[Federal Register: December 4, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 233)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 4914]
Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission,
Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedural
Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final
Amendments
November 27, 2002.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 4914.
c. Date Filed: November 20, 2002.
d. Applicant: International Paper Company.
e. Name of Project: Nicolet Mill Dam Project.
f. Location: At the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' DePere Dam, on
the Fox River, in the City of DePere, Brown County, Wisconsin.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C.791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contacts: Licensee Contact: Thomas Piette,
International Paper Company, 200 Main Avenue, De Pere, WI 54115, (920)
336-4211.
i. FERC Contact: Peter Leitzke, (202) 502-6059 or
peter.leitzke@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: We are asking Federal, state, local, and
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating
status should follow the instructions for filing comments described in
item l below.
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: December 27, 2002.
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. Please include the project
number (P-4914-010) on any documents filed.
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.
Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency
status may be filed electronically via the
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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 sitehttp://www.ferc.govunder the ``e-Filing''
link.
m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The existing Nicolet Mill Dam Project consists of the following
existing facilities: (1) A 13.6 foot-high, 400-foot-long diversion
structure attached to the westerly end of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers' DePere Dam; (2) intake works consisting of 28 gates screened
with steel racks; (3) a powerhouse containing two generating units with
a total installed capacity of 1,080 kW; and (4) other appurtenances.
o. 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 http://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link.
Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket
number field to access the document. For assistance, call 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.
p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the
Wisconsin State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by
Sec. 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule.
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter: January 2003.
Issue Scoping Document for comments: March 2003.
Notice of Application is Ready for Environmental Analysis: June
2003.
Notice of the availability of the EA: October 2003.
Ready for Commission's decision on the application: December 2003.
Unless substantial comments are received in response to the EA,
staff intends to prepare a single EA in this case. If substantial
comments are received in response to the EA, a final EA will be
prepared with the following modifications to the schedule.
Notice of the availability of the final EA: February 2004.
Ready for Commission's decision on the application: March 2004.
Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-30715 Filed 12-3-02; 8:45 am]
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