Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 223 / Wednesday, November 19, 1997 / Notices 61817

be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30311 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing; Notice That the Application Is

Not Ready for Environmental Analysis;

Notice of Solicitation of Interventions

and Protests; Notice of Intent To

Conduct Public Scoping Meetings and

Site Visit; and Notice of Solicitation of

Written Scoping Comments

November 13, 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.: 2017–011.

c. Date Filed: February 26, 1997.

d. Applicant: Southern California

Edison Company.

e. Name of Project: Big Creek No. 4

Hydropower Project.

f. Location: On the San Joaquin River

near the town of Auberry in Madera,

Tulare, and Fresno Counties.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. § 791(a)–825(r) and 18

CFR sections 4.51 and 16.9.

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. C. Edward

Miller, Manager of Hydro Generation,

Southern California Edison Company,

2244 Walnut Grove Avenue, P.O. Box

800, Rosemead, CA 91770, (818) 302–

1564.

i. FERC Contact: John Ramer, (202)

219–2833.

j. Deadline Date: January 16, 1998.

k. Status of Application and

Environmental Analysis: This

application has been accepted for filing,

but it is not ready for environmental

analysis—see attached paragraph E1.

l. Invitation for Written Scoping

Comments: Interested individuals,

organizations, and agencies with

environmental expertise are invited to

assist the staff in identifying the scope

of environmental issues that should be

analyzed in the environmental analysis

once the application is determined

ready for environmental analysis by

submitting written scoping comments.

To help focus these comments, a

scoping document outlining subject

areas which could be addressed in an

environmental analysis will be mailed

to all agencies and interested

individuals on the Commission mailing

list. Copies of the scoping document

may also be requested from the staff.

Persons who have views on the issues

or information relevant to the issues

may submit written statements for

inclusion in the public record. Those

written comments should be filed with

the Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C., 20426, by the

deadline date shown in item (j) above.

All written correspondence should

clearly show the following caption on

the first page: Big Creek No. 4

Hydropower Project, FERC No. 2017–

011.

m. Invitation to Participate in Public

Scoping Meetings and Site Visit: A

scoping meeting oriented towards the

public will be conducted on December

15, 1997, beginning at 6:00 PM, at Sierra

National Forest, Minaret District Office

in North Fork, California. A scoping

meeting oriented towards the agencies

will be conducted on December 16,

1997, beginning at 8:00 AM, at the

Sierra National Forest Supervisor’s

Office at 1600 Tollhouse Road, in

Clovis, California.

Interested individuals, organizations,

and agencies are invited to attend either

or both meetings and assist staff in

identifying the scope of environmental

issues that should be analyzed in any

environmental analysis the

Commission’s staff undertakes.

Objectives

At the scoping meetings the FERC

staff will: (1) outline preliminary

environmental issues they believe are

related to the proposed project and need

to be evaluated; (2) identify preliminary

resource issues that are not important

and do not require detailed analysis; (3)

identify reasonable alternatives to be

addressed in an environmental analysis;

(4) solicit from meeting participants all

available information relevant to the

identified resource issues; and (5)

request that the meeting participants

provide comments on staff’s preliminary

assessment of the issues and alternatives

that should be evaluated in an

environmental analysis, including any

suggestions for additional issues and

alternatives which should be evaluated.

Procedures

The meetings will be recorded by a

court recorder and all statements

thereby become a part of the record of

the Commission proceedings on the Big

Creek No. 4 Project. Individuals

presenting statements at the meeting

will be asked to identify themselves for

the record.

Individuals, organizations, and

agencies with environmental expertise

and concerns are encouraged to attend

the meetings and assist the staff in

defining and clarifying issues to be

addressed in any environmental

analysis.

Persons choosing not to speak at the

meetings, but who have views on the

issues or relevant information related to

the issues, may submit written

statements for inclusion in the public

record at the meetings. In addition,

written scoping comments may be filed

with Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20426,

until January 16, 1998.

