32874 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 115 /Tuesday, June 16, 1998 / Notices

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.
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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. 98–15914 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2389]

Edwards Manufacturing Company, City

of Augusta, Maine; Notice of Meeting

June 10, 1998.

A technical conference will be held

on June 30, 1998, to discuss removal of

Edwards Dam. The process and

schedule for dam removal will be

defined and any additional studies

identified.

The conference will be held at the

Civic Center in Augusta, Maine on June

30, 1998, at 9:00 am. Any

recommendations for technical items to

be included on the conference agenda

should be filed with the Commission by

June 26, 1998, and copies provided to

all parties.

Items may be filed to: The Secretary,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

Mail Code: DLC, HL–11.2, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426.

The Offer of Settlement filed with the

Commission on May 28, 1998, proposes

an ambitious schedule. Frequent

technical interaction with Commission

staff would be essential to meet that

schedule. To help expedite this process,

the possibility of waiving the

Commission’s ex parte requirements

will be discussed among the parties at

the technical conference.

Any questions, please contact Mr.

John Schnagl at (202) 219–2661.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15915 Filed 6–15–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Sunshine Act Meeting

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: June 8, 1998 63 FR

31212.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF

MEETING: June 10, 1998 10:00 a.m.

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: The following

Docket Number and Company has been

added on the Agenda scheduled for the

June 10, 1998 meeting.

Item No. Docket No. and company

CAE–17 ..................................................................................................................... ER98–852–000, The Washington Water Power Company

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–16087 Filed 6–12–98; 12:21 pm]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Hearings and Appeals

Notice of Issuance of Decisions and

Orders; Week of February 16 Through

February 20, 1998

During the week of February 16

through February 20, 1998, the

decisions and orders summarized below

were issued with respect to appeals,

applications, petitions, or other requests

filed with the Office of Hearings and

Appeals of the Department of Energy.

The following summary also contains a

list of submissions that were dismissed

by the Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Copies of the full text of these

decisions and orders are available in the

Public Reference Room of the Office of

Hearings and Appeals, 950 L’Enfant

Plaza, SW, Washington, D.C., Monday

through Friday, except federal holidays.

They are also available in Energy

Management: Federal Energy

Guidelines, a commercially published

loose leaf reporter system. Some

decisions and orders are available on

the Office of Hearings and Appeals

World Wide Web site at http://

www.oha.doe.gov.

Dated: June 4, 1998.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

Decision List No. 73: Week of February

16 Through February 20, 1998

Appeals

Diane C. Larson, 2/17/98, VFA–0367

Diane C. Larson perfected an Appeal

under the Privacy Act. The Appellant

requested that OHA review a

determination issued by the Office of

Energy Intelligence to ascertain whether

an adequate search had been conducted

for documents responsive to the

Appellant’s Privacy Act request. The

Appellant also asked that OHA order

the Office of the Inspector General (OIG)

to expedite the issuance of a

determination. OHA denied this Appeal

because it found that the search

conducted by the staff of the Office of

Energy Intelligence was adequate, and

that OHA lacked jurisdiction to review

the processing of Appellant’s Privacy

Act request by the OIG.

FOIA Group, Inc., 2/18/98, VFA–0369

FOIA Group, Inc. filed a Freedom of

Information Act (FOIA) Appeal

requesting that the Office of Hearings

and Appeals of the Department of

Energy (DOE) order the release of

information withheld pursuant to 5

U.S.C. § 552(b)(4). Specifically, a DOE

facility released a copy of a contract, but

deleted certain information. In

considering the Appeal, the DOE

determined that most of the withheld

information, specifically, annual prices,

pricing and delivery terms, annual

demand amounts of power Bonneville

Power Administration would supply,

and total revenue amounts, was

commercial information within the

meaning of Exemption 4. Thus, the DOE

facility properly withheld this

information. However, the DOE found

that the DOE facility should release

some withheld information, specifically,

topic headings. Accordingly, the DOE

remanded FOIA Group, Inc.’s Appeal to

the Bonneville Power Administration.

Ruth Towle Murphy, 2/20/98, VFA–

0371

Ruth Towle Murphy (Murphy) filed

an Appeal from a determination issued

to her by the Manager of the Oak Ridge

Operations Office (Manager) of the