Notice of Draft License Application and Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (PDEA)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Notice of Draft License Application and Preliminary Draft

Environmental Assessment (PDEA)

August 29, 1997.

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been

filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Major Unconstructed Project.

b. Project No.: 11480-000.

c. Applicant: Haida Corporation.

d. Name of Project: Reynolds Creek Hydroelectric Project.

e. Location: On the southwest side of Prince of Wales Island in

southeast Alaska approximately 10 air miles east of Hydaburg, Alaska.

f. Applicant Contact: Mr. John Bruns, Haida Corporation, P.O. Box

89, Hydaburg, AK 99922, (907) 285-3721.

Send Comments to: Mr. Michael V. Stimac, HDR Engineering, Inc.,

500-108th Avenue, NE, Suite 1200, Bellevue, WA 98004-5538, (425) 453-

1523.

g. FERC Contact: Nan Allen (202) 219-2938.

h. Haida mailed a copy of the PDEA and Draft License Application to

interested parties on August 20, 1997.

i. As discussed in the Commission's February 12, 1996, letter to

all parties, with this notice we are soliciting preliminary terms,

conditions, and recommendations on the PDEA and comments on the draft

license application.

j. Haida intends to seek benefits under Sec. 210 of the Public

Utility Regulatory Policy Act of 1978 (PURPA), and believes that the

project meets the definition under Sec. 292.202(p) of 18 CFR for a new

dam or diversion. As such, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the

National Marine Fisheries Service, and the state agency exercising

authority over the fish and wildlife resources of the state have

mandatory conditioning authority under the procedures provided for at

Sec. 30(c) of the Federal Power Act (Act).

k. All comments on the PDEA and draft license application for the

Reynolds Creek Project should be sent to the address noted above in

item (f) with one copy filed with the Commission at the following

address: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Secretary,

Dockets - Room 1A, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426.

All comments must bear the heading ``Preliminary Comments'',

``Preliminary Recommendations'', ``Preliminary Terms and Conditions'',

or ``Preliminary Prescriptions''. Any party interested in commenting

must do so by November 18, 1997.

l. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the State

Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by Sec. 106, National

Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council

on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97-23543 Filed 9-4-97; 8:45 am]

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