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the time allowed for filing a protest, the

instant request shall be treated as an

application for authorization pursuant

to Section 7 of the NGA.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12303 Filed 5–15–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

[Project No. 8221–045]

Alaska Energy Authority; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

May 10, 1996.

An environmental assessment (EA) is

available for public review. The EA was

prepared for an application to amend

the license for the Bradley Lake

Hydroelectric Project. The application

would allow the Alaska Energy

Authority (licensee) to reactivate its use

of the Martin River airstrip located

about two miles from the project. The

licensee would use the Martin River

airstrip as an alternative landing site to

the project’s permanent airstrip.

Reactivating the Martin River airstrip

would require reconstructing about

4,000 feet of the airstrip’s access road.

The EA finds that approving the

application to reactivate the airstrip

would not constitute a major federal

action significantly affecting the quality

of the human environment. The Bradley

Lake Hydroelectric Project is located on

the Kenai Peninsula, at the northeast

end of Kachemak Bay, about 27 miles

from Homer, Alaska.

The EA was written by staff in the

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the EA can be obtained by

calling the Commission’s Public

Reference Room at (202) 208–1371.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12306 Filed 5–15–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Notice of Amendment of License

May 10, 1996.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: Amendment

of license.

b. Project No: 1494–123.

c. Date Filed: April 23, 1996.

d. Applicant: Grand River Dam

Authority.

e. Name of Project: Pensacola Project.

f. Location: On the Grand (Neosho)

River in Craig, Delaware, Mayes, and

Ottawa Counties, Oklahoma.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert W.

Sullivan, Assistant General Manager,

Grand River Dam Authority, P.O. Box

409, Vinita, OK 74301–0409, (918) 256–

5545.

i. FERC Contact: Paul Shannon, (202)

219–2866.

j. Comment Date: June 27, 1996.

k. Description of Filing: Grand River

Dam Authority (GRDA) requests

authorization to modify the rule curve

for the Pensacola Project’s reservoir as

set forth in article 401 of the existing

license by:

(1) Delaying the spring rise from 742

feet Pensacola datum (PD) by two weeks

from April 16 to May 1 to better

accommodate runoff from spring flows.

(2) Setting the rule curve’s maximum

water surface elevation at 744 feet PD

instead of 745 feet PD to give a greater

hedge against flooding.

(3) Delaying the drawdown from 744

feet PD by about three weeks from July

10 to August 1 and the drawdown from

elevation 743 PD by about two weeks

from August 1 to August 16 to better

coincide with the recreational boating

season.

The revised rule curve would appear

as:

Period Reservoir elevation, feet

PD

May 01–May 31 Raise elevation from 742 to

744.

Jun 01–July 31 Maintain elevation at 744.

Aug 01–Aug 15 Lower elevation from 744

to 743.

Aug 16–Aug 31 Lower elevation from 743

to 741.

Sep 01–Oct 15 Maintain elevation at 741.

Oct 16–Oct 31 Raise elevation from 741 to

742

Nov 01–Apr 30 Maintain elevation at 742.

GRDA requests the modifications

based on recommendations from the

Grand/Neosho River Committee’s

February 1996 Final Report. The

committee was formed in 1993 by

congressional leaders concerned with

the management of the Grand/Neosho

River System. The committee provides a

forum to make recommendations

concerning issues about the Grand/

Neosho River Basin to GRDA and the

U.S. Army Crops of Engineers, who are

authorized and responsible by public

law to operate the Pensacola Project in

accordance with authorizing legislation.

GRDA included a copy of the Grand/

Neosho River Committee’s February

1996 Final Report with its application to

discuss the effects on resources from

operating the Pensacola Project

according to the existing and revised

rule curves.

