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[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12667-003]

 
City of Hamilton, OH; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests

October 18, 2006.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original Major