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Standard Paragraph 

E. Any person desiring to be heard or 

to protest such filing should file a 

motion to intervene or protest with the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 

20426, in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214). All such motions or 

protests should be filed on or before the 

comment date. Protests will be 

considered by the Commission in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Any person wishing to become a party 

must file a motion to intervene. 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). 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr., 

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–32178 Filed 12–31–01; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 11588–001 Alaska] 

Alaska Power & Telephone Company; 

Notice of Availability of Draft 

Environmental Assessment 

December 26, 2001. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No. 

486, 52 F.R. 47897), the Office of Energy 

Projects has reviewed the application 

for an original license for Alaska Power 

and Telephone Company’s proposed 

Otter Creek Hydroelectric Project, and 

has prepared a Draft Environmental 

Assessment (DEA). The proposed 

project would be located on Kasidaya 

Creek, at Taiya Inlet, 3 miles south of 

the City of Skagway, and 12 miles 

southwest of the City of Haines, Alaska. 

The proposed project would occupy 

approximately 6.0 acres of land within 

the Tongass National Forest, 

administered by the U.S. Forest Service. 

This DEA contains the Commission 

staff’s analysis of the potential future 

environmental impacts of the project 

and has concluded that licensing the 

project, with appropriate environmental 

protective measures, would not 

constitute a major federal action that 

would significantly affect the quality of 

the human environment. 

Copies of the DEA are available for 

review in the Public Reference Room, 

Room 2A, of the Commission’s offices at 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. This filing may also be viewed 

on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

online/rims.htm (please call (202) 208–

2222 for assistance). 

Any comments to this DEA should be 

filed within 45 days from the date of 

this notice and should be addressed to 

Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. For further 

information, contact Gaylord 

Hoisington, Project Coordinator, at (202) 

219–2756.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr., 

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–32188 Filed 12–31–01; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2659–011 Oregon] 

PacifiCorp; Notice of Availability of 

Final Environmental Assessment 

December 26, 2001. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy 

Projects has reviewed the application 

for license for the Powerdale 

Hydroelectric Project, located on the 

Hood River in Hood River County, 

Oregon, and has prepared a Final 

Environmental Assessment (FEA) for 

the project. There are no federal lands 

within the project boundaries although 

a portion of the project is located in the 

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic 

Area. 

The FEA contains the staff’s analysis 

of the potential environmental impacts 

of the project and concludes that 

licensing the project, with appropriate 

environmental protective measures, 

would not constitute a major federal 

action that would significantly affect the 

quality of the human environment. 

A copy of the FEA is on file with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection. The FEA 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). 

For further information, contact Bob 

Easton at (202) 219–2782.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr., 

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–32187 Filed 12–31–01; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Application Ready for 

Environmental Analysis and Soliciting 

Comments, Recommendations, Terms, 

Conditions, and Prescriptions 

December 26, 2001. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: P–2142–031. 

c. Date filed: December 28, 1999. 

d. Applicant: FPL Energy Maine 

Hydro LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Indian Pond 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Kennebec River, 

near the town of The Forks, Somerset 

and Piscataquis counties, Maine. The 

project would not utilize federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)—825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Robert C. 

Richter III, Senior Environmental 

Coordinator; FPL Energy Maine Hydro, 

LLC; 100 Middle Street; Portland, ME 

04101; (207) 771–3536. 

i. FERC Contact: Jarrad Kosa, FERC 

Project Coordinator, at (202) 219–2831 

or via e-mail at jarrad.kosa@ferc.fed.us.

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

recommendations, terms, conditions, 

and prescriptions: 60 days from the 

issuance 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, recommendations, terms, 

conditions, and prescriptions 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 (http://

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

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The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors 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 intervenor 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 has been accepted 

and is ready for environmental analysis 

at this time. 

l. Description of the Project: The 

proposed peaking project consists of the 

following existing facilities: (1) A 2,000-

foot-long dam, consisting of (a) a 270-

foot-long, 175-foot-high concrete 

section, (b) a 200-foot-long attached 

powerhouse section, and (c) an earthen 

section in excess of 1,500 feet in length; 

(2) four steel penstocks ranging from 6 

feet to 24 feet in diameter; (3) a concrete 

powerhouse containing four generating 

units, having a total rated hydraulic 

capacity of 7,140 cubic feet per second 

and installed generation capacity of 76.4 

megawatts (4) a 3,746-acre 

impoundment varying in width from 0.9 

to 1.5 miles, extending about 9 miles 

upstream, that has a usable storage 

capacity of 850 million cubic feet; and 

(5) appurtenant facilities. The applicant 

estimates the total average annual 

generation would be approximately 202 

million kilowatt hours. 

m. 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. 

n. 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, 

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, 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. 

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr., 

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–32186 Filed 12–31–01; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Regulations Governing Off-the-Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

December 21, 2001. 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(h), of the receipt 

of exempt and prohibited off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive an exempt or a 

prohibited off-the-record 

communication relevant to the merits of 

a contested on-the-record proceeding, to 

deliver a copy of the communication, if 

written, or a summary of the substance 

of any oral communication, to the 

Secretary. 

Prohibited communications will be 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become part of 

the decisional record, the prohibited offthe-record communication will not be 

considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 

made in a prohibited off-the-record 

communication, and may request that 

the Commission place the prohibited 

communication and responses thereto 

in the decisional record. The 

Commission will grant such requests 

only when it determines that fairness so 

requires. Any person identified below as 

having made a prohibited off-the-record 

communication should serve the 

document on all parties listed on the 

official service list for the applicable 

proceeding in accordance with Rule 

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Exempt off-the-record 

communications will be included in the 

decisional record of the proceeding, 

unless the communication was with a 

cooperating agency as described by 40 

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e)(1)(v). 

The following is a list of exempt and 

prohibited off-the-record 

communications received in the Office 

of the Secretary within the preceding 14 

days. Copies of this filing are on file 

with the Commission and are available 

for public inspection. The documents 

may 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). 

Exempt 

1. Project No. 11495–000: 12–10–01, 

Kenneth D. Thomas 

2. Project Nos. 2699–001 and 2019–017: 

12–10–01, Carol Gleichman 

3. Project No. 11563–002: 12–10–01, 

Carol Gleichman 

4. RP00–241–000: 12–11–01, Office of 

Clerk/U.S. House of Representatives 

5. CP01–415–000: 12–13–01 Medha 

Kochlar 

6. CP01–176–000 and CP01–179–000: 

12–13–01, Ray Hellwig 

7. P–2342–011: 12–13–01, Loree Randall 

8. CP01–76–000, CP01–77–000, RP01–

217–000, and CP01–156–000: 12–18–

01, Chris Zerby

Linwood A. Watson, Jr., 

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–32189 Filed 12–31–01; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7123–7] 

Notice of Deficiency for Clean Air 

Operating Permits Program in 

Washington

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of deficiency.