[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 96 (Thursday, May 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24788-24789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12305]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

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:

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                Period                    Reservoir elevation, feet PD  
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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.      
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    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]
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