[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40903-40904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-20478]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Competing Application Amendment Accepted for Filing 
With the Commission

July 27, 1998.
    a. Type of Application: Major License.
    b. Project No.: P-11607-000.
    c. Date Filed: August 29, 1997, as amended on January 30, 1998.
    d. Competing Applicant(s): Holyoke Gas & Electric Department, 
Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant, and Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale 
Electric Company.
    e. Name of Project: Holyoke Hydroelectric Project.

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    f. Location: On the Connecticut River in Hampden, Hampshire, and 
Franklin Counties, Massachusetts.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. Secs. 791(a)-
825(r).
    h. Competing Applicant(s) Contact:

George E. Leary, Manager, Holyoke Gas & Electric Department, 99 Suffolk 
Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 (413) 536-9311
Roger W. Bacon, Director, Power Services Division, Mass. Municipal 
Wholesale Elec. Company, Randall Road, P.O. Box 426, Ludlow, MA 01056 
(413) 589-1041
Stanley Herrott, General Manager, Ashburnham Municipal Light Plant, 78 
Central Street, P.O. Box 823, Ashburnham, MA 01430 (508) 827-4423

    i. FERC Contact: Allan Creamer (202) 219-0365.
    j. Comment Date: August 31, 1998.
    k. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application has been 
accepted, but is not ready for environmental analysis at this time--see 
attached paragraph E1.
    l. Description of Project: This notice amends the description of 
the proposed project as noticed on July 1, 1998. No entity filed 
comments or objected to the amended application, pursuant to the notice 
dated June 12, 1998.
    The amendment: (1) adds Holyoke Gas & Electric Department (HG&E) as 
a co-applicant to the application originally filed by the Ashburnham 
Municipal Light Plant (Ashburnham) and the Massachusetts Municipal 
Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC); (2) specifies that HG&E, rather 
than MMWEC, will finance the project and sell a portion of the project 
power to Ashburnham; and (3) adds several new environmental measures, 
including (a) sponsoring the annual shad derby, (b) providing canoe 
portage around the Holyoke dam, and (c) installing an exclusion 
structure at the mouth of the No. 2 Overflow spillway. The amendment 
also (a) changes the location where copies of the amended application 
are available to HG&E's offices, (2) names the applicant contact for 
HG&E, and (3) makes changes to the applicant contacts for Ashburnham 
and R.W. Beck, the applicants' consultant.
    m. Purpose of Project: The power generated by the project would be 
used within HG&E's distribution system, with a portion sold to the 
MMWEC.
    n. This notice also consists of the following standard paragraphs: 
A4, B1, and E1.
    o. Available Locations of Application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference and Files and Maintenance Branch, located at 888 First 
Street, N.E. Room 2A-1, Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling (202) 
208-2326. Copies are also available for inspection and reproduction at 
the Holyoke Gas & Electric Department, 99 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, 
Massachusetts, 01040.
    A4. Development Application--Public notice of the filing, ``Notice 
of Intent to File an Application for a New License,'' issued November 
22, 1994, established the due date for filing competing applications or 
notices of intent. Under the Commission's regulations, any competing 
development application must be filed in response to, and in compliance 
with, the public notice of the initial development application. No 
competing applications or notices of intent may be filed in response to 
this notice.
    B1. Protests or Motions to Intervene--Anyone may submit a protest 
or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the 
Rules of Practice and Procedures, 18 CFR sections 385.210, .211, and 
.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission 
will consider all protests 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 protests or motions to intervene must be 
received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular 
application.
    E1. Filing and Service or Responsive Documents--The application is 
not ready for environmental analysis at this time; therefore, the 
Commission is not now requesting comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, or prescriptions. When the application is ready for 
environmental analysis, the Commission will issue a public notice 
requesting comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, or 
prescriptions.
    All filings must: (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST,'' or ``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 responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone 
number of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise 
comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 
Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the 
applicant. Any of these documents must be filed by providing the 
original and the number of copies required by the Commission's 
regulations to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. An additional copy must be 
sent to: Director, Division of Licensing and Compliance, Office of 
Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at the 
above address. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be 
served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the 
particular application.
David P. Boergers,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-20478 Filed 7-30-98; 8:45 am]
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