50920 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 188 / Monday, September 29, 1997 / Notices

to Part III of Florida Power’s open access

transmission tariff. Florida Power

requests that the Commission waive its

notice of filing requirements and allow

the agreement to become effective on

September 3, 1997.

Comment date: October 6, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest said filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

the comment date. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application for Major License

September 23, 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.: 2674–003.

c. Date Filed: May 30, 1997.

d. Applicant: Green Mountain Power

Corporation.

e. Name of Project: Vergennes Project.

f. Location: On Otter Creek in the city

of Vergennes, Addison County,

Vermont.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Craig T.

Moyotte, Green Mountain Power

Corporation, 25 Green Mountain Drive,

P.O. Box 850, South Burlington, VT

05402, (802) 864–5731.

i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery (202)

219–2779.

j. Deadline Date: November 14, 1997.

k. Status of Environmental Analysis:

This application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time—see

attached paragraph E.

l. Description of Project: The project

as licensed consists of the following

features: (1) Three concrete overflow

dams, each about ten feet high, with a

total length of 231 feet, each having a

crest elevation of about 132.78 feet

mean sea level (msl) surmounted by 1.5-

foot-high flashboards, and a 29-footlong, non-overflow dam; (2) an 8.8-mile

long, 133 acre surface area reservoir

having a 200 acre-foot useable storage

capacity at normal water surface

elevation of 134.28 feet msl; (3) the

north forebay with trashracks, headgates

and two 7-foot-diameter steel penstocks;

(4) the north powerhouse known as

Plant 9B, having a 1,000-KW generating

unit; (5) the south forebay, with

trashracks, headgates, two surge tanks,

and two 10-foot-diameter penstocks; (6)

the south powerhouse, known as Plant

9, having two 700-kW generating units;

(7) the generator leads from Plant 9 to

the Vergennes Substation and the 950-

foot-long, 2,400-volt overhead generator

leads from Plant 9B to the Vergennes

Substation; and (8) appurtenant

facilities.

The Applicant is not proposing any

changes to the existing project works as

licensed. The Applicant estimates the

project’s average annual generation

would be 9.455 Mwh and the Applicant

owns all the existing project facilities.

m. Purpose of Project: All project

energy generated would be sold to

commercial and residential customers

within the Applicant’s own regional

transmission and distribution system.

n. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B1, and

E.

o. Available Locations of Application:

A copy of the application, as amended

and supplemented, 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, (202) 208–1371. A copy is also

available for inspection and

reproduction at 25 Green Mountain

Drive, South Burlington, VT 05402,

(802) 864–5731 and at the City of

Vergennes, City Manager’s Office, Route

22A (Main Street), Vergennes, VT

05491, (802) 877–3637.

B1. Protests or Motions to Intervene—

Anyone may submit a protest or a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the requirements of Rules of Practice

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210,

385.211, and 385.214. In determining

the appropriate action to take, the

Commission will consider all protests

filed, but only those who file a motion

to intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any protests or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified deadline date

for the particular application.

E. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is not

ready for environmental analysis at this

time; therefore, the Commission is not

now requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

When the application is ready for

environmental analysis, the

Commission will notify all persons on

the service list and affected resource

agencies and Indian tribes. If any person

wishes to be placed on the service list,

a motion to intervene must be filed by

the specified deadline date herein for

such motions. All resource agencies and

Indian tribes that have official

responsibilities that may be affected by

the issues addressed in this proceeding,

and persons on the service list will be

able to file comments, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions within 60

days of the date the Commission issues

a notification letter that the application

is ready for an environmental analysis.

All reply comments must be filed with

the Commission within 105 days from

the date of that letter.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE;’’ (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

protesting or intervening; and (4)

otherwise comply with the requirements

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.

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. A

copy of any protest or motion to

intervene must be served upon each

representative of the applicant specified

in the particular application.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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