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tributary to the Lower Kennebec River,

in Kennebec and Somerset Counties,

Maine.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. § 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact:

F. Allen Wiley, P.E., Managing Director,

Central Maine Power Company, 41

Anthony Avenue, Augusta, ME 04330,

(207) 623–3521

William Fiedler, UAH-Hydro Kennebec

Limited Partnership, RFD No. 4, box

7060, Winslow, ME 04901, (207) 872–

0542

Stacy Fitts, Benton Falls Associates,

1075 Clinton Avenue, Clinton, ME

04901, (207) 453–9703

Kevin Webb, CHI Energy, c/o

Ridgewood Maine Hydro Partners,

Andover Business Park, 200 Bullfinch

Drive, Andover, MA 01810, (978)

681–1900.

i. FERC Contact: John Schnagl, (202)

219–2661.

j. Comment Date: July 15, 1998.

k. Description of Proposed Action:

Central Maine Power Company, Merimil

Limited Partnership, UAH-Hydro

Kennebec Limited Partnership, and

Benton Falls Associates, licensees of

Project Nos. 2552, 2322, 2325, 2574,

2611, and 5073 and Ridgewood Maine

Hydro Partners, L.P. applicant for

original license for Project No. 11472

seek to incorporate the applicable terms

of the Agreement Between Members of

the Kennebec Hydro Developers Group,

the Kennebec Coalition, the National

Marine Fisheries Service, the State of

Maine, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, dated May 26, 1998 into the

aforementioned existing license or

pending license application. This

amendment application is pursuant to a

settlement among parties reached in fish

passage matters related to the

aforementioned projects. The Lower

Kennebec River Comprehensive

Hydropower Accord was filed with

FERC in this matter on May 28, 1998.

A public notice is also being issued

today concerning the application by the

Licensees of the Edwards Project (No.

2389) and the State of Maine to transfer

the Edwards Project license to the State

of Maine. This application for license

transfer is also made pursuant to the

Lower Kennebec River Comprehensive

Hydropower Settlement Accord.

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

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15912 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Lower Kennebec River

Comprehensive Hydropower

Settlement Accord

June 10, 1998.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission and is available for public

inspection.

a. Type of Application: Lower

Kennebec River Comprehensive

Hydropower Settlement Accord.

b. Project Nos: 2389–030, 2322–025,

2325–027, 2552–033, 2574–024, 2611–

033, 5073–054, 11472–003.

c. Date Filed: May 28, 1998.

d. Applicants: The City of Augusta,

Maine; Edwards Manufacturing

Company, Inc.; The Kennebec Coalition

(American Rivers, Inc., The Atlantic

Salmon Federation, Kennebec Valley

Chapter of Trout Unlimited, The Natural

Resources Council of Maine, and Trout

Unlimited); Kennebec Hydro Developers

Group (Central Maine Power Company,

Merimil Limited Partnership,

Ridgewood Maine Hydro Partners, L.P.,

and Benton Falls Associates); The State

of Maine; The U.S. Department of

Commerce, through the National Maine

Fisheries Service; and the U.S.

Department of Interior, through the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service.

e. Name of Projects: Licensed

Projects—Edwards Dam, Fort Halifax,

Shawmut, Weston, Lockwood, HydroKennebec, and Benton Falls; and

Pending Application for original

License for Burnham Project.

f. Location: The Lower Kennebec

River and the Sebasticook River, a

tributary to the Lower Kennebec River,

in Kennebec and Somerset Counties,

Maine.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contract:

Donald H. Clark, Wilkinson, Barker,

Knauer, & Quinn, 2300 N Street, NW.,

Suite 700, Washington, DC 30037,

(202) 783–4141

Evan Richert, Director, Maine State

Planning Office, 38 State House

Station, Augusta, ME 04333, (207)

287–0677

Dan Squire, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering,

2445 M Street, N.W, Washington, DC

20037–1420, (202) 663–6060

Lewis Flagg, Commissioner (Acting),

Maine Department of Marine

Resources, 21 State House Station,

Hallowell Annex-Baker Building,

Augusta, ME 04333–0021, (207) 624–

6550

Lee Perry, Commissioner, Maine

Department of Inland Fisheries and

Wildlife, 41 State House Station, 284

State Street, Augusta, ME 04333–

0041, (202) 287–5202

Judith Stolfo, U.S. Department of the

Interior, One Gateway Center, Suite

612, Newton, ME 02158, (617) 527–

3400

Anton P. Giedt, National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration, One

Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA

01930–2298, (978) 281–9289

F. Allen Wiley, P.E., Managing Director,

Central Maine Power Company, 41

Anthony Avenue, Augusta, ME 04330,

(207) 623–3521
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William Fielder, UAH-Hydro Kennebec

Limited Partnership, RFD No. 4, Box

7060, Winslow, ME 04901, (207) 872–

0542

Stacy Fitts, Benton Falls Associates,

1075 Clinton Avenue, Clinton, ME

04901, (207) 435–9703

Kevin Webb, CHI Energy, c/o

Ridgewood Maine Hydro Partners,

Andover Business Park, 200 Bulfinch

Drive, Andover, MA 01810, (978)

681–1900

Gerald C. Poulin, President, Kennebec

Hydro Resources, Inc., General

Partner, Merimil Limited Partnership,

Edison Drive, Augusta, ME 04330,

(207) 621–3521.

I. FERC Contact: John A. Schnagl,

(202) 219–2661.

j. Comment Date: July 15, 1998.

k. Description of Proposed Action:

The applicants request the Commission

approve the Lower Kennebec River

Comprehensive Hydropower Settlement

Accord, filed pursuant to Commission

Rule 602, 18 CFR 385.602. This

comprehensive settlement would

accomplish the following: (1) a

charitable donation of the Edwards Dam

from Edwards Manufacturing Company

to the State of Maine; (2) the removal of

the Edwards Dam, the lowermost dam

on the Kennebec River, by the State of

Maine in 1999; (3) contribution of $7.25

million towards Edwards Dam removal

and related activities, and towards other

Kennebec River anadromous and

catadromous fish restoration efforts, by

Bath Iron Works Corporation and

Kennebec Hydro Developers Group

members; and (4) amendment of certain

fish passage obligations at seven dams

on the Kennebec and Sebasticook Rivers

owned by Kennebec Hydro Developers

Group members upstream of the

Edwards Dam. Public notices are also

being issued today concerning

Commission approval of specific

elements of this comprehensive

settlement.

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

application.

C1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS,’’

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS,’’ ‘‘PROTESTS,’’ 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15913 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Transfer of License

June 10, 1998.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Transfer of

License.

b. Project No.: 2389–031.

c. Date filed: May 28, 1998.

d. Applicants: Edwards

Manufacturing Company, the City of

Augusta, Maine, and the State of Maine.

e. Name of Project: Edwards Dam.

f. Location: The lowermost dam on

the Kennebec River, in Kennebec

County, Maine.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Evan

Richert, Director, Maine State Planning

Office, 38 State House Station, Augusta,

ME 04333, (207) 287–8050.

i. FERC Contact: John Schnagl, (202)

219–2661.

j. Comment Date: July 15, 1998.

k. Description of Transfer: The

licensees, Edwards Manufacturing

Company and the City of Augusta,

Maine, seek to transfer the project

license to the State of Maine. This

transfer is pursuant to a settlement

among parties reached in this and

related matters whereby the State of

Maine will remove the dam with funds

from outside parties. The Lower

Kennebec River Comprehensive

Hydropower Settlement Accord was

filed with FERC in this matter on May

28, 1998. A public notice is also being

issued today concerning the application

regarding modification of fish passage

deadlines on seven dams on the

Kennebec and Sebasticook Rivers

owned by Kennebec Hydro Developers

Group members upstream of the

Edwards Dam. This application for

license amendment is also made

pursuant to the Lower Kennebec River

Comprehensive Hydropower Settlement

Accord.

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

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 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.