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[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 186 (Monday, September 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 57601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24514]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments

September 19, 2000.
    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type: Settlement Offer on New License Application.
    b. Project No.: 2016-044.
    Project Name: Cowlitz River.
    Applicant: City of Tacoma.
    c. Date Settlement Agreement Filed: September 11, 2000.
    d. Location: On the Cowlitz River, in Lewis County, Washington. 
About 5 acres are included within the Gifford Pinchot National Forest 
and about 59 acres are on lands owned by the Bureau of Land Management.
    e. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    f. Applicant's Contact: Toby Freeman, Tacoma Power, 3628 South 35th 
Street, Tacoma, WA 98411; (253) 502-8862.
    g. FERC Contact: David Turner (202) 219-2844, Email: 
[email protected].
    h. Deadline Dates: Comments due: October 18, 2000; reply comments 
due: November 2, 2000.
    i. All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervener 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.
    j. A Settlement Agreement was filed with the Commission on 
September 11, 2000. The agreement is the final, executed Cowlitz River 
Hydroelectric Project Settlement Agreement for the relicensing of 
Project No. 2016. The purpose of the Settlement is to resolve among the 
signatory parties all issues associated with issuance of a new license 
for the project regarding fish passage, fish production, fish habitat, 
water quality, instream flows, wildlife, recreation, and cultural and 
historic resources. Comments and reply comments on the Offer of 
Settlement are due on the dates listed above. Interested parties that 
have already filed comments on the settlement do not need to file their 
comments again for them to be considered by the Commission.
    k. Copies of the offer of settlement are available for inspection 
and reproduction at the Commission's Public Reference Room, located at 
888 First Street, NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling 
(202) 208-1371. This filing may be viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call 202-208-2222 for assistance) or at the address 
listed in item f above.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-24514 Filed 9-22-00; 8:45 am]
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