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(‘‘WPSC’’), tendered for filing an

executed Electric Service Agreement for

partial requirements service with the

Washington Island Electric Cooperative

(‘‘the Cooperative) under the WPSC’s

W–2A Tariff and an unexecuted

Network Integration Transmission

Service Agreement under WPSC’s Open

Access Transmission Tariff. WPSC

requests that the Commission make the

service agreements effective on February

1, 1997.

WPSC states that copies of this filing

have been served on the Cooperative, on

the Michigan Public Service

Commission and on the Public Service

Commission of Wisconsin.

Comment date: February 27, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. Illinois Power Company

[Docket No. ER97–1486–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 1997,

Illinois Power Company (Illinois

Power), 500 South 27th Street, Decatur,

Illinois 62526, tendered for filing a

Power Sales Tariff, Service Agreement

under which Progress Power Marketing,

Inc. will take service under Illinois

Power Company’s Power Sales Tariff.

The agreements are based on the Form

of Service Agreement in Illinois Power’s

tariff.

Illinois Power has requested an

effective date of January 23, 1997.

Comment date: February 27, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

19. Central Hudson Gas & Electric

Corporation, Consolidated Edison

Company of New York, Inc., Long

Island Lighting Company, New York

State Electric & Gas Corporation,

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation,

Orange and Rockland Utilities, Inc.,

Rochester Gas and Electric

Corporation, Power Authority of the

State of New York

[Docket No. ER97–1523–000]

New York Power Pool

[Docket No. OA97–470–000]

Take notice that on January 31, 1997,

Central Hudson Gas & Electric

Corporation, Consolidated Edison

Company of New York, Inc., Long Island

Lighting Company, New York State

Electric & Gas Corporation, Niagara

Mohawk Power Corporation, Orange

and Rockland Utilities, Inc., and

Rochester Gas and Electric Corporation,

and the Power Authority of the State of

New York filed Agreements to form an

Independent System Operator, New

York Power Exchange, and New York

State Reliability Council, and to provide

statewide transmission service.

In addition, New York Power Pool

amended its compliance filing pursuant

to Order No. 888 in Docket No. OA97–

470–000.

Comment date: February 24, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

20. Lake Cogen, Ltd.

[Docket No. QF92–198–002]

On February 5, 1997, Lake Cogen, Ltd.

(Applicant), c/o GPU International, Inc.,

One Upper Pond Road, Parsippany,

New Jersey 07054, submitted for filing

an application for recertification of a

facility as a qualifying cogeneration

facility pursuant to Section 292.207(b)

of the Commission’s Regulations. No

determination has been made that the

submittal constitutes a complete filing.

According to Applicant, the toppingcycle cogeneration facility is located in

Umatilla, Florida. The Commission

previously certified the facility as a

qualifying cogeneration facility in Lake

Cogen, Ltd., 61 FERC ¶ 62,109 (1992)

and recertified the facility in Lake

Cogen, Ltd., 76 FERC ¶ 62,102 (1996).

The instant request for recertification is

due to a change in ownership of the

facility.

Comment date: February 28, 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.

[FR Doc. 97–4435 Filed 2–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Project Nos. 1494–136, et al.]

Hydroelectric Applications [Grand

River Dam Authority (GRDA), et al.];

Notice of Applications

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric applications have been

filed with the Commission and are

available for public inspection:

1a. Type of Application: Non-project

Use of Project Lands (Construction of a

New Marina).

b. Project No.: 1494–136.

c. Date Filed: January 14, 1997.

d. Applicant: Grand River Dam

Authority (GRDA).

e. Name of Project: Pensacola Project.

f. Location: The proposed marina

expansion would be located in the

Honey Creek arm of Grand Lake O’ the

Cherokees in Delaware County,

Oklahoma.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C., § 791(a)-825(r).

h. Applicant contact: Marsha

Hawkins, Grand River Dam Authority,

P.O. Box 409, Vinita, OK 74301, (918)

256–5545.

i. FERC contact: John K. Hannula,

(202) 219–0116.

j. Comment date: MARCH 17, 1997.

k. Description of the Application:

GRDA requests approval to permit Brian

Miller and Dennis Blakemore, d/b/a

Honey Creek Landing, Ltd., LLC, to

build a new marina consisting of 7

docks containing 242 boat slips. The

marina is located near Honey Creek

Bridge (U.S.Route 59).

1. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.

2a. Type of Filing: Request for

Extension of Time to Commence Project

Construction.

b. Applicant: Borough of Cheswick,

Pennsylvania and the Allegheny Valley

North Council of Governments.

c. Project No.: The proposed

Allegheny River Lock & Dam No. 3

Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 4474–

061, is to be located on the Allegheny

River in Allegheny County,

Pennsylvania.

d. Date Filed: January 7, 1997.

e. Pursuant to: Public Law 104–254.

f. Applicants Contact: Donald H.

