Notice of Application for Transfer of License and Approval of Financing Arrangement and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests, 7730 [E5-608]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 7730]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-608]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Application for Transfer of License and Approval of 
Financing Arrangement and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, 
and Protests

February 7, 2005.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Application Type: Transfer of license and approval of financing 
arrangement.
    b. Project No.: 1855-030.
    c. Date Filed: January 26, 2005.
    d. Applicants: USGen New England, Inc. (USGenNE); Town of 
Rockingham, Vermont (Town); Bellows Falls Power Company, LLC (BFPC); 
and Vermont Hydro-Electric Power Authority (VHPA).
    e. Name and Location of Project: Bellows Falls, P-1855: Connecticut 
River in Windham and Windsor Counties, Vermont and Cheshire and 
Sullivan Counties, New Hampshire.
    f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r.
    g. Applicants Contacts: For USGenNE: William J. Madden, Jr., John 
A. Whittaker, IV, Winston & Strawn, 1400 L Street, NW., Washington, DC 
20005, (202) 371-5700. For the Town: Richard Saudek, Cheney, Brock & 
Saudek, P.O. Box 489, Montpelier, VT 05601, (802) 223-4000. For BFPC: 
Amy S. Koch, Jennifer Lokenvitz Schwitzer, Patton Boggs LLP, 2550 M 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037, (202) 457-5618. For VHPA: Molly K. 
Lebowitz, Esq., Dinse, Knapp & McAndrew, P.C., 209 Battery Street, P.O. 
Box 988, Burlington, VT 05402-0988, (802) 864-5751.
    h. FERC Contact: James Hunter at (202) 502-6086.
    i. Deadline for Filing Comments, Protests, and Motions To 
Intervene: March 8, 2005.
    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. Comments, protests, and 
interventions 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 under the ``e-Filing'' link. The Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filings. Please include the Project 
Number on any comments or motions filed.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners filing a document with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person in the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervener 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 documents on that resource agency.
    j. Description of Application: The Applicants seek Commission 
approval to transfer the license for the Bellows Falls Project from 
USGenNE to the Town and BFPC as co-licensees and for approval of a 
financing plan under Standard Article 5 whereby VHPA would, at closing, 
take title to project property and transfer it to the Town. This 
transfer is requested as an alternative, for this project only, to the 
transfer from USGenNE to TransCanada Hydro Northeast Inc. of this 
project and four others that was approved by order issued on January 
24, 2005, but not yet consummated.
    k. This filing is available for review at the Commission in the 
Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at 
https://www.ferc.gov using the ``FERRIS'' link. Enter the docket number 
(P-1855) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or e-mail 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. For TTY, call (202) 502-8659. A copy is 
also available for inspection and reproduction at the addresses in item 
g. above.
    l. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing 
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
    m. Comments, Protests, or Motions To Intervene--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.
    n. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents--Any filings must 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``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 eight 
copies 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 
Applicants specified in the particular application.
    o. 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 Applicants. 
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 Applicants' 
representatives.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E5-608 Filed 2-14-05; 8:45 am]
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