[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32874-32875]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15914]


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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. Secs. 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]
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