Clarke, Counsel for Licensee, Wilkinson,

Barker, Knauer & Quinn, 1735 New

York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC

20006, (202) 783–4141.

g. FERC Contact: Mr. Lynn R. Miles,

(202) 219–2671.

h. Comment Date: MARCH 21, 1997.

i. Description of the Request: The

licensees for the subject project have

requested that the deadline for

commencement of construction be

extended. The deadline to commence

project construction for FERC Project

No. 4474 would be extended to

September 26, 1999. The deadline for

completion of construction would be

extended to September 26, 2003.

j. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.
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3a. Type of Application: Surrender of

License.

b. Project No: 11285–003.

c. Date Filed: December 31, 1996.

d. Applicant: Casitas Municipal Water

District.

e. Name of Project: Lake Casitas

Power Project.

f. Location: Lake Casitas, Ventura

County, CA.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 USC Section 791(a)—825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: John J. Johnson,

1055 Ventura Avenue, Oak View, CA

93022, (805) 649–2251.

i. FERC Contact: Hillary Berlin, (202)

219–0038.

j. Comment Date: MARCH 25, 1997.

k. Description of Application: The

licensee states that the project is not

economical. No construction has

occurred.

l. The notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.

4a. Type of filing: Notice of Intent to

File Application for New License.

b. Project No.: 2016.

c. Date filed: November 29, 1996.

d. Submitted By: City of Tacoma,

current licensee.

e. Name of Project: Cowlitz River.

f. Location: On the Cowlitz River, in

Lewis County, Washington.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the

Federal Power Act, 18 CFR 16.6 of the

Commission’s regulations.

h. Effective date of original license:

January 1, 1952.

i. Expiration date of original license:

December 31, 2001.

j. The 462-megawatt project consists

of the Mayfield Dam and Powerhouse,

Mossyrock Dam and Powerhouse,

Cowlitz Salmon Hatchery, Cowlitz

Trout Hatchery, Mossyrock Park,

Taidnapam Park, and other associated

facilities.

k. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.7,

information on the project is available

at: Tacoma Public Utilities, 3628 South

35th Street, P.O. Box 11007, Tacoma,

WA 98411–0007, ATTN: Barbara

Werelius, Records Management

Supervisor, (206) 502–8764.

l. FERC contact: Hector M. Perez (202)

219–2843.

m. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.9(b)(1) each

application for a new license and any

competing license applications must be

filed with the Commission at least 24

months prior to the expiration of the

existing license. All applications for

license for this project must be filed by

December 31, 1999.

5a. Type of filing: Notice of Intent to

File Application for New License.

b. Project No.: 2030.

c. Date filed: December 6, 1996, by

Portland General Electric Company and

December 26, 1996, by the Confederated

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation

of Oregon.

The project is currently licensed to

PGE and the Tribes to the extent of their

interests.

d. Name of Project: Pelton-Round

Butte.

e. Location: On the Deschutes River,

in Jefferson County, Oregon.

f. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the

Federal Power Act, 18 CFR 16.6 of the

Commission’s regulations.

g. Effective date of original license:

January 1, 1952.

h. Expiration date of original license:

December 31, 2001.

i. The existing project consists of: The

Pelton Development consisting of a 205-

foot-high concrete arch dam, a reservoir,

a powerhouse with an installed capacity

of 108,000 kilowatts, a 7-mile-long

transmission line, and other

appurtenant facilities; the Round Butte

Development consisting of a 440-foothigh rock-fill dam, a reservoir, a

powerhouse with an installed capacity

of 300,000 kilowatts, a 96-mile-long

transmission line, and other

appurtenant facilities; and the

Reregulating Development consisting of

a concrete gravity and earth reregulating

dam, a reservoir, a powerhouse with an

installed capacity of 15,000 kilowatts, a

3-mile-long transmission line, and other

appurtenant facilities.

j. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.7,

information on the project is available

at: Portland General Electric Company,

121 SW Salmon, 3WTC–BRLH,

Portland, OR 97204, ATTN: Richard

Dyer, Senior Vice President, (503) 464–

8454.

Warm Springs Power Enterprises, The

Confederated Tribes of the Warm

Springs Reservation of Oregon, P.O.

Box 960, 5180 Jackson Trail Road,

Warm Springs, OR 97761, (541) 553–

1161.

k. FERC contact: Hector M. Perez

(202) 219–2843.

l. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.9(b)(1) each

application for a new license and any

competing license applications must be

filed with the Commission at least 24

months prior to the expiration of the

existing license. All applications for

license for this project must be filed by

December 31, 1999.

6a. Type of filing: Notice of Intent to

File Application for New License.

b. Project No.: 2042.

c. Date filed: January 16, 1997.

d. Submitted By: Public Utility

District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County.

e. Name of Project: Box Canyon.

f. Location: On the Pend Oreille River,

in Pend Oreille County, Washington and

Bonner County, Idaho.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the

Federal Power Act, 18 CFR 16.6 of the

Commission’s regulations.

h. Effective date of original license:

February 1, 1952.

i. Expiration date of original license:

January 31, 2002.

j. The project consists of: (1) a 46-foothigh and 160-foot-long reinforced

concrete dam with an integral spillway;

(2) a 8,850-acre reservoir; (3) a 217-footlong horseshoe shaped diversion tunnel

with reinforced concrete lining; (4) a

1,170-foot-long forebay channel; (5) a

reinforced concrete powerhouse with an

installed capacity of 60,000 kilowatts;

and (5) other appurtenances.

k. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.7,

information on the project is available

at: Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend

Oreille County, District Headquarters,

130 N. Washington, Newport, WA

99156, ATTN: Robert Geddes, (509)

447–3137.

l. FERC contact: Hector M. Perez (202)

219–2843.

m. Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.9(b)(1) each

application for a new license and any

competing license applications must be

filed with the Commission at least 24

months prior to the expiration of the

existing license. All applications for

license for this project must be filed by

January 31, 2000.

