[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53832-53833]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27335]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos. 2004-073-MA and 11607-000-MA]


Holyoke Water Power Company, Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant and 
Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company; Notice Establishing 
Subsequent Licensing Procedural Schedule and a Deadline for Submission 
of Final Amendments

October 9, 1997.
    The license for the Holyoke Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 
2004, located on the Connecticut River, in Hampden, Hampshire, and 
Franklin Counties, Massachusetts, expires on August 31, 1999. Competing 
applications for a new license have been filed as follows:

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          Project No.               Applicant             Contact       
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P-2204-073....................  Holyoke Water      Ronald G. Chevalier, 
                                 Power Company.     Holyoke Water Power 
                                                    Co., P.O. Box 270,  
                                                    Hartford, CT 06141, 
                                                    (860) 665-5315.     
                                                   James J. Kearns, NE  
                                                    Utilities. Serv.    
                                                    Co., P.O. Box 270,  
                                                    Hartford, CT 06141, 
                                                    (860) 665-5936.     
                                                   Catherine E. Shively,
                                                    Public Serv. Co. NH,
                                                    1000 Elm Street,    
                                                    Manchester, NH      
                                                    03105, (603) 634-   
                                                    2326.               
P-11607-000...................  Ashburnham         Roger W. Bacon, Mass.
                                 Municipal Light    Wholesale Elec. Co.,
                                 Plant & Mass.      Randall Rd., P.O.   
                                 Municipal          Box 426, Ludlow, MA 
                                 Wholesale          01056, (413) 589-   
                                 Electric Company.  1041.               
                                                   Thomas E. Lewis,     
                                                    Ashburnham Municipal
                                                    Light Plant, 78     
                                                    Central Street, P.O.
                                                    Box 823, Ashburnham,
                                                    MA 01430, (508) 827-
                                                    4423.               
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    The following is an approximate procedural schedule that will be 
followed in processing the applications:

                                                                        
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             Date                                Action                 
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November 27, 1997............  Commission notifies applicant that its   
                                application is deficient, if applicable.
January 31, 1998.............  Commission's deadline for applicant to   
                                file final amendment, if any, to its    
                                application.                            
February 14, 1998............  Commission's deadline for applicants to  
                                serve a copy of its competing           
                                application on each of the other        
                                applicants per section 4.36 (d)(2)(ii)  
                                of the Commission's regulations.        
February 28, 1998............  Commission notifies applicant that its   
                                application has been accepted, and      
                                issues public notice of the accepted    
                                application establishing dates for      
                                filing motions to intervene and         
                                protests.                               
March 31, 1998...............  Commission's deadline for applicants to  
                                file a detailed and complete statement  
                                of how its plans are as well or better  
                                adapted than the plans of each of the   
                                other license applications to develop,  
                                conserve, and utilize in the public     
                                interest, the water resources of the    
                                region, per section 4.36(d)(2)(iii) of  
                                the Commission's regulations.           
May 31, 1998.................  Commission notifies all parties and      
                                agencies that the application is ready  
                                for environmental analysis.             
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    Upon receipt of all additional information and the information 
filed in response to the public notice of the acceptance of the 
applications, the Commission will evaluate the applications in 
accordance with applicable statutory requirements and take appropriate 
action on each application.
    Any questions concerning this notice should be directed to Allan 
Creamer at (202) 219-0365.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-27335 Filed 10-15-97; 8:45 am]
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