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prescriptions, and terms and conditions

on the Preliminary Draft Environmental

Assessment (PDEA); and (2) preliminary

comments on the Draft License

Application.

k. Deadline for filing preliminary

comments, recommendations,

prescriptions, and terms and conditions:

60 days from the issuance date of this

notice.

All comments on the PDEA and Draft

License Application should be sent to

the addresses noted above in Item (h),

with one copy filed with FERC at the

following address: David P. Boergers,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426. All comments

must include the project name and

number and bear the heading

Preliminary Comments, Preliminary

Recommendations, Preliminary

Prescriptions, or Preliminary Terms and

Conditions.

Comments, protests and interventions

may be filed electronically via the

internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

l. A copy of the application is

available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference and Files Maintenance

Branch, located at 888 First Street, N.E.,

Room 2–A, Washington, D.C. 20426, or

by calling (202) 219–1371. A copy of the

application may also be viewed or

printed by accessing the Commission’s

website on the Internet at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm, or

call (202) 208–2222 for assistance.

Minnesota Power Inc. has mailed

notification to members of the

collaborative team and interested parties

of the filed PDEA and Draft License

Application. Copies of these documents

are also available by calling the

applicant contact identified in Item (h)

above.

m. With this notice, we are initiating

consultation with the Minnesota STATE

HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER

(SHPO), as required by Section 106,

National Historic Preservation Act, and

the regulations of the Advisory Council

on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Scoping Meetings and

Soliciting Scoping Comments

May 2, 2001.

Take notice the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: New major

license.

b. Project No.: P–2142–031.

c. Date filed: December 28, 1999.

d. Applicant: FPL Energy Maine

Hydro, LLC.

e. Name of Project: Indian Pond

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Kennebec River,

near the town of The Forks, Somerset

and Piscataquis counties, Maine. The

project would not utilize federal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contacts: Kenneth P.

Hoffman, Vice President; FPL Energy

Maine Hydro, LLC; 700 Universe

Boulevard Juno Beach, FL 33408; (561)

694–4000 and Robert C. Richter III;

Senior Environmental Coordinator; FPL

Energy Maine Hydro, LLC; 100 Middle

Street; Portland, ME 04101; (207) 771–

3536.

i. FERC Contact: Kevin Whalen (202)

219–2790; email:

kevin.whalen@ferc.fed.us.

j. Deadline for filing scoping

comments: July 9, 2001.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary; Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission; 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Comments, protests and interventions

may be filed electronically via the

internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all intervenors

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person whose name appears on the

official service list for the project.

Further, if an intervenor files comments

or documents with the Commission

relating to the merits of an issue that

may affect the responsibilities of a

particular resource agency, they must

also serve a copy of the document on

that resource agency.

Protests, comments on filings,

comments on environmental

assessments and environmental impact

statements, and reply comments may be

filed electronically via the internet in

lieu of paper. See 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

k. Status of environmental analysis:

This application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time.

l. Description of the Project: The

proposed peaking project consists of the

following existing facilities: (1) A 2,000-

foot-long dam, consisting of (a) a 270-

foot-long, 175-foot-high concrete

section, (b) a 200-foot-long attached

powerhouse section, and (c) an earthen

section in excess of 1,500 feet in length;

(2) four steel penstocks ranging from 6

feet to 24 feet in diameter; (3) a concrete

powerhouse containing four generating

units, having a total rated hydraulic

capacity of 7,140 cubic feet per second

and installed generation capacity of 76.4

megawatts (4) a 3,746-acre

impoundment varying in width from 0.9

to 1.5 miles, extending about 9 miles

upstream, that has a usable storage

capacity of 850 million cubic feet; and

(5) appurtenant facilities. The applicant

estimates the total average annual

generation would be approximately 202

million kilowatt hours.

m. Locations of the application: A

copy of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference Room,

located at 888 First Street, NE, Room

2A, Washington, DC 20246, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. The application may be

viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

(202) 208–2222 for assistance). A copy

is also available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item h.

above.

n. Scoping Process

The Commission intends to prepare

an Environmental Assessment (EA) on

the project in accordance with the

National Environmental Policy Act. The

EA will consider both site-specific and

cumulative environmental impacts and

reasonable alternatives to the proposed

action.

Scoping Meetings

The Commission will hold scoping

meetings, one in the evening and one in

the daytime, to help us identify the

scope of issues to be addressed in the

EA.