The Commission’s staff will request

additional information from GRDA

concerning the operational and

environmental effects of the propose

change to the rule curve. We welcome

all parties to submit written comments

that may be helpful in our analysis of

the proposed changes. We will use any

comments we receive as a basis for the

additional information we request from

GRDA. All parties can request a copy of

the application for amendment of

license by calling the applicant contact

from item (h) of this notice.

1. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.

B. 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,

protest, or motions to intervene must be

received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

C1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘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, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426. A copy of any motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

D2. 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
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be sent to the Applicants’s

representatives.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12305 Filed 5–15–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Notice Application is Ready for

Environmental Analysis

May 10, 1996.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Major license.

b. Project No.: 10819–002.

c. Date Filed: June 23, 1994.

d. Applicant: Idaho Water Resource

Board.

e. Name of Project: Dworshak Small

Hydro.

f. Location: On the existing water

conveyance system providing water

from the Corps of Engineers’ Dworshak

dam to Clearwater Fish Hatchery and

Dworshak National Fish Hatchery, on

land owned by the Corps of Engineers

and the Bureau of Land Management

within the boundary of the Nez Perce

Indian Reservation. North Fork

Clearwater River, Clearwater County,

Idaho. Section 34, Township 37 North,

Range 1 East, Boise Meridian.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Ralph

Mellin, Idaho Department of Water

Resources, 1301 North Orchard, Boise,

ID 83706–2237, (208) 327–7991.

i. FERC Contact: Surender Yepuri,

P.E., (202) 219–2839.

j. Deadline Date: See attached

paragraph D10.

k. Status of Environmental Analysis:

The application is ready for

environmental analysis at this time—see

attached paragraph D10.

l. Description of Project: The proposed

project would utilize releases from

Dworshak dam that are conveyed by

pipelines to the fish hatcheries and

would consist of: (1) connections to the

existing 36-inch and 18-inch water

supply lines; (2) a 58.25-foot-long, 25-

foot-wide powerhouse on top of the

existing water distribution structure,

containing two generating units with

installed capacities of 2.0 and 0.5

megawatts that would discharge flows

directly into the distribution tank; (3) a

substation adjacent to the powerhouse;

and (4) an underground 14.4–KV, 1.6-

mile-long transmission line connecting

to an existing Clearwater Power

Company distribution line.

m. Purpose of Project: Power

generated at the project will be sold to

Bonneville Power Administration.

n. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: A4 and

D10.

o. Available Locations of Application:

A copy of the application, as amended

and supplemented, 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, D.C. 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at the

applicant’s office (see item (h) above).

A4. Development Application—Public

notice of the filing of the initial

development application, which has

already been given, 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 public notice of the

initial development application. No

competing applications or notices of

intent may be filed in response to this

notice.

D10. 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 60 days from the

issuance date of this notice. All reply

comments must be filed with the

Commission within 105 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

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘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 submitting the

filing; 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, D.C. 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Project Review, Office of Hydropower

Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, at the above address. Each

filing must be accompanied by proof of

service on all persons listed on the

service list prepared by the Commission

in this proceeding, in accordance with

18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12307 Filed 5–15–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

Western Area Power Administration

Extension of Comment Period on

Concept for Purchase of NonHydropower Renewable Resources

and Solicitation of Interest

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of extension.

SUMMARY: Western Area Power

Administration is extending the

comment period fifteen(15) days on its

Concept for Purchase of Nonhydropower Renewable Resources and

Solicitation of Interest published in the

Federal Register on April 15, 1996

(61FR16480). The April 15, 1996,

Federal Register notice requested

comments on Western adopting a policy

to purchase a portion of its expected

purchase power requirements, on a

project-by-project basis and in a

competitive manner, from nonhydropower renewable resource

producers.

DATES: To be considered, comments and

other input in response to the Federal

Register notice published on April 15,

1996, need to be received by Western by

close of business on May 31, 1996.

Comments should be addressed to:

Michael S. Cowan, Acting Chief

Program Officer, Western Area Power

Administration, P.O. Box 3402, Golden,

CO 80401.