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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 effect 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 would consist of: (1)

The existing 550-foot-long, 126-foothigh Rock Creek Diversion Dam; (2) the

existing reservoir having a surface area

of 80 acres and a storage capacity of

4,669 acre-feet and a normal water

surface elevation of 2,216 feet msl; (3)

a proposed intake; (4) a proposed

powerhouse containing three generating

units having a total installed capacity of

900 kW; (5) a proposed 1,300-foot-long

60 kV transmission line; and (9)

appurtenant facilities.

The project would have an annual

generation of 6 GWh that would be sold

to a local utility.

1. 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,

D.C. 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 h

above.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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’’, ‘‘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. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Hydropower Administration and

Compliance, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, at the above-mentioned

address. A copy of any notice of intent,

competing application or motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing and Soliciting Motions To

Intervene, Protests, Comments,

Recommendations, and Terms and

Conditions

January 11, 2001.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: Conduit

Exemption.

b. Project No.: 11867–000.

c. Date Filed: December 26, 2000.

d. Applicant: The Metropolitan Water

District of Southern California.

e. Name of Project: Diamond Valley

Lake Small Conduit Hydroelectric

Project.

f. Location: In Riverside County,

California. The project would be located

in the Wadsworth Pumping Plant and

would utilize water from Diamond

Valley Lake. Diamond Valley Lake, an

off-stream reservoir, stores water from

the Colorado River Aqueduct that the

Wadsworth Plant pumps into it from a

forebay on the San Diego Canal. The

California Aqueduct will be a source of

water for the Lake by gravity flow, when

construction of the Inland Feeder

pipeline is complete. The project would

not occupy federal or tribal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 USC 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Joseph E.

Tait, Assistant General Manager, The

Metropolitan Water District of Southern

California, P.O. Box 54153, Los Angeles,

CA 90054–0153, (213) 217–6860.

i. FERC Contact: James Hunter, (202)

219–2839.

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j. Status of Environmental Analysis:

This application is ready for

environmental analysis at this time—see

the following paragraphs about filing

responsive documents.

k. Deadline for filing motions to

intervene, protests and comments:

February 16, 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 and protests 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–

11867–000) on any comments, protests,

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.

l. Description of Project: The project

would consist of modifying the 12

existing pumps in the Wadsworth Plant

to operate in a reverse turbinegenerating mode. Energy currently

dissipated in pressure control valves as

water is released from the Lake into the

Canal could then be captured. Each

pump/generator would have an

installed capacity of 3.3 megawatts

(MW), for a total installed capacity of

39.6 MW. The average annual

generation would be 30 gigawatt hours.

m. 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.

Development 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.

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 the

public notice.

Protests or Motions to Intervene—

Anyone may submit a protest or a

motion to intervene is 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.

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 75 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 or extraordinary

circumstances in accordance with 18

CFR 385.2008.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

lettters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION

TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF

INTENT TO FILE COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ or

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or

‘‘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.

David P. Boegers,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 11730–000]

Alverno Hydroelectric Project; Notice

of Teleconference

January 11, 2001.

A teleconference will be convened by

staff of the Office of Energy Projects on

January 23, 2001, at 2:00 p.m. EST to

discuss measures to protect fish and

wildlife resources made by the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service and Michigan

Department of Natural Resources under

section 10(j) of the Federal Power Act.

On October 20, 2000, a notice of

availability of draft environmental

assessment (DEA) was issued for the

Alverno Hydroelectric Project.

In letters dated November 8, 2000, to

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and

the Michigan Department of natural

Resources, the Commission’s staff

explained that the resource agency

recommended measures to protect fish

and wildlife resources were considered

in the DEA, but did not recommend

adopting all of them. We will discuss