Subject: Notice of Request To Use the Alternative Licensing
[Federal Register: May 15, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 94)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Request To Use the Alternative Licensing Process in
Preparing a License Application
May 9, 2002.
Take notice that the following request to use the Alternative
Licensing Process (ALP) to prepare a license application has been filed
with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission).
a. Type of Application: Request to use the ALP to prepare a new
license application.
b. Project No.: 2216-058.
c. Date Filed: March 6, 2002.
d. Applicant: New York Power Authority.
e. Name of Project: Robert Moses-Niagara Project.
f. Location: On the Niagara River, in Niagara County, New York. The
project does not occupy any Federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant To: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Keith G. Silliman, Esq., Director, Niagara
Relicensing, New York Power Authority, 30 South Pearl Street, Albany,
NY 12207-3425, (518) 433-6735.
i. Commission Contact: Patti Leppert at (202) 219-2767; e-mail
patricia.leppert@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for Comments: 30 days from the date of this notice.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. All comment filings must bear
the heading ``Comments on the Alternative Licensing Process'', and
include the project name and number (Robert Moses-Niagara Project No.
2216-058). 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 (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing''
link.
k. The existing project consists of a conventional development and
a pumped storage development for a total licensed capacity of 2,755,500
kilowatts. Existing project facilities include two 700-foot-long intake
structures located on the upper Niagara River about 2.6 miles upstream
from the American Falls; two 4.3-mile-long concrete underground water
supply conduits, each measuring 46 feet wide by 66.5 feet high; a
forebay; the Lewiston Pump-Generating Plant, measuring 975 feet long by
240 feet wide by 160 feet high; the 1,900-acre Lewiston reservoir at a
maximum water surface elevation of 658 feet United States Lake Survey
Datum; the Robert Moses Niagara Power plant, including an intake
structure, measuring 1,100 feet long by 190 feet wide by 100 feet high;
a switch yard; and appurtenant facilities.
l. A copy of the request to use the ALP 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 (for assistance call
(202) 208-2222). A copy is also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item h above.
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m. NYPA has been engaged in an extensive outreach effort with
Federal and state resource agencies, the Tuscarora Nation, non-
governmental organizations (NGO), state and local governments, various
companies, and the public regarding the Robert Moses-Niagara Project,
and that a consensus exists that the use of the ALP is appropriate in
this case. NYPA has submitted a Communications Protocol that is
supported by most interested entities. NYPA intends to file 6-month
progress reports during the ALP that leads to the filing of a license
application by August 31, 2005.
The purpose of this notice is to invite any additional comments on
NYPA's request to use the ALP, pursuant to Section 4.34(i) of the
Commission's regulations. Additional notices seeking comments on the
specific project proposal, interventions and protests, and recommended
terms and conditions will be issued at a later date. NYPA proposes to
complete and file an Applicant-Prepared Environmental Assessment in
lieu of Exhibit E of the license application. This differs from the
traditional process, in which the applicant consults with resource
agencies, Indian tribes, and NGOs during preparation of the application
for the license and before filing it, but the Commission staff conducts
the environmental review after the application is filed. The ALP is
intended to simplify and expedite the licensing process by combining
the pre-filing consultation and environmental review processes into a
single process, to facilitate greater participation, and to improve
communication and cooperation among the participants.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-12106 Filed 5-14-02; 8:45 am]
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