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responses to all comments received on

the preliminary APEA.

Commission staff have reviewed the

APEA and license application and have

determined that the application is

acceptable and no additional

information or studies are needed to

prepare the Commission’s

environmental assessment (EA). The

deadline for the applicant to file any

final amendments to the application is

June 8, 1998. Comments, as indicated

below, are now being requested from

interested parties. Any comments

received will be addressed in a draft EA

issued by Commission by late summer,

1998. There will be a 30-day comment

period on the draft EA. A final EA is

scheduled for the fall of 1998, or earlier.

Interventions and Protests

All intervention and protest filings

must: (1) bear in all capital letters the

title ‘‘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

responses; (3) furnish the name,

address, and telephone number of the

person intervening or protesting; and (4)

otherwise comply with the requirements

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.

All motions to intervene or protest must

be received June 22, 1998. A copy of any

motion to intervene or protest must be

served on the applicant.

Comments, Final Terms and

Conditions, Recommendations and

Prescriptions

Interested parties have until June 22,

1998, to file with the Commission, any

comments, final terms and conditions,

recommendations and prescriptions for

the Curtis/Palmer Hydroelectric Project.

The applicant will have 45 days

following the notice period to respond.

In view of the high level of early

involvement of the Cooperative Team,

we expect the majority of comments to

reflect the agreement and preferred

alternative in the preliminary APEA.

Copies of the Application and APEA

A copy of the APEA and final license

application is available for review by

contacting Stuart Field, International

Paper, Hudson River Mill, Pine Street,

Corinth, New York 12822, or phone

518–654–3445. Copies of these

documents are also available for review

in the Commission’s Public Reference

Room.

Filing Requirements

Any comments, final terms and

conditions, recommendations and

prescriptions should be filed by

providing an original and 8 copies as

required by the Commission’s

regulations to: Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.

In addition to the above copies,

comments, interventions, final terms

and conditions, recommendations may

also be submitted on a 31⁄2-inch diskette

formatted for Windows-95 based

computers to: Tom Dean, Office of

Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First St.,

NE, Room 61–47, Washington, D.C.

20426. For Macintosh users, it would be

helpful to save the documents in

Macintosh word processor format and

then write them to files on a diskette

formatted for MS–DOS or Windows-95

machines.

Questions regarding this notice may

be directed to Commission staff Tom

Dean at 202–219–2778.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Extension of Comment

Period for Proceeding Pursuant to

Reserved Authority To Determine

Whether Modification to License Are

Appropriate

April 23, 1998.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric applications has been

filed with the Commission and is

available for public inspection:

a. Type of Action: Notice of extension

of comment period for proceeding

pursuant to reserved authority to

determine whether modifications to

license are appropriate.

b. Project No: 4718–010.

c. Licensee Issued: December 8, 1982.

d. Licensee: Southern New Hampshire

Hydroelectric Development

Corporation.

e. Name of Project: Cocheco Falls.

f. Location: Cocheco River, Dover,

New Hampshire.

g. Authorization: Article 11 of the

project.

h. Licensee Contact: Mr. John

Webster, Southern New Hampshire

Hydroelectric Development

Corporation, P.O. Box 178, South

Berwick, ME 03908.

i. FERC Contact: Robert Grieve (202)

219–2655.

j. Comment Date: June 11, 1998.

k. Description of Proceeding: The

comment period for the March 9, 1998

notice of the proceeding initiated by the

Commission to determine if reserved

authority under article 11 of the project

license should be used to require

modifications to the project is extended

to June 11, 1998.

1. 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

applications.

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 the which

the filing refers. Any of the abovenamed 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 comment within the time

specified or filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One

copy of any agency’s comments must

also be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

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