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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2539-003]

 
Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P.; Notice Granting Late 
Interventions

August 8, 2006.
    On December 23, 1991, an application was filed by the predecessor 
to Erie Boulevard Hydropower, L.P. for a new license for the School 
Street Project No. 2539. The project is located on the Mohawk River, in 
Albany and Saratoga Counties, New York.
    On February 11, 1993, the Commission issued a notice of application 
for new license, and solicited comments, protests, and motions to 
intervene. The notice established April 12, 1993, as the deadline for 
filing comments, protests, and motions to intervene. On May 3, 1995, 
and January 16, 1996, the New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation (NYSDEC) and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) 
filed motions to intervene.
    NYSDEC states that it is a department of the government of the 
state of New York, charged by law with the administrative management of 
the state's fish and wildlife resources. NMFS states that it is 
responsible for oversight and evaluation of activities that may affect 
marine, estuarine, and anadromous fishery resources, and that the 
Mohawk River supports a major spawning run of anadromous blueback 
herring.
    The motions to intervene were filed early in this proceeding and 
well before the Commission issued its draft environment assessment for 
the project. Granting the late motions to intervene will not unduly 
delay or disrupt the proceeding, or prejudice other parties to it.\1\ 
Therefore, pursuant to Rule 214,\2\ the late motions to intervene in 
this proceeding filed by NYSDEC and NMFS are granted, subject to the 
Commission's rules and regulations.
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    \1\ Both motions were referenced and these entities' comments 
considered in the draft environmental assessment. It appears 
inadvertent that the motions were not acted upon at that point.
    \2\ 18 CFR 385.214 (2006).

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-13366 Filed 8-15-06; 8:45 am]

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