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on file with the Commission and are

available for public inspection in the

Public Reference Room. This filing may

be viewed on the web at http://

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

202–208–2222 for assistance).

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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3579 Filed 2–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project Nos. 2901–008 and 2902–009]

Nekoosa Packaging Corporation;

Notice of Availability of Draft

Environmental Assessment

February 7, 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 Big Island

Hydroelectric Project and the Holcomb

Rock Hydroelectric Project, located on

the James River in Bedford and Amherst

Counties, Virginia, and has prepared a

Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA)

for the project. No federal lands or

Indian Rservations are occupied by

project works or located within the

project boundary.

The DEA 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.

Copies of the DEA are available for

review at the Commission’s Public

Reference Room, located at 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426, or by

calling (202) 208–1371. The DEA may

be viewed on the web at http://

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

(202) 208–2222 for assistance).

Any comments should be filed within

30 days from the date of this notice and

should be addressed to David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

Please affix Project No. 2901–008 and

Project No. 2902–009 to all comments.

For further information, contact James

T. Griffin at (202) 219–2799 or Monte

TerHaar at (202) 219–2768.

Comments 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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3576 Filed 2–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2720–032—Michigan/

Wisconsin]

City of Norway, Michigan; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

February 7, 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 amendment of license for the

existing Sturgeon Falls Hydroelectric

Project, located on the Menominee River

in Dickinson County, Michigan, and

Marinette County, Wisconsin, and has

prepared an Environmental Assessment

(EA) for the project. In the EA, the

Commission staff has analyzed the

potential environmental effects of the

proposed license amendment and has

concluded that approval of the proposed

action, with staff-recommended

measures, would not constitute a major

Federal action significantly affecting the

quality of the human environment.

Copies of the EA are available for

review in the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, Room 2A, located at

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426. The EA may also be viewed on

the Internet at http://www.ferc.fed.us/

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

2222 for assistance.

Any comments should be filed within

30 days from the date of this notice and

should be addressed to David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Please affix ‘‘Sturgeon Falls Project,

FERC Project No. 2720–032’’ to all

comments. For further information,

please contact Patti Leppert at (202)

219–2767. 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.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3577 Filed 2–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Intent To File Application for

a New License

February 7, 2001.

Take notice that the following notice

of intent has been filed with the

Commission and is available for public

inspection:

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to

File an Application for New License.

b. Project No: 2082.

c. Date Filed: December 15, 2000.

d. Submitted By: PacifiCorp, 825 N.E.

Multnomah, Suite 1500, Portland, OR

97232.

e. Name of Project: Klamath

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: Klamath River in Oregon

and California, and Fall Creek, a

tributary in California. In Oregon, the

Project is located in the Klamath County

near the town of Klamath Falls, and in

California, the Project is located in

Siskiyou County, near the town of

Hornbrook, California.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 15 of the

Federal Power Act, 18 CFR 16.6.

h. Pursuant to Section 16.19 of the

Commission’s regulations, the licensee

is required to make available the

information described in Section 16.7 of

the regulations. Such information is

available from the licensee at

PacifiCorp, 825 N.E. Multnomah, Suite

1500, Portland, OR 97232. Contact Todd

Olson at 503–813–6657.

i. FERC Contact: John M. Mudre, (202)

219–1208, John.Mudre@ferc.fed.us.

j. Expiration Date of Current License:

February 28, 2006.

k. Project Description: The proposed

Klamath Project would contain six dams

(five mainstream and one on a

tributary), a waterway conveyance

system with approximately seven miles

of waterways, and seven powerhouses.

The developments are: Eastside with 3.2

megawatts (MW) capacity, Westside

with 600 kilowatt capacity, J.C. Boyle

with 80 MW capacity, Copco No. 1 with

20 MW capacity, Copco No. 2 with 27

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MW capacity, Iron Gate with 18 MW

capacity, and Fall Creek with 2.2 MW

capacity.

l. The licensee states its unequivocal

intent to submit an application for a

new license for Project No. 2082.

Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.9(b)(1) each

application for a new license and any

competing license applications must be

filed with the Commission at least 24

months prior to the expiration of the

existing license. All applications for

license for this project must be filed by

February 28, 2004.

A copy of the notice of intent 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.

The notice may be viewed on http://

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

(202) 208–2222 for assistance). A copy

is also available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item h

above.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3575 Filed 2–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration

Proposed Base Charge and Rates for

Boulder Canyon Project

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed base charge

and rates.

SUMMARY: The Western Area Power

Administration (Western) is proposing

an adjustment to the base charge and

rates for Boulder Canyon Project (BCP)

firm power service. The current base

charge and rates expire September 30,

2001. The proposed base charge and

rates will provide enough revenue to

pay all annual costs, including interest

expense, and repay required investment

within the allowable period. The rate

impacts are detailed in a rate package to

be provided to all interested parties. The

proposed base charge and rates are

scheduled to go into effect on October

1, 2001, to correspond with the start of

the Federal fiscal year (FY), and will

remain in effect through September 30,

2002. This Federal Register notice

initiates the formal process for the

proposed base charge and rates.

DATES: The consultation and comment

period will begin today and will end

May 14, 2001. A public information

forum at which Western will present a

detailed explanation of the proposed

base charge and rates is scheduled for

April 4, 2001, beginning at 10 a.m. MST,

at the Desert Southwest Customer

Service Regional Office. A public

comment forum at which Western will

receive oral and written comments is

scheduled for April 25, 2001, beginning

at 10 a.m. MST, at the same location.

ADDRESSES: Written comments are to be

sent to: Mr. J. Tyler Carlson, Regional

Manager, Desert Southwest Customer

Service Region, Western Area Power

Administration, P.O. Box 6457,

Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457, e-mail:

carlson@wapa.gov. Western should

receive written comments by the end of

the consultation and comment period to

be assured consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Maher A. Nasir, Rates Team Lead,

Desert Southwest Customer Service

Region, Western Area Power

Administration, P.O. Box 6457,

Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457, telephone

(602) 352–2768, e-mail:

nasir@wapa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed base charge and rates for BCP

firm power service are designed to

recover an annual revenue requirement

that includes the investment repayment,

interest, operation and maintenance,

replacements, payment to states, visitor

services, and uprating payments. These

annual costs are reduced by the

projected revenue from water sales,

visitor services, water pump energy

sales, facility use charge, regulation

services, miscellaneous lease, late fees,

and the prior year carryover to

determine the annual revenue

requirement. The projected annual

revenue requirement is the base charge

for firm power service and is divided by

50 percent to capacity dollars and 50

percent to energy dollars. The annual

energy dollars are divided by the annual

energy sales and the annual capacity

dollars are divided by the annual

capacity sales to determine the

proposed energy rate and the proposed

capacity rate.

TABLE 1.—PROPOSED FIRM POWER BASE CHARGE AND RATES

Effective period

Total composite

(mills/kWh)

Base charge Energy rate

(mills/kWh)

Capacity rate

($/kW-month)

Capacity energy split

10/01/2001 ..................................................................................... 10.75 $51,151,389 5.54 $1.06 50/50

The Deputy Secretary of the

Department of Energy (DOE) approved

the existing rate formula for calculating

the base charge and rates in Rate

Schedule BCP–F6 for BCP firm power

service on September 18, 2000 (Rate

Order No. WAPA–94, 65 FR 60932,

October 13, 2000), which has been

submitted to the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC) for final

confirmation and approval. Existing

Rate Schedule BCP–F6 became effective

on October 1, 2000, through September

30, 2005. Under Rate Schedule BCP–F6,

on October 1, 2000, the composite rate

for FY 2001 was 9.75 mills per

kilowatthour (mills/kWh), the base

charge was $47,788,574, the forecasted

energy rate was 5.04 mills/kWh, and the

forecasted capacity rate was $0.99 per

kilowattmonth (kWmonth). The

proposed base charge and rates for BCP

firm power service for FY 2002 will

result in an overall composite rate

increase of approximately 9 percent on

October 1, 2001, when compared with

the current BCP firm power service base

charge and rates under Rate Schedule

BCP–F6. The increase in the proposed

base charge and rates is due to higher

annual costs and lower energy sales.

Table 2 compares the current base

charge and rates in Rate Schedule BCP–

F6 and the proposed base charge and

rates along with the percentage change

in the base charge and rates.