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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.

[FR Doc. 01–11481 Filed 5–7–01; 8:45 am]

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

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party to the proceeding. Any protests or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified deadline date

for the particular application.

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.

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,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–11482 Filed 5–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing and Soliciting Comments,

Protests, and Motions To Intervene

May 2, 2001.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary

permit.

b. Project No.: 11961–000.

c. Date filed: April 17, 2001.

d. Applicant: Symbiotics, LLC.

e. Name and Location of Project: The

Clearwater Dam Hydroelectric Project

would be located on the Black River in

Wayne County, Missouri. The project

would utilize the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineer’s existing Clearwater Dam.

f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 USC 791(a)–825(r).

g. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brent L.

Smith, Northwest Power Services, Inc.,

P.O. Box 535, Rigby, ID 83442, (208)

745–8630.

h. FERC Contact: James Hunter, (202)

219–2839.

i. Deadline for filing comments,

protests, and motions to intervene: 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.

Motions to intervene, protests, and

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.

Please include the project number (P–

11961–000) on any comments or

motions filed.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all interveners

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person in the official service list

for the project. Further, if any intervener

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.

j. Description of Project: The proposed

project, using the existing Clearwater

Dam and Reservoir, would consist of: (1)

A 200-foot-long 20-foot-diameter steel

penstock; (2) a powerhouse containing

two generating units, each with an

installed capacity of 2.4 megawatts; (3)

a five-mile long, 15-kV transmission

line; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The

project would have an average annual

generation of 22.9 GWh.

k. 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 20426, or by calling (202) 208–1371.

The application 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 g

above.

l. Preliminary Permit—Anyone

desiring to file a competing application

for preliminary permit for a proposed

project must submit the competing

application itself, or a notice of intent to

file such an application, to the

Commission on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application (see 18 CFR 4.36).

Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing preliminary permit

application no later than 30 days after

the specified comment date for the

particular application. A competing

preliminary permit application must

conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36.

m. Preliminary Permit—Any qualified

development applicant desiring to file a

competing development application

must submit to the Commission, on or

before a specified comment date for the

particular application, either a

competing development application or a

notice of intent to file such an

application. Submission of a timely

notice of intent to file a development

application allows an interested person

to file the competing application no

later than 120 days after the specified

comment date for the particular

application. A competing license

application must conform with 18 CFR

4.30(b) and 4.36.

n. Notice of intent—A notice of intent

must specify the exact name, business

address, and telephone number of the

prospective applicant, and must include

an unequivocal statement of intent to

submit, if such an application may be

filed, either a preliminary permit

application or a development

application (specify which type of

application). A notice of intent must be

served on the applicant(s) named in this

public notice.

o. Proposed Scope of Studies under

Permit—A preliminary permit, if issued,

does not authorize construction. The

term of the proposed preliminary permit

would be 36 months. The work

proposed under the preliminary permit

would include economic analysis,

preparation of preliminary engineering

plans, and a study of environmental

impacts. Based on the results of these

studies, the Applicant would decide

whether to proceed with the preparation

of a development application to

construct and operate the project.

p. 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.

q. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF INTENT

TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘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,