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Federal Register: May 19, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 96)NoticesPage 27248-27249From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Notice of Intent To File an Application for a New License

May 13, 1999.

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File An Application for a New License.

b. Project No.: 2364.

c. Date Filed: April 26, 1999.

d. Submitted By: Madison Paper Industries--current licensee.

e. Name of Project: Abenaki Project.

f. Location: On the Kennebec River near the cities of Anson, Madison, and Starks, in Somerset County, Maine.

g. FiledPursuant to: Section 15 of the Federal Power Act.

h. Licensee Contact: Christopher Bean, Madison Paper Industries, P.O. Box 129, Main Street, Madison, ME 04950 (207) 696-3307.

i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, thomas.dean@ferc.fed.us, or (202) 219- 2778.

j. Effective date of current license: May 1, 1954.

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k. Expiration date of current license: April 30, 2004.

l. The project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a 25-foot-high dam consisting of a 780-foot-long concrete spillway section including a 25-foot-wide log sluice and 3-foot-high flashboards; (2) an 830-foot-long forebay, trashrack, and headgate section; (3) a 32-acre reservoir at normal water surface elevation of 222.65 feet msl; (4) a powerhouse containing seven generating units with a total installed capacity of 16.977 MW; (5) a 3,400-foot-long transmission line; and (6) other appurtenances.

m. Each application for a new license and any competing license applications must be filedwith the Commission at least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. All applications for license for this project must be filedby April 30, 2002. Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting Secretary.

FR Doc. 99-12558Filed5-18-99; 8:45 amBILLING CODE 6717-01-M

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