Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 89 / Monday, May 8, 2000 / Notices 26601

*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.

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11347 Filed 5–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Tendered for

Filing With the Commission Soliciting

Additional Study Requests and

Establishing Procedures for

Relicensing and a Deadline for

Submission of Final Amendments

May 2, 2000.

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.: P–2312–014.

c. Date Filed: March 31, 2000.

d. Applicant: PP&L Great Works,

L.L.C.

e. Name of Project: Great Works

Hydro Project.

f. Location: On the Penobscot River in

Penobscot County, near Old Town,

Maine.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Robert Burke,

Esq., Vice President, Chief Council and

Secretary, PP&L Great Works, L.L.C.,

11350 Random Hills Road, Suite 400,

Fairfax, VA 22030, (703) 293–2600.

i. FERC Contact: Ed Lee (202) 219–

2809 or E-mail address at

Ed.Lee@FERC.fed.us.

j. Comment Date: 60 days from the

filing date of license application.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boegers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

k. Description of Project: The existing

Great Works Project consists of: (1) The

Great Works Dam; (2) a 160-acre

reservoir; (3) a 182-foot-long nonoverflow structure; (4) an uncontrolled

850-foot-long concrete and timber crib

spillway; (5) a 230-foot-long Denil

fishway at the powerhouse; (6) a 216-

foot-long powerhouse integral with the

dam housing 11 generating units for a

total installed capacity of 7,655-kW; (7)

a 250-foot-long Denil fishway at the

spillway; and (8) appurtenant facilities.

Penobscot Hydro estimates that the total

average annual generation would be 23,

640 MWh. The applicant is not

proposing any changes to its

powerhouse, generating units and

equipment. Modifications are proposed

to both upstream fish passage facilities

and the downstream bypass, and the

project dam.

l. With this notice, we are initiating

consultation with the Maine State

Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as

required by section 106, National

Historic Preservation Act, and the

regulations of the Advisory Council on

Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.

m. Pursuant to § 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 filing date of this

application and serve a copy of the

request on the applicant.

n. Procedural schedule and final

amendments: The application will be

processed according to the following

milestones, some of which may be

combined to expedite processing:

Notice of application has been accepted for

filing

Notice of NEPA Scoping (unless scoping has

already occurred)

Notice of application is ready for

environmental analysis

Final amendments to the application must be

filed with the Commission*

Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA

document

Notice of the availability of the final NEPA

document

Order issuing the Commission’s decision on

the application

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–11355 Filed 5–5–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Request To Transfer License

and Soliciting Comments, Motions To

Intervene, and Protests

May 2, 2000.

Take notice that the following

application has been filed with the

Commission and is available for public

inspection:

a. Type of Application: Request for

Approval to Transfer License.

b. Project No.: 7352–024.

c. Date Filed: April 14, 2000.

d. Applicants: Kings Falls Power

Corporation and Tug Hill Energy, Inc.

e. Name of Project: Kings Falls

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Deep River, in

Lewis County, New York near the towns

of Copenhagen and West Carthage. The

project does not utilize federal or tribal

lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contacts: Kings Falls, (a)

F. Michael Tucker, Kings Falls

Corporation c/o Mercer Companies, Inc.,

3 E-Comm2, Albany, New York 12207,

(518) 434–1311 (b) William J. Madden,

Jr., John A. Whittaker IV, Winston &

Strawn, 1400 L Street, NW, Washington,

DC 20005–3502, (202) 371–5700, Tug

Hill, (a) John J. Furman, President, Tug

Hill Energy, Inc., 200 High Street, Suite

3B, Windsor, Connecticut, 06095–1100,

(860) 688–2977, (b) Addison F. Vars III,

Mentor, Rudin & Trivelpiece, P.C., 120

Washington Street, Suite 500,

Watertown, New York 13601–3300,

(315) 786–7950.

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on

this notice should be addressed to Mr.

Lynn R. Miles, Sr. at (202) 219–2671, or

e-mail address: lynn.miles@ferc.fed.us.

j. Deadline for filing comments and/

or motions: May 31, 2000.

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.

Please include the project number

(7352–024) on any comments or

motions filed.

k. Description of Request: Kings Fall

Power Corporation (transferor) and Tug

Hill Energy, Inc. (transferee) jointly

request to close all underlying

transactions regarding the Kings Falls

Hydroelectric Project. Both applicants

further state that due to the financial

commitments relating to the sale of the

project they both desire to have the

Commission to issue an Order