[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4127-4128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-122]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 287-009]
Midwest Hydro Inc.; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental
Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and
Conditions, and Prescriptions
January 20, 2004.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New major license.
b. Project No.: 287-009.
c. Date Filed: April 8, 2002.
d. Applicant: Midwest Hydro Inc.
e. Name of Project: Dayton Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Fox River near the City of Dayton, in La Salle
County, Illinois. The project does not occupy Federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Loyal Gake, Midwest Hydro Inc., 116 State
Street, P.O. Box 167, Neshkoro, WI 54960 (920) 293-4628.
i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean at (202) 502-6041, thomas.dean@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and
conditions, and prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance date of this
notice, reply comments due 105 days from the issuance 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. Documents may be filed
electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission
strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)
and the instructions on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov)
under the ``eFiling'' link.
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 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.
k. Status of environmental analysis: This application is ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. Description of Project: The existing project consists of: (1) A
23-foot-high, 594-foot-long arch buttress concrete dam; (2) a 200-foot-
long earthen embankment; (3) a concrete head gate structure with four
15.5-foot-wide by 9.5-foot-high wooden gates; (4) a 900-foot-long, 135-
foot-wide power canal; (5) a 200-acre reservoir with a normal storage
capacity of 605 area-feet, at a normal pool elevation of 498.90 mean
sea level; (6) a powerhouse containing three generating units with a
combined capacity of 3,680 kW; and (7) appurtenant facilities.
m. A copy of the application is available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the
Commission's Web site at
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http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket
number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY,
(202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/
esubsribenow.htm to be notified via e-mail of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support. To view upcoming FERC events, go to www.ferc.gov and
click on ``View Entire Calendar''.
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.
n. Procedures schedule: The Commission staff proposes to issue one
Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than issuing a draft and final EA.
Staff intends to allow at least 30 days for entities to comment on the
EA, and will take into consideration all comments received on the EA
before final action is taken on the license application. The
application will be processed according to the following schedule, but
revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate:
Issue notice of availability of EA: June 2004.
Ready for Commission decision on the application: August 2004.
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E4-122 Filed 1-27-04; 8:45 am]
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