7a. Type of Application: Exemption

From Licensing.

b. Project No.: P–11549–001.

c. Date Filed: January 21, 1997.

d. Applicant: Dunkirk Water Power

Company, Inc.

e. Name of Project: Dunkirk Hydro

Project.

f. Location: On the Yahara River in

Dane County, near Dunkirk, Wisconsin.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.C. §§ 791 (a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Thomas J.

Reiss, Jr., President, Dunkirk Water

Power Company, Inc., P.O. Box 353, 319

Hart Street, Watertown, WI 53094, (414)

261–7975.

i. FERC Contact: Ed Lee (202) 219–

2809.

j. Comment Date: APRIL 7, 1997.

k. Description of Project:

The existing run-of-river project

consists of: (1) a dam and reservoir; (2)

a powerhouse containing two generating

units for a total installed capacity of 345

kW; (3) a transmission line; and (4)

appurtenant facilities. The applicant

estimates that the total average annual

generation would be 1,000 MWh. The

applicant has secured a long term lease

from the owner, Dunkirk Dam Lake

District, P.O. Box 83, Stoughton, WI

53589, which provides all necessary real

property interests to develop and

operate the project.
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l. With this notice, we are initiating

consultation with the WISCONSIN

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION

OFFICER (SHPO), as required by § 106,

National Historic Preservation Act, and

the regulations of the Advisory Council

on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR, at

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 issuance date of this notice and

serve a copy of the request on the

applicant.

8a. Type of Application: Preliminary

Permit.

b. Project No.: 11592–000.

c. Date filed: September 25, 1996.

d. Applicant: Herman Allmaras.

e. Name of Project: Debeque GV

Project.

f. Location: At the Bureau of

Reclamation’s Grand Valley Diversion

dam, on the Colorado river, near the

town of Palisade, in Mesa County,

Colorado.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. § 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Herman

Allmaras, 731 353/10 Road, Palisade,

CO 81526, (970) 464–7686.

i. FERC Contact: Mr. Michael

Strzelecki, (202) 219–2827.

j. Comment Date: April 11, 1997.

k. Description of Project: The

proposed run-of-river project would

utilize the Bureau of Reclamation’s

existing Grand Valley Diversion dam,

and would consist of: (1) an intake; (2)

four ten-foot-long penstocks; (3) a

powerhouse containing four generating

units with a total installed capacity of

1,600 kW; (4) a tailrace; (5) a 250-footlong transmission line interconnecting

with an existing Tri State Generating

and Transmission Association, Inc.

Transmission line; and (6) and

appurtenant facilities.

l. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: A5, A7,

A9, A10, B, C, and D2.

Standard Paragraphs

A5. Preliminary Permit—Anyone

desiring to file a competing application

for preliminary permit for a proposed

project must submit the competing

application itself, or a notice of intent to

file such an application, to the

Commission on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application (see 18 CFR 4.36).

Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing preliminary permit

application no later than 30 days after

the specified comment date for the

particular application. A competing

preliminary permit application must

conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36.

A7. Preliminary Permit—Any

qualified development applicant

desiring to file a competing

development application must submit to

the Commission, on or before a

specified comment date for the

particular application, either a

competing development application or a

notice of intent to file such an

application. Submission of a timely

notice of intent to file a development

application allows an interested person

to file the competing application no

later than 120 days after the specified

comment date for the particular

application. A competing license

application must conform with 18 CFR

4.30(b) and 4.36.

A9. Notice of Intent—A notice of

intent must specify the exact name,

business address, and telephone number

of the prospective applicant, and must

include an unequivocal statement of

intent to submit, if such an application

may be filed, either a preliminary

permit application or a development

application (specify which type of

application). A notice of intent must be

served on the applicant(s) named in this

public notice.

A10. Proposed Scope of Studies under

Permit—A preliminary permit, if issued,

does not authorize construction. The

term of the proposed preliminary permit

would be 36 months. The work

proposed under the preliminary permit

would include economic analysis,

preparation of preliminary engineering

plans, and a study of environmental

impacts. Based on the results of these

studies, the Applicant would decide

whether to proceed with the preparation

of a development application to

construct and operate the project.

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.

C. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF INTENT

TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘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. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Project Review, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, at the abovementioned address. A copy of any

notice of intent, competing application

or motion to intervene must also be

served upon each representative of the

Applicant specified in 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.

Dated: February 12, 1997, Washington,

D.C.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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