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only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, OR

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. Any of the above-named

documents must be filed by providing

the original and the number of copies

provided by the Commission’s

regulations to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426. A copy of any motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

Agency Comments—Federal, state,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the described application.

A copy of the application may be

obtained by agencies directly from the

Applicant. If an agency does not file

comments within the time specified for

filing comments, it will be presumed to

have no comments. One copy of an

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the Applicant’s representatives.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site

Visit and Soliciting Scoping Comments

May 24, 2000.

Take notice that the Commission

intends to hold scoping meetings for the

following hydroelectric application

which has been filed with the

Commission:

a. Type of Application: New Major

License.

b. Project No.: 2589–024.

c. Date filed: July 29, 1999.

d. Applicant: Marquette Board of

Light and Power.

e. Name of Project: Marquette

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Dead River, near

the City of Marquette, Marquette

County, Michigan. The project would

not utilize federal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 USC 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. David E.

Hickey, Marquette Board of Light and

Power, 2200 Wright Street, Marquette,

MI 49855, (906) 228–0322.

i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery, (202)

219–2779.

j. Deadline for filing scoping

comments: July 6, 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.

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 must

also serve a copy of the document on

that resource agency.

k. Status of environmental analysis:

This application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time.

l. Description of Project: The

Marquette Project consists of two

separate developments: the No. 2

(Forestville) development and the No. 3

(Tourist Park) development. The No. 2

development, which is immediately

downstream of the Dead River Project’s

McClure facility, consists of the

following existing facilities: (1) a 202-

foot-long, 62-foot-high concrete-capped

Cyclopean masonry dam comprising: (a)

a 197-foot-long concrete retaining wall,

(b) a 75-foot-long training wall, and (c)

a 33-foot-wide intake for the penstock.

The masonry dam, which functions as

an uncontrolled spillway during

extremely high flows, has a spillway

crest elevation of 771.0 feet NGVD. It is

founded on, and anchored to, the

bedrock; (2) one 90-inch-diameter,

wood-stave penstock that is

approximately 4,200 feet long and

conveys water from the intake structure

to a concrete surge tank; (3) two 440-

foot-long, 78-inch-diameter steel

penstocks that convey water from the

surge tank to Powerhouse No. 2; (4)

Powerhouse No. 2, a 40-foot by 96-foot

reinforced concrete and brick structure

that contains two turbines, with a

combined capacity of 3.2 MW; (5) a 110-

acre reservoir; and (6) appurtenant

facilities.

The No. 3 development consists of the

following existing facilities: (1) a dam

that includes (looking from left to right

downstream): (a) a 37-foot-long spillway

left dike that has a crest elevation of

642.82 feet and a reinforced concrete

core wall with a top elevation of 641.84;

(b) a concrete ogee uncontrolled

spillway that is 80 feet long and has a

crest elevation of 638.84 feet (its

maximum height is 21 feet above the

streambed); (c) a spillway section that

contains two 10-foot-high by 10-footwide Taintor gates (rollway crest

beneath gates is at elevation 629.84) and

electric hoists; (d) a 758-foot-long

spillway right dike that has a crest

elevation of 642.84 feet and a reinforced

concrete wall (crest width 13.5 feet);

and (e) a reinforced concrete intake

structure that has a single 20-foot-wide

by 17-foot-high bay, inclined trash

racks, and a horizontally hinged gate

with a dedicated electric hoist; (2) one

8-foot-diameter, 150-foot-long steel

penstock that is supported on 9

reinforced-concrete pedestals and

conveys water from the intake to the No.

3 Powerhouse; (3) Powerhouse No. 3, a

28-foot by 40-foot reinforced-concrete

and brick structure containing one 700

kW vertical generating unit; (4) a 100-

acre reservoir; and (5) appurtenant

facilities.

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, NE, Room

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. The application may be

viewed on the web at http://

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

202–208–2222 for assistance). A copy is

also available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item h

above.

n. Scoping Process

The Commission staff held public

scoping meetings for the Dead River

Project (P–10855), located upstream of

the Marquette Project, on October 29

and 30, 1996. Based on the stuff’s

preliminary analysis of the issues, the

staff is proposing to prepare a Multiple

Project Environmental Assessment

(MPEA) for the Marquette Project and

the Dead River Project. The staff

believes that combining both the

projects into one environmental

document would provide the best

approach for analyzing potential

cumulative environmental effects

associated with both projects located

relatively close to one another on the

Dead River.

Scoping Meetings

The Commission will hold scoping

meetings, one in the daytime and one in

the evening, to identify the scope of

issues to be addressed in the MPEA.

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The daytime scoping meeting will

focus on resource agency concerns,

while the evening scoping meeting is

primarily for public input. All

interested individuals, organizations,

and agencies are invited to attend one

or both of the meetings, and to assist the

staff in identifying the scope of the

environmental issues that should be

analyzed in the MPEA. The times and

locations of these meetings are as

follows:

Daytime Meeting

Date: June 6, 2000

Time: 9 a.m.–12 p.m.

Place: Cadillac/Brule Room

Don H. Bottum University Center

Northern Michigan University

540 West K Avenue

Marquette, MI 24855

Evening Meeting

Date: June 6, 2000

Time: 7 p.m.–10 p.m.

