[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 160 (Thursday, August 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45252-45253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21496]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Notice of Surrender of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions
to Intervene, and Protests
August 13, 1999.
Take notice that the following application has been filed with the
Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Surrender of License.
b. Project No.: 2709-015.
c. Date Filed: July 16, 1999.
d. Applicant: Monongahela Power Company, The Potomac Edison
Company, and West Penn Power Company.
e. Name of Project: Davis Pumped Storage Project.
f. Location: The project was proposed to be located on the
Blackwater River
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and Red Creek in Tucker County, West Virginia, and would have occupied
federal lands within the Monongahela National Forest.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Thomas K. Henderson, Allegheny Energy,
Inc., 10435 Downsville Pike, Hagerstown, MD 21740-1766, (301) 665-2703
and Mr. Stanley W. Legro, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and
Hand, Chartered, 901 15th Street, NW., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005-
2301, (202) 371-6000.
i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed
to James Hunter at (202) 219-2839, or e-mail address:
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing comments and or motions: September 20, 1999.
All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with:
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Mail Code HL-11.1, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Please include the project number (P-2709-015) on any comments or
motions filed.
k. Description of Project: The unconstructed project would have
consisted of: (1) a 600-acre upper reservoir inundating the headwaters
of Red Creek, formed by two rock-filled dams on the crest of Cabin
Mountain; (2) an intake channel and a 1,325-foot-long tunnel through
Cabin Mountain; (3) a 1,350-foot-long, 27-foot-diameter steel penstock;
(4) two 1,670-foot-long, 19-foot-diameter steel penstocks; (5) four
520-foot-long, 13.5-foot-diameter steel penstocks; (6) a powerhouse
containing four 250,000-kilowatt pump-turbine generating units; (7) a
500-foot-long tailrace channel; (8) a 7,000-acre lower reservoir formed
by a rock-fill dam across the Blackwater River; and (9) appurtenant
facilities.
The licensees request to surrender the license because they have
not realized any economic benefit from the license.
l. Locations of the application: 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. The application may be viewed
on the web at 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 addresses in item h above.
m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
Comments, Protests, or Motions to Invervene--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.
Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must bear
in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``RECOMMENDATIONS FOR
TERMS AND CONDITIONS'', ``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. A copy of any
motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the
Applicant specified in the particular application.
Agency Comments--Federal, state, and local agencies are invited to
file comments on the described application. A copy of the application
may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency
does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments,
it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's
comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-21496 Filed 8-18-99; 8:45 am]
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