The evening scoping meeting is

primarily for public input and the

daytime scoping meeting will focus on

resource agency concerns. All interested

individuals, organizations, and agencies

are invited to attend one or both of the

meetings, and to assist the staff in

identifying the scope of the

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environmental issues that should be

analyzed in the EA. The times and

locations of these meetings are as

follows:

Evening Scoping Meeting

Date: June 6, 2001

Time: 7:00 to 9:00 pm

Place: The Forks Town Hall, US Route

201, The Forks, Maine

Daytime Scoping Meeting

Date: June 7, 2001

Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Place: Best Western Senator Inn

(Embassy Room), 284 Western

Avenue at I–95, Augusta, Maine

Individuals needing directions to the

scoping meetings should contact Mr.

Robert Richter, FPL Energy Maine

Hydro, LLC, at (207) 771–3536.

Commission staff previously conducted

a site visit of the Indian Pond

Hydroelectric Project on September 28

and 29, 2000. No additional site visit is

planned at this time.

To help focus discussions, we will

distribute a Scoping Document (SD1)

outlining the subject areas to be

addressed in the EA to the parties on the

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of the

SD1 also will be available at the scoping

meeting.

Objectives

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1)

Summarize the environmental issues

tentatively identified for analysis in the

EA; (2) solicit from the meeting

participants all available information,

especially quantifiable data, on the

resources at issue; (3) encourage

statements from experts and the public

on issues that should be analyzed in the

EA, including view points in opposition

to, or in support of, the staff’s

preliminary views; (4) determine the

resource issues to be addressed in the

EA; and (5) identify those issues that

require a detailed analysis, as well as

those issues that do not require a

detailed analysis.

The meetings will be recorded by a

stenographer and will become part of

the formal record of the Commission

proceeding on the project. Individuals

presenting statements at the meetings

will be asked to sign in before the

meeting starts and to clearly identify

themselves for the record.

Individuals, organizations, and

agencies with environmental expertise

and concerns are encouraged to attend

the meetings and to assist staff in

defining and clarifying the issues to be

addressed in the EA.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Amended License

Application To Include Co-Applicant

and Soliciting Motions To Intervene

and Protests

May 2, 2001.

Take notice that the following

amended hydroelectric application has

been filed with the Commission and is

available for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: New major

license.

b. Project No.: P–2318–002.

c. Date filed: April 12, 2000.

d. Applicants: Erie Boulevard

Hydropower, L.P. and Hudson RiverBlack River Regulating District.

e. Name of Project: E.J. West Hydro

Project.

f. Location: On the Sacandaga River,

6 miles upstream from its confluence

with the Hudson River, in the town of

Hadley, Saratoga County, New York.

The project would not utilize federal

lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r) and the

Commission regulations, 18 CFR

385.215(a), 16.9(b)(3) and 16.9(c).

h. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Jerry L.

Sabattis, Hydro Licensing Coordinator,

225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 201,

Liverpool, New York 13088, (315) 413–

2787 (Erie); and Mr. Thomas E. Brewer,

Chief Engineer, Hudson River-Black

River Regulating District, 350 Northern

Boulevard, Albany, New York 12204,

(518) 465–3491 (District).

i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery, E-mail

address at Lee.Emery@ferc.fed.us. or

telephone (202) 219–2779.

j. Deadline for filing motions to

intervene and protests: 60 days from the

issuance date of this notice.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

Comments, protests and interventions

may be filed electronically via the

internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s web site at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

require all intervenors filing documents

with the Commission to serve a copy of

that document on each person on the

official service list for the project.

Further, if an intervenor files comments

or documents with the Commission

relating to the merits of an issue that

may affect the responsibilities of a

particular resource agency, they must

also serve a copy of the document on

that resource agency.

k. This application has been accepted,

and is ready for environmental analysis

at this time.

l. Description of Amended

Application: Erie filed its relicense

application for the E.J. West Project with

the Commission on December 13, 1991.

The Commission issued a Notice of

Application Ready for Environmental

Analysis (REA) for the project on July

14, 2000. The description of project

facilities are described in the REA

Notice. The District is a state agency

that currently operates and maintains

the Great Sacandaga Lake and the

Conklingville Dam for flood control and

low-flow augmentation purposes for the

Lower Hudson River. Erie currently

generates hydroelectric power using its

own powerhouse and the District’s

facilities of the dame and reservoir

(Great Sacandaga Lake).

The Applicants have requested

waivers concerning any final

amendment deadline to accommodate

the filing of this amendment, and they

have requested the Commission, in their

future licensing action on this project,

consider issuing (1) a separate license to

Erie (existing licensee) for the project

powerhouse and generating facilities;

and (2) a separate license to the District

(currently unlicensed) for the

Conklingville Dam and Great Sacandaga

Lake.

m. A copy of the amendment is

available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference Room, located at 888

First Street, NE., Room 2–A,

Washington, DC 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. The amendment may be

viewed on http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance). A copy is also available for

inspection and reproduction at the

address in item h above.

n. Anyone may submit a protest or a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the requirements of Rules of Practice

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210,

385.211, and 385.214. 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