Place: Brule Room

Don H. Bottom University Center

Northern Michigan University

540 West K Avenue

Marquette, MI 24855

To help focus discussions, we will

distribute a Scoping Document (SDI)

outlining the subject areas to be

addressed in the MPEA to the parties on

the Commission’s distribution list.

Copies of the SDI also will be available

at the scoping meetings.

Site Visit

The applicant and Commission staff

will conduct a project site visit on

Tuesday, June 6, 2000 starting at 1:30

p.m. We will meet in the Board Room

of Marquette Board of Light and Power,

located at 2200 Wright Street in

Marquettte, MI. Those who wish to

attend the site visit should contact Lee

Emery of FERC at (202) 219–2779 or

Mike Headrick of Harza Engineering

Company at (312) 831–3038 on or before

June 1, 2000.

Objectives

At the scoping meetings, the staff will:

(1) Summarize the environmental issues

tentatively identified for analysis in the

MPEA; (2) solicit from the meeting

participants all available information,

especially quantifiable data, on the

resources at issue; (3) encourage

statements from experts and the public

on issues that should be analyzed in the

MPEA, including viewpoints in

opposition to, or in support of, the

staff’s preliminary views; (4) determine

the resource issues to be addressed in

the MPEA; and (5) identify those issues

that require a detail analysis, as well as

those issues that do not require a

detailed analysis.

The meetings will be recorded by a

stenographer and will become part of

the formal record of the Commission’s

proceeding on the project. Individuals

presenting statements at the meetings

will be asked to sign in before the

meeting starts and to identify

themselves clearly for the record.

Individuals, organizations, and

agencies with environmental expertise

and concerns are encouraged to attend

the meetings and to assist the staff in

defining and clarifying the issues to be

addressed in this MPEA.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Sunshine Act Meeting, Notice

May 24, 2000.

The Following Notice of Meeting is

published pursuant to section 3(A) of

the Government in the Sunshine Act

(Pub. L. No. 94–409), 5 U.S.C. 552B:

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING : Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission.

DATE AND TIME : May 31, 2000, 10:00

A.M.

PLACE : Room 2C, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426 .

STATUS : Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda—

Note—Items listed on the Agenda may

be deleted without further notice.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

David P. Boergers, Secretary, Telephone

(202) 208–0400 for a recording listing

items stricken from or added to the

meeting, call (202) 208–1627.

This is a list of matters to be

considered by the commission. It does

not include a listing of all papers

relevant to the items on the agenda;

however, all public documents may be

examined in the Reference and

Information Center.

Consent Agenda—Hydro, 742nd—Meeting

May 31, 2000, Regular Meeting (10:00 a.m.)

CAH–1.

Docket# P–4282, 004, Mountain Water

Resources

Other’s P–4312, 004, Watersong Resources

CAH–2.

Docket# P–2984, 033, S.D. Warren

Company

CAH–3.

Docket# P–2389, 036, State of Maine

Consent Agenda—Electric

CAE–1.

Docket# ER00–1721, 000, Virginia Electric

and Power Company

Other’s ER00–1737, 000, Virginia Electric

and Power Company

CAE–2.

Docket# ER00–2065, 000, Boston Edison

Company

CAE–3.

Docket# ER00–2015, 000, Nevada Power

Company

Other’s ER00–2018, 000, Sierra Pacific

Power Company

CAE–4.

Docket# ER00–1874, 000, New England

Power Pool

Other’s ER00–1874, 001, New England

Power Pool

CAE–5.

Docket# ER00–2019, 000, California

Independent System Operator

Corporation

CAE–6.

Docke# ER00–2077, 000, North American

Electric Reliability Council

CAE–7.

Docket# ER00–2132, 000, Entergy Services,

Inc.

CAE–8.

Docket# ER00–2152, 000, Northern Indiana

Public Service Company

CAE–9.

Docket# ER00–2136, 000, Consumers

Energy Company

CAE–10.

Docket# ER00–2079, 000, PJM

Interconnection L.L.C.

Other’s ER00–2079, 001, PJM

Interconnection L.L.C.

CAE–11.

Docket# ER00–2198, 000, ISO New

England Inc.

CAE–12.

Docket# ER00–2158, 000, Wisconsin Public

Service Corporation

CAE–13.

Docket# ER00–2203, 000, New England

Power Pool

CAE–14.

Docket# ER00–2234, 000, East Central Area

Reliability Council

CAE–15.

Docket# ER00–2424, 000, New England

Power Pool

CAE–16.

Docket# ER00–2205, 000, California

Independent System Operator

Corporation

Other#S ER00–1896, 001, Southern

California Edison Company; ER00–2206,

000, California Independent System

Operator Corporation

CAE–17. Omitted

CAE–18.

Docket# ER00–2416, 000, Entergy Services,

Inc.

CAE–19. Omitted

CAE–20. Omitted

CAE–21.

Docket# EC98–40, 003, American Electric

Power Company and Central and South

West Corporation

Other# EC98–40, 004, American Electric

Power Company and Central and South

West Corporation; ER98–2770, 003,

American Electric Power Company and

Central and South West Corporation;

ER98–2770, 004, American Electric

Power Company and Central and South