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5 Interventions may also be filed electronically via

the Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous

discussion on filing comments electronically.

the Secretary of the Commission and

must send a copy of its filings to all

other parties on the Commission’s

service list for this proceeding. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

rule 214 of the Commission’s rules of

practice and procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2).5 Only

intervenors have the right to seek

rehearing of the Commission’s decision.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in this proceeding

that would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

environmental comments considered.

Availability of Additional Information

Copies of this filing are on file with

the Commission and are available for

public inspection. This filing may also

be viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘RIMS’’ link,

select ‘‘Docket#’’ and follow the

instructions (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance).

Similarly, the ‘‘CIPS’’ link on the

FERC Internet website provides access

to the texts of formal documents issued

by the Commission, such as orders,

notices, and rulemakings. From the

FERC Internet website, click on the

‘‘CIPS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket ι’’ from the

CIPS Menu, and follow the instructions.

For assistance with access to CIPS, the

CIPS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2474.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31061 Filed 12–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Tendered for

Filing With the Commission Soliciting

Additional Study Requests and

Establishing Procedures for

Relicensing and a Deadline for

Submission of Final Amendments

December 11, 2001.

a. Type of Application: New Major

License.

b. Project No.: P–401–027.

c. Date Filed: September 14, 2001.

d. Applicant: Indiana Michigan Power

Company.

e. Name of Project: Mottville

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the St. Joseph River, in

Mottville Township, St. Joseph County,

Michigan. The project does not affect

Federal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: J.F. Norris, Jr.,

American Electric Power Service

Corporation, 1 Riverside Plaza,

Columbus, OH 43215, (614) 223–1700,

or jfnorris@aep.com.

i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery (202)

219–2778 or lee.emery@FERC.fed.us.

j. Deadline for filing additional study

requests: January 31, 2002.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: Linwood

A. Watson, Jr., Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Additional study requests may be filed

electronically via the Internet in lieu of

paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(iii) and

the instructions on the Commission’s

Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the

‘‘e-filing’’ link.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

require all interveners 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 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. This application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time.

l. Description of Project: The existing

Mottville Project consists of: (1) Two 17-

foot high earth-filled embankments

extending towards the center of the river

from both riverbanks, (i) a west

embankment that is 140 feet long and

has a crest width of 15 feet and extends

to the powerhouse, (ii) an east

embankment that is 365 feet long and

has a crest width of 8 feet and extends

from the east riverbank to the spillway;

(2) a 237-foot long, reinforced concrete

spillway with 10 steel Taintor gates

along the crest of the spillway, which

are separated by 2.5-foot wide piers

between Bays 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and

1.5-foot-wide piers between the

remaining Bays, (i) Taintor gates are 22

feet wide and 13 feet high in Bays 1 and

2 and 22 feet wide and 7.5 feet high in

Bays 3 through 10; (3) a combined

powerhouse-intake structure, made of

brick and concrete, that is 118 feet long,

28 feet wide, and 25 feet long; (4) 4

vertical shaft, single runner, propeller

type generating units with an installed

generating capacity of 420 kW each; (5)

a 14.5-foot-long, 28-foot-wide, and 25-

foot-long switchboard bay attached to

the west end of the powerhouse; (6) a 50

horsepower, 460-volt, 3-phase air

bubbler system; (7) a 15-ton overhead

traveling crane; (8) a 20-foot-wide

stilling basin extending across the

length of the spillway; (9) a 12-inch

thick, reinforced concrete spillway

apron; (10) an inoperable 4-foot-wide by

150-foot-long concrete fishway with a

slope of about 25 percent; (11) sets of

angled steel intake trashracks that are 3-

feet 2-inches wide by 14-feet-high with

3/8-inch steel bars with 4-inch spacing

between the bars; (12) a five-mile-long,

378-acre reservoir with a gross storage

capacity of 2,900-acre-feet at the normal

operating pool surface elevation of 770.4

NGVD; (13) a three phase, 2.4/34.5 kV

transformer; and (14) other appurtenant

facilities. The applicant estimates that

the total average annual generation

would be 7,800 MWh. All generated

power is sold to Indiana Michigan

Power Company’s customers.

m. With this notice, we are initiating

consultation with the MICHIGAN

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION

OFFICER (SHPO), as required by § 106,

National Historic Preservation Act, and

the regulations of the Advisory Council

on Historic Preservation, 36, C.F.R., at

800.4.

n. A copy of the application is on file

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection. This filing may

also be viewed on the Web at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘RIMS’’ link—

select ‘‘Docket #’’ and follow the

instructions (call 202–208–2222 for

assistance). A copy is also available for

inspection and reproduction at the

address in item h above.

o. Pursuant to § 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR

of the Commission’s regulations, if any

resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person

believes that an additional scientific

study should be conducted in order to

form an adequate factual basis for a

complete analysis of the application on

its merit, the resource agency, Indian

Tribe, or person must file a request for

a study with the Commission not later

than the date set in paragraph j of this

notice and serve a copy of the request

on the applicant.

p. Procedural schedule and final

amendments: The application will be

processed according to the following

milestones, some of which may be

combined to expedite processing:

Notice of application has been accepted for

filing

Notice of NEPA Scoping

Notice of application is ready for

environmental analysis

Final amendments to the application must be

filed with the Commission*

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Notice of the availability of the draft NEPA

document

Notice of the availability of the final NEPA

document

Order issuing the Commission’s decision on

the application

* Final amendments to the application

must be filed with the Commission no

later than 30 days from the issuance

date of the notice of ready for

environmental analysis.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31085 Filed 12–17–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing and Soliciting Comments,

Protests, and Motions To Intervene

December 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: Preliminary

Permit.

b. Project No.: 12123–000 .

c. Date filed: September 17, 2001.

d. Applicant: Quantum Energy

Solutions.

e. Name and Location of Project: The

Columbia River Jetty Project would be

located on the Columbia River in

Clatsop County, Oregon, near the towns

of Astoria, Oregon and Ilwaco,

Washington. The proposed project

would be located on the Columbia River

Jetty which is federally-owned and

maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers.

f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

g. Applicant contact: Mr. Tibor

Hegedus, 11917 37th Drive SE, Everett,

WA 98028, (425) 337–3823, Fax (425)

357–9943.

h. FERC Contact: Tom Papsidero,

(202) 219–2715.

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: Linwood

A. Watson Jr., Acting 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 under the

‘‘e-filing’’ link.

Please include the project number (P–

12123–000) 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.

j. Description of Project: The proposed

project would use the existing Columbia

River Jetty and include: (1) Two

proposed concrete modules, each

containing a wave energy capture

chamber and a 0.5 MW turbinegenerator, with a total installed capacity

of 1.0 MW, (2) a proposed 2.0-mile-long,

75 kv transmission line, and (3)

appurtenant facilities. The project

would have an average annual

generation of 4 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.

This filing may also be viewed on the

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘RIMS’’ link,

select ‘‘Docket#’’ and follow the

instructions (202–208–222 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.,

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