All written correspondence should

show the following caption on the first

page: Big Creek No. 4 Hydropower

Project, FERC Project No. 2017–011.

Site Visit

A site visit to the Big Creek No. 4

Hydropower Project is planned for

December 15, 1997. Those who wish to

attend should plan to meet at the

Auberry Post Office, in Auberry,

California at 1:00 PM.

Any questions regarding this notice

should be directed to John Ramer

(environmental coordinator), at (202)

219–2833.

n. Invitation to Intervene or Protest:

Intervenors are reminded of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure requiring parties filing

documents with the Commission to

serve a copy of the document on each

person whose name appears on the

official service list for the project.

Further, if a party or 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. See attached

paragraph B1.

o. Description of the Project: The

proposed project would consist of: (1)

an existing 875-foot-long, 250-foot-high

concrete dam, impounding a 35,033-

acre-foot reservoir; (2) a combination

penstock/pressure tunnel about 11,770

feet long; (3) one powerhouse with a

total installed capacity of 98,822

kilowatts: (4) two, 220-kilovolt

transmission lines totaling about 87

miles in length; (5) a bypassed river

reach totaling about 6.3 river miles; and

(6) appurtenant facilities.

p. This notice contains the standard

paragraphs B1 and E1.

q. Locations of the Application: A

copy of the application is available for

inspection or reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference and
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Files Maintenance Branch, located at

888 First Street, NE, Room 2A–1,

Washington, DC 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–2326. A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at C.E.

Miller, Southern California Edison

Company, 2244 Walnut Grove Avenue,

P.O. Box 800, Rosemead, California,

91770, at (818) 302–1564.

B1. Protest or Motions to Intervene—

Anyone may submit a protest or a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the requirements of the Rules of Practice

and Procedures, 18 C.F.R. sections

385.210, .211, and .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.

E1. 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 issue a public notice

requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions.

All filings must: (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTESTS’’ 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.

Agencies may obtain copies of the

application directly from the applicant.

Any of these documents must be filed

by providing the original and the

number of copies required by the

Commission’s regulations to: Secretary,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426. An additional copy must be sent

to: Director, Division of Licensing and

Compliance, Office of Hydropower

Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Room 62–15, 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.

[FR Doc. 97–30312 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Extension of License Term

November 13, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Extension of

License Term.

b. Project No.: 3030–012.

c. Licensee: Antrim County, Michigan.

d. Name of Project: Elk Rapids.

e. Location: Elk River, Antrim County,

Michigan.

f. Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16

U.S.C. §§ 792–828c.

g. Licensee Contact: Peter Garwood,

Office of Coordinator/Planner, P.O. Box

187, Bellaire, MI 49615, (616) 533–6265.

h. FERC Contact: Dean C. Wight, (202)

219–2675.

i. Comment Date: December 2, 1997.

j. Description of Proposed Action: The

licensee requests an extension of the 20-

year term of the project license. The

current term expires February 28, 2001.

The requested extension would cause

the license to expire on December 31,

2014.

The licensee states that, in setting the

license term for 20 years, the

Commission erroneously relied on

precedent for projects which operated

prior to receiving licenses. The licensee

further states that the project will not

support the cost of relicensing (the

licensee must file a relicense

application in February 1999) and that

the present 20-year term is insufficient

for it to recover the cost of developing

the project.

k. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.

B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments 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 comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

C1. 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.

D2. 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.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30313 Filed 11–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Transfer of License

November 13, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Transfer of

License.

b. Project No.: 11077–018.

c. Date Filed: October 1, 1997.

d. Applicants: Alaska Power &

Telephone Company Goat Lake Hydro,

Inc.

e. Name of Project: Goat Lake.

f. Location: Pitchfork Falls, near the

town of Skagway, in the First Judicial

District in Southeast Alaska.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Robert S.

Grimm, Alaska Power & Telephone