Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 26 / Tuesday, February 8, 2000 / Notices 6207

West Linn with a total installed capacity

of 16 MW, and the Smurfit Development

on the east side of the Willamette Falls

near Oregon City with a total installed

capacity of 1.5 MW.

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, 2002.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Offer of Settlement and

Application for Amendment of License

February 2, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Application Type: Offer of

Settlement and Amendment of License.

b. Project No: 2342–011.

c. Date Filed: October 21, 1999.

d. Applicant: PacifiCorp.

e. Name of Project: Condit.

f. Location: The project is located on

the White Salmon River in Skamania

and Klickitat Counties, Washington.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 79(a)–825(r), and Rule

602 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602

(1999).

h. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Randy

Landolt, Managing Director Hydro

Resources Group, PacifiCorp, 825 NE

Multnomah Street, Suite 1500, Portland,

OR 97232, (503) 813–6651; Mr. Thomas

H. Nelson, Mr. Jeffrey S. Lovinger, Law

Offices of Thomas H. Nelson and

Associates, 825 NE Multnomah Street,

Suite 925, Portland, OR 97232, (503)

230–8311; and Mr. Robert A. Nelson,

Stoel Rives LLP, 1275 K Street, Suite

810, Washington, DC 20005–4006, (202)

408–2102.

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on

this notice should be addressed to Dave

Snyder at (202) 219–2385 or by e-mail

at david.snyder@ferc.fed.us

j. Filing the Removal Plan associated

with the Settlement Agreement: It

appears, based upon the contents of the

Offer of Settlement and of the

Settlement Agreement, Section 2.1, that

PacifiCorp may intend a portion of the

draft Condit Hydroelectric Project

Removal Summary Report, Engineering

Considerations, filed on June 19, 1998,

referenced as the ‘‘Removal Plan,’’ to be

included as a part of the Settlement

Agreement. Section 2.1 of the

Agreement provides for PacifiCorp to

file a copy of the Removal Plan, and

such filing will make the Offer of

Settlement complete.

k. Deadline for filing comments and

or motions: March 15, 2000 or 45 days

after the filing of the Removal Plan with

the Commission, whichever occurs

later.

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.

Please include the Project Number

(Project No. 2342–011) on any

comments or motions filed.

Under Rule 602(f)(3), 18 CFR 602(f)(3)

(1999), a failure to file comments on the

settlement agreement constitutes a

waiver of all objections to the Offer of

Settlement.

l. Description of Filing: PacifiCorp

filed an Offer of Settlement on behalf of

itself and the Yakama Indian Nation, the

U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Department

of the Interior, the National Marine

Fisheries Service, the Washington

Department of Ecology, the Washington

Department of Fish and Wildlife,

American Rivers, American Whitewater

Affiliation, Columbia Gorge Audubon

Society, Columbia Gorge Coalition,

Columbia River United, Federation of

Fly Fishers, Friends of the Columbia

Gorge, Friends of the Earth, Friends of

the White Salmon, The Mountaineers,

Rivers Council of Washington, The

Sierra Club, Trout Unlimited,

Washington Trout, the Washington

Wilderness Coalition, and the Columbia

River Intertribal Fish Commission.

The Offer of Settlement proposes

retirement of the Condit Project and

dam removal by December 2007. In

addition, PacifiCorp requests an

amendment of the current license to

extend the license term through October

1, 2006 (increasing the term of the

current license from 28 years to 41

years), and to incorporate the terms and

conditions of the Settlement Agreement

in the license.

m. Locations of the Application: A

copy of the application is 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. The application may be

viewed on the web at www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm. Call (202) 208–2222

for assistance. A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at the

address in item h above.

n. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary

of the Commission.

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.

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, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

A copy of any motion to intervene must

also be served upon each representative

of the Applicant specified in the

particular application.

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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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