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

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7641-7642]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3598]


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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

February 9, 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.: 2651-006.
    c. Date filed: May 19, 1998.
    d. Applicant: Indiana Michigan Power Company.
    e. Name of Project: Elkhart Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: In the City of Elkhart, Concord Township, Elkhart 
County, Indiana, on the St. Joseph River, 77 miles upstream from 
confluence with Lake Michigan. No part of the project is within federal 
lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: J.R. Jones, Fossil and Hydro Production, 
American Electric Power Service Corporation, 1 Riverside Plaza, 
Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 223-1801.
    i. FERC Contact: Questions on this notice should be addressed to 
E.R. Meyer, E-mail address edward.meyer@ferc.fed.us, or telephone 202-
208-7998.
    j. Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, 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 Street, 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 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 has been 
accepted for filing and is ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    l. Project Description: The project consists of: (1) a 300-foot-
long by 14-foot-high concrete spillway, the crest of which bears 11, 
25-foot-wide by 10.5-foot-high Tainter gates separated by 2.5-foot-wide 
piers; (2) an approximately 100-foot-long by 80-foot-wide brick 
powerhouse attached to the spillway on the south bank of the St. Joseph 
river having 3 horizontal shaft 4-Francis turbines (2 camelback pairs) 
with a 3.44-megawatt installed capacity; (3) 6, 9-foot-6-inch diameter 
concrete draft tube tunnels transitioning to 10-foot-high 6-foot-wide 
openings; and (4) other appurtenances.
    m. Locations of the Application: The application is available for 
inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room 
at 888 First Street NE, Room 2A, Washington, D.C. 20426. The 
application may be viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us. Call (202) 
208-2222 for assistance. The application is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraph: 
D10.
    D10. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--The application is 
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is 
requesting comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions.
    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 Project No. 2651-006 
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.

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    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. Any of these documents must be 
filed by providing the original and the number of copies required by 
the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. An 
additional copy must be sent to Director, Division of Project Review, 
Office of Hydropower Licensing, 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.
Lindwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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