[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32873-32874]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15913]


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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, Hydro-Kennebec, 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]
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