[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 91 (Wednesday, May 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25498-25499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11944]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Public Meetings and Site Visit
May 6, 1999.
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.: 1864.
c. Date Filed: March 5, 1985.
d. Applicant: Upper Peninsula Power Company.
e. Name of Project: Bond Falls Project.
f. Location: On the west branches of the Ontonagon River, a
tributary of western Lake Superior, in Ontonagon and Gogebic Counties,
Michigan, and a small portion of Vilas County in northern Wisconsin.
The project is partially located on the Ottawa National Forest, which
is federal land administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Max O. Curtis, Upper Peninsula Power Company,
600 Lakeshore Drive, P.O. Box 130, Houghton, MI 49931-0130, (906) 487-
5063.
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i. FERC Contact: Frankie Green, e-mail address:
[email protected], (202) 501-7704.
j. Parties to this relicensing proceeding recently provided
Commission staff with a draft Offer of Settlement for this project. The
parties anticipate finalizing the Offer of Settlement by mid-1999.
Commission staff and parties to the settlement will host a site visit
and two public meetings to discuss the draft Offer of Settlement for
the Bond Falls Project. All interested individuals, organizations, and
agencies are invited to attend the site visit and either of the
meetings and discuss any issues or concerns with the draft Offer of
Settlement.
The site visit by Commission staff and other interested parties is
planned for May 25, 1999, to familiarize staff and other parties with
elements included in the draft offer of Settlement. The visit will
begin at 9:00 AM, EDT, at the Forest Service's Watersmeet, MI office
parking lot. Any one wishing to accompany Commission staff as invited
to attend.
Both meetings will be held on Wednesday, May 26, 1999. The first
meeting will be held at the Best Western Porcupine Mountain Lodge in
Silver City, MI from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, EDT. The second meeting will
be held at the Sylvania Visitor Center in Watersmeet, MI from 8:00 PM
to 11:00 PM, EDT.
The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer, and the
transcripts will become part of the Commission's public record of this
proceeding. Anyone wishing to receive a copy of the transcript of the
meetings may contact Ace Federal Reporting Company by calling (202)
347-3700 or by writing to 1120 G Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.
Any comments on the draft Offer of Settlement or any other concerns
with the Bond Falls project should be submitted to the Commission no
later than June 18, 1999.
All written comments (original and eight copies) should be filed
with: David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., 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, they
also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency.
k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. Description of Project: The Bond Falls project consists of four
developments on the Middle Cisco (South), and West branches of the
Ontonagon River. Each project development consists of a storage
reservoir or lake, a main dam or dams, and appurtenant facilities. The
four project water bodies are Bond Falls flowage, Lake Gogebic
(Bergland development), Cisco Chair-of-Lakes, and Victoria reservoir.
The Bond Falls, Bergland, and Sisco Developments provide seasonal
reservoir storage and diverson of the river flow to the Victoria
development, where the flow is used to generate power.
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, N.E., Room 2A, Washington,
D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above and may be
viewed on the web at http://WWW.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (please
call (202) 208-2222 for assistance).
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-11944 Filed 5-11-99; 8:45 am]
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