. The Commission
has designated the Upper and Middle Dams Storage Project as P-11834-
000.
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    c. Dated filed: December 23, 1999.
    d. Applicant: FPL Energy Maine Hydro LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Upper and Middle Dams Storage Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Rapid River at the
headwaters of the Androscoggin River in Oxford and Franklin Counties,
Maine. The project would not utilize any Federal lands or facilities.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Frank Dunlap, Senior Environmental
Coordinator, FPL Energy Maine Hydro LLC, 100 Middle Street, Portland,
ME 04101 (207) 771-3534.
    i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed
to Mark Pawlowski, E-mail address mark.pawlowski@ferc.fed.us, or
telephone (202) 219-2795.
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene, protests, comments,
final terms and conditions, recommendations, and prescriptions: 60 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 Commission, 888
First St. NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person whose name appears 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, the
intervenor must also serve a copy of the document on that resource
agency.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: On September 25, 1995, the
Director, Office of Hydropower Licensing, approved FPL Energy Maine
Hydro LLC's (FPLE Maine) use of the Alternative Licensing Process.
Scoping, pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended, for the project was conducted through scoping documents issued
in November 1995 and February 1999, and in public scoping meetings on
December 13, 1995. On August 28, 1998, the Upper Androscoggin River
Storage Settlement Agreement was signed by the parties. The draft
license application and APEA were distributed by the applicant for
comment on September 1, 1999.
    The Commission staff has reviewed the license application and APEA
and has determined that the application is acceptable for processing
and no additional information or studies are needed to prepare the
Commission's environmental assessment. Comments, as indicated above,
are being requested from interested parties. The applicant will have 45
days following the end of this period to respond to those comments, or
may elect to seek a waiver of this deadline.
    1. Description of Project: The proposed project consists of two
dams (Upper Dam and Middle Dam): (1) the Upper Dam consists of: (a)
200-foot-long and 25-foot-high concrete crib; (b) a 15,740-acre
impoundment (Mooselookmeguntic Lake) at full pond elevation 1,468 feet
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Datum; (c) a gatehouse containing 17
gates, ranging from 10 feet high and 6 feet wide, and 10.5 feet high
and 15 feet wide; (d) two earthen dikes that extend 300 feet to the
north and 1,000 feet at the south of the gatehouse; and (e) appurtenant
facilities. (2) the Middle Dam consists of: (a) 244-foot-long and 22-
foot-high concret crib; (b) a 7,470-acre impoundment (Richardson Lake)
at full pond elevation 1,450 feet USGS Datum; (c) a 560-foot-long earth
embankment situation to the north and a 200-foot-long embankment
situated to the south of the gatehouse structure; (d) a gatehouse
structure containing 20 gates, ranging from 10 feet high and 7 feet
wide, and 12 feet high and 15 feet wide; and (e) appurtenant
facilities. Two-thousand feet to the southeast of Middle Dam is Black
Cat Dike, which is a 180-foot-long earthen embankment.
    The Upper and Middle Dams Storage Project is a water storage
facility with no generating facilities.
    m. 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 address in item h above.
    n. Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest or
a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Rules
of Practice and Procedures, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. In determining
the appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all
protests 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 protests or motions to intervene must be received on or
before the specified deadline date for the particular application and
APEA.
    o. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The Commission is
requesting comments, recommendations, terms and conditions,
prescriptions, and reply comments.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to 18 CFR 4.34(b) of the
regulations, that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions,
and prescriptions concerning the application and APEA 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.
    p. All filings must: (1) bear in all capital letters the title
``PROTEST,'' ``MOTION TO INTERVENE,''

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``COMMENTS,'' ``RECOMMENDATIONS,'' ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS,''
``PRESCRIPTIONS,'' or ``REPLY COMMENTS,'' (2) set forth in the heading
the name of the applicant and the project number of the application and
APEA 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 and APEA directly from the applicant. Any of these
documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of
copies required by the Commission's regulations to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC
20426. An additional copy must be sent to: Director, Division of
Environmental Review, Office of Energy Projects, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, at the above address. 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.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-4993 Filed 3-1-00; 8:45 am]
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