[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 93 (Monday, May 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24364-24365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11977]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application Soliciting Motions to Intervene, Protests, 
Comments, Recommendations, and Terms and Conditions

May 8, 2001.
    Take notice that the following application has been filed with the 
Commission and is available for public inspection.

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    a. Type of Application: Conduit Exemption.
    b. Project No.: 11897-000.
    c. Date filed: February 26, 2001.
    d. Applicant: Francis Carrington.
    e. Name of Project: Buckhorn Ranch Project.
    f. Location: On Mill Ditch, in Shasta County, California. Project 
has no Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Robert Smythe, 14824 Fern Road, Whitmore, 
California, 90096, phone (530) 472-1931.
    i. FERC Contact: Robert W. Bell (202) 219-2806.
    j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene, protests and comments: 
June 15, 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, motions to intervene, 
and protests may be electronically filed 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-11897-000) 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 an 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.
    k. Description of Project: The proposed project consists of a 
proposed powerhouse on a pipe section of Mill Ditch with one new 
generating unit having an installed capacity of 500-kW and will be 
discharged into a stock pond. The applicant would sell all the power 
generated to a local utility. The average annual generation would be 
4,336,200 kWh.
    l. Competing Application: Any qualified applicant desiring to file 
a competing application must submit to the Commission, on or before the 
specified deadline date for the particular application, a competing 
development application, or a notice of intent to file such an 
application. Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an 
interested person to file the competing development application no 
later than 120 days after the specified deadline date for the 
particular application. Applications for preliminary permits will not 
be accepted in response to this notice.
    m. 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.
    n. Protests or Motions to Intervene: 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 party 
to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to intervene must be 
received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular 
application.
    o. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents: The application is 
ready for environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is 
requesting comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions.
    The Commission directs, pursuant to Section 4.34(b) of the 
Regulations (see Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23108, May 20, 
1991) that all comments, recommendations, terms and conditions and 
prescriptions concerning the application be filed with the Commission 
within 30 days from the issuance date of this notice. All reply 
comments must be filed with the Commission within 45 days from the date 
of this notice. Anyone may obtain an extension of time for these 
deadlines from the Commission only upon a showing of good cause of 
extraordinary circumstances in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2008.
    p. All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION'', ``COMPETING APPLICATION'', ``COMMENTS'', 
``REPLY COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS'', ``TERMS AND CONDITIONS'', 
``PRESCRIPTIONS''; (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. All comments, 
recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions must set forth 
their evidentiary basis and otherwise comply with the requirements of 
18 CFR 4.34(b). 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: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any protest or 
motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the 
applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all other 
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof 
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the 
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 
385.2010.
    q. Available Locations of Application: 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, 
NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. This 
filing 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 shown in item h above.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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