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violated the Federal Power Act and

prior Commission orders through

seating a non-independent governance

board and failure to adequately pursue

payments from market participants.

Mirant requested fast track processing

for this complaint.

Copies of the filing were served upon

the ISO, its counsel, the California

Public Utilities Commission, and other

interested parties.

Comment date: February 26, 2001, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice. Answers to the

complaint shall also be filed on or

before February 26, 2001.

Standard Paragraphs

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, NE., Washington, DC.

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 these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3805 Filed 2–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2689–021]

N.E.W. Hydro, Inc.; Notice of

Availability of Draft Environmental

Assessment and Soliciting Comments

February 9, 2001.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission’s)

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order 486,

52 FR 47897), the Commission’s Office

of Energy Projects has reviewed an

application to modify Article 401 of the

license for the Oconto Falls Project,

FERC No. 2689–021. Article 401

requires the licensee to operate the

project in a run-of-river mode (ROR)

with a reservoir operating range of

701.92 ± 0.3 feet NGVD. The licensee

requests that Article 401 be amended to

only require the minimum reservoir

operating elevation of 701.62 NGVD,

currently allowed by Article 401, with

no maximum operating limit. The

Oconto Falls Project is located in

Oconto Falls, on the Oconto River,

Oconto County, Wisconsin. A Draft

Environmental Assessment (DEA) was

prepared for the amendment request.

The DEA finds the licensee’s request to

amend Article 401 by eliminating the

maximum operating elevation, with

staff’s recommendations, would not

constitute a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment.

The DEA was written by staff in the

Office of Energy Projects, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission. Copies

of the DEA can be viewed in the Public

Reference Room, Room 2–A, of the

Commission’s offices at 888 First Street,

NE., Washington, DC 20426. The DEA

may also be viewed on the web at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm

(please call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance).

Comments on the DEA must be filed

with the Commission within 40 days

from the date of this notice. Comments

should be addressed to: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Please reference the number, P–2689–

021, on any comments filed. 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3811 Filed 2–14–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing and Soliciting Motions To

Intervene and Protests

February 9, 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 Minor

License.

b. Project No.: 3516–008.

c. Date Filed: October 3, 2000.

d. Applicant: City of Hart, Michigan.

e. Name of Project: Hart Hydroelectric

Project.

f. Location: On the South Branch of

the Pentwater River, in Oceana County,

near Hart, 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: Scott Huebler,

City Manager, City of Hart, 407 State

Street, Hart, Michigan 49420, (231) 873–

2488.

i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, (202)

219–2942 or

stephen.kartalia@FERC.fed.us.

j. Deadline for filing motions to

intervene or protests: 60 days from the

issuance date of this notice.

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.

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,

but is not ready for environmental

analysis at this time.

l. The existing Hart Hydroelectric

Project consists of: (1) A 580-foot-long

earthen dam; (2) a 40-foot-long concretelined spillway; (3) a 240-acre reservoir;

(4) a powerhouse containing 2 S.

Morgan Smith vertical shaft turbines

and 2 generators, with a total hydraulic

capacity of 135 cubic feet per second

and an installed generating capacity of

320 kilowatts; (5) a 1-mile-long

transmission line that connects the

project with the Hart Diesel Plant; and

(5) appurtenant facilities. The applicant

estimates that the total average annual

generation is between 350,000 and

400,000 kilowatthours. The project

operates in a run-of-river mode and all

generated power is distributed to

customers of the City of Hart Electric

Department via the City’s transmission

and distribution system.