Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 222 / Thursday, November 16, 2000 / Notices 69301

comments. Comments and protests may

be filed electronically via the internet in

lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

For further information, please

contact Patti Leppert at (202) 219–2767.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29348 Filed 11–15–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2471–005—Michigan]

Wisconsin Electric Power Company;

Notice of Availability of Environmental

Assessment

November 9, 2000.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy

Projects has reviewed the application to

surrender license for the Sturgeon Plant

Project located on the Sturgeon River, a

tributary of the Menominee River, in

Dickinson County, Michigan, and has

prepared an Environmental Assessment

(EA) for the project. In the EA, the

Commission staff has analyzed the

potential environmental effects of the

proposed action and has concluded that

accepting surrender of the license, with

appropriate environmental measures,

would not constitute a major Federal

action significantly affecting the quality

of the human environment.

Copies of the EA are available for

review in the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, Room 2A, located at

888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC

20426. The EA may also be viewed on

the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm. Please call (202) 208–

2222 for assistance.

Any comments should be filed by

December 1, 2000, and should be

addressed to David P. Boergers,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426. Please affix

Project No. 2471–005 to all comments.

Comments and protests may be filed

electronically via the internet in lieu of

paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)

and the instructions on the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

For further information, please

contact Patti Leppert at (202) 219–2767.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–29349 Filed 11–15–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site

Visits and Soliciting Scoping

Comments

November 9, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: A New Major

License.

b. Project Nos.: 2597–018 and 2576–

023.

c. Date filed: August 31, 1999.

d. Applicant: Northeast Generation

Company.

e. Names of Projects: Falls Village

Project and Housatonic Project which

are filed as a single application under

the designation ‘‘The Housatonic River

Project.’’

f. Location: On the Housatonic River,

near the towns of Canaan, North

Canaan, Salisbury, Bridgewater,

Brookfield, Danbury, Kent, Monroe,

Newtown, New Fairfield, New Milford,

Oxford, Roxbury Sherman and

Southbury, in Fairfield, New Haven and

Litchfield counties, Connecticut.

Approximately 74 acres of federal land

are within project boundaries.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 USC 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert A.

Gates, Project Manager, Northeast

Generating Services, 143 West Street,

New Milford, Connecticut 06776 (860)

354–8840. Gatesr@nu.com

i. FERC Contact: James T. Griffin,

(202) 219–2799.

j. Deadline for filing scoping

comments: 60 days from the issuance of

this Notice.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Agency

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

Comments and protests may be filed

electronically via the internet in lieu of

paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)

and the instructions on the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all intervenors

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person whose name appears on the

official service list for the project.

Further, if an 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.

k. Status of environmental analysis:

This application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time.

l. Description of the projects: 

The two projects represented in the

Housatonic River Project Application

comprise five developments: the Falls

Village, Bulls Bridge, Shepaug, Rocky

River and Stevenson developments are

located on the Housatonic River, 76.2

miles, 52.9 miles, 44.1 miles, 30.0 and

19.3 miles respectively from its mouth.

1. The Falls Village development

consists of the following existing

facilities: (a) A 300-foot-long, 14-foothigh concrete gravity dam with two

spillways having a combined overflow

length of approximately 280 feet, and a

crest elevation of 631.5 feet National

Geodetic Vertical Distance (NGVD); (b)

an impoundment 3.8 miles long

containing 1,135 acre-feet when at

elevation 633.2 feet NGVD; (c) a damintegral powerhouse with a total

installed capacity of 9.0 megawatts

(MW) producing approximately

39,733,500 kilowatt-hours (kWh)

annually; and (d) a switch yard

connected to the project via a 69

kilovolt (kV) interconnected

transmission line.

2. The Bulls Bridge development

consists of: (a) A 203-foot-long, 24-foothigh stone and concrete gravity dam

with a dam crest of 354 feet NGVD; (b)

a two-mile-long power canal; (c) a 156-

foot-long, 17-foot-high rock fill gravity

weir dam; (d) a 2.25-mile-long reservoir

with an 1,800 acre-feet storage capacity

and a surface area of approximately 120

acres at normal elevation of 354 feet

NGVD; (e) a powerhouse with a capacity

of 7.2 MW, developing an average of

44,079,300 kWh annually; and (f) a 69

kV line which connects the

development to the Rocky River

development.

3. The Rocky River Pumped Storage

development consists of: (a) A 952-footlong earth-filled core wall dam, a 2,500-

foot-long earthen canal dike that forms

the north bank of the power canal to the

intake structure, two earthen and one

concrete Lanesville dike, Recreation

Point and Danbury dikes, a dam crest

elevation averaging 440.1 feet NGVD,

and an intake canal 3,190 feet in length;

(b) the seven mile-long Candlewood