50306 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 186 / Thursday, September 25, 1997 / Notices

78 Central Street, P.O. Box 823,

Ashburnham, MA 01430–4423, (508)

827–4423

i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer (202)

219–0365.

j. Comment Date: 60 days from the

filing date shown in paragraph (c).

k. Description of Project:

The proposed run-of-river project

would consist of the following features:

(1) An approximately 1,000-foot-long

masonry dam to elevation 97.47 feet

NGVD, topped with a 3.1-foot-high

rubber dam; (2) upstream and

downstream fish passage facilities; (3)

the Fish Lift Park adjoining the dam; (4)

a 2,290-acre reservoir that extends

approximately 25 miles upstream; (5) a

three-level canal system adjacent to the

river with headgates at the dam; (6) six

separate hydroelectric facilities, named

Hadley Falls Station, Riverside Station,

Boatlock Station, Beebe-Holbrook Units,

Skinner Unit and Chemical Units, and,

except for the Hadley Falls Station

which has its intake structure adjacent

to the canal headgate structure, the

facilities withdraw water from the canal

system; (7) a total nameplate capacity of

58,756 kW, consisting of the existing

43,756 kW project plus a 15,000 kW

expansion at the Hadley Falls Station;

(8) transmission line connections; and

(9) appurtenant facilities. The applicant

estimates that the total average annual

generation would be 212,000 MWh,

which would increase to 257,600 MWh

after completing the expansion in 2006.

l. With this notice, we are initiating

consultation with the Massachusetts

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 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 filing date and serve a copy of the

request on each of the applicants.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25384 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Ready for

Environmental Analysis

September 19, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Minor

License.

b. Project No.: 11512–000.

c. Date filed: December 27, 1994,

amended September 2, 1997.

d. Applicant: John H. Bigelow.

e. Name of Project: McKenzie.

f. Location: On the McKenzie River in

Lane County, Oregon, Section 10,

Township 16S, Range 6E, West

Meridian.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a) —825(r).

h. Applicant Contract: Robert Parker,

Community Planning Workshop, 1209

University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

97403, (541) 346–3801.

i. FERC Contact: He ́ctor M. Pe ́rez at

(202) 219–2843.

j. The project would consist of: (1) A

diversion dam constructed of large rocks

at river mile 73.6 (partially breached);

(2) a concrete headgate; (3) a power

canal about 1,500 feet long; (4) a 32-footlong and 5-foot-diameter penstock; (5) a

powerhouse with an installed capacity

of 76 kilowatts; (6) a 30-foot-long

tailrace; and (7) other appurtenances.

The applicant amended the

application to delete modifications

proposed originally: Reconstruct the

diversion structure, yearly removal of

sediment in front of the headgate, and

placement of adult fish barrier in the

tailrace.

k. Status of Environmental Analysis:

This application is now ready for

environmental analysis—see attached

paragraph D9.

l. Deadline for comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions: See

paragraph D9.

m. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraph: A4 and

D9.

n. Available Locations of Application:

A copy of the application, as amended,

is available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference and Files Maintenance

Branch, located at 888 First Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at the

address shown in item h above.

A4. Development Application—

Public notice of the filing of the initial

development application, which has

already been given, established the due

date for filing competing applications or

notices of intent. Under the

Commission’s regulations, any

competing development application

must be filed in response to and in

compliance with public notice of the

initial development application. No

competing applications or notices of

intent may be filed in response to this

notice.

D9. 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 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.

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).

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, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 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
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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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25385 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Tendered for

Filing With the Commission (Major

License)

September 19, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Major License.

b. Project No.: P–2004–073.

c. Date Filed: September 2, 1997.

d. Applicant: Holyoke Water Power

Company.

e. Name of Project: Holyoke

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Connecticut River

in Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin

Counties, Massachusetts.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact:

Ronald G. Chevalier, Vice President,

Holyoke Water Power Company, P.O.

Box 270, Hartford, CT 06141–0270,

(860) 665–5315

James J. Kearns, Project Manager,

Northeast Utilities Service Company,

P.O. Box 270, Hartford, CT 06141–

0270, (860) 665–5936

Catherine E. Shively, Counsel, Public

Service Company of New Hampshire,

1000 Elm Street, Manchester, NH

03105, (603) 634–2326

i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer, (202)

219–0365.

j. Comment Date: 60 days from the

filing date shown in paragraph (c).

k. Description of Project:

The proposed run-of-river project

would consist of the following features:

(1) An approximately 1,000-foot-long

masonry dam to elevation 97.47 feet

NGVD, topped with a 3.1-foot-high

rubber dam; (2) upstream and

downstream fish passage facilities; (3) a

2,290-acre reservoir that extends

approximately 25 miles upstream; (4) a

three-level canal system adjacent to the

river with headgates at the dam; (5) six

separate hydroelectric facilities, named

Hadley Falls Station, Riverside Station,

Boatlock Station, Beebe-Holbrook Units,

Skinner Unit and Chemical Units, and,

except for the Hadley Falls Station

which has its intake structure adjacent

to the canal headgate structure, the

facilities withdraw water from the canal

system; (6) a total nameplate capacity of

43,756 kW; (7) transmission line

connections; and (9) appurtenant

facilities. The applicant estimates that

the total average annual generation

would be approximately 223,389 MWh.

l. With this notice, we are initiating

consultation with the Massachusetts

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 and

serve a copy of the request on the

applicant.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–25386 Filed 9–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Southwestern Power Administration

Open Access Transmission Service

Tariff

AGENCY: Southwestern Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed tariff.

SUMMARY: The Southwestern Power

Administration (Southwestern) is

proposing to adopt this Open Access

Transmission Service Tariff (Tariff) in

order to be consistent with the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Orders 888 and 888–A, to the extent

practicable and consistent with laws

and regulations applicable to

Southwestern’s activities.

DATES: The comment period on the

proposed Tariff will begin with the

publication of this notice in the Federal

Register and will end November 10,

1997. To be assured of consideration, all

written comments must be received by

the end of the comment period.

Southwestern has scheduled a public

meeting to discuss the proposed Tariff

on October 9, 1997, at 1:30 p.m., CDT,

in Tulsa, Oklahoma. An opportunity for

interested parties to make oral

comments on the proposed Tariff is

scheduled for October 20, 1997, at 1:30

p.m. CDT, also in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

ADDRESSES: Southwestern will hold its

public meetings at Southwestern’s

offices, Room 1402, Williams Center

Tower I, One West Third Street, Tulsa,

Oklahoma 74103. All copies of written

comments should be submitted to the

Assistant Administrator, Corporate

Operations, Southwestern Power

Administration, P.O. Box 1619, Tulsa,

Oklahoma, 74101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Forrest E. Reeves, Assistant

Administrator, Office of Corporate

Operations, Southwestern Power

Administration, U.S. Department of

Energy, P.O. Box 1619, Tulsa, OK

74101, (918) 595–6696. Electronic Mail:

Reeves@swpa.gov; Facsimile: (918) 595–

6656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

I. Procedures

II. Background

III. Summary of Changes from the FERC Pro

Forma Tariff

IV. Coordination with Adoption of Open

Access Transmission Rates

I. Procedures

After all public comments have been

considered, Southwestern will prepare a

final Tariff and publish it in the Federal

Register. Southwestern will submit this

final Tariff to FERC under a nonjurisdictional docket, and will request a

declaratory order that the Tariff meets

FERC comparability standards as set

forth in FERC Orders 888 and 888–A.

Interested parties will have an

opportunity to comment on the Tariff by

following appropriate procedures to

intervene with FERC. Southwestern will

make any necessary changes required by

the FERC declaratory order, and will

publish the final approved Tariff in the

Federal Register.

There will be a public meeting on

October 9, 1997, to discuss the proposed

tariff. In addition, persons interested in

attending the public meeting tentatively

scheduled for October 20, 1997, should

indicate in writing, by letter or facsimile

transmission (918–595–6656), on or

before October 15, 1997, of their intent

to appear. No meeting will be held if no

one indicates an intent to attend.

II. Background

Southwestern Power Administration

(Southwestern) was created by

Secretarial Order No. 1865, dated

August 31, 1943, as an agency of the

Department of the Interior, to carry out

the power marketing responsibilities

assigned to the Secretary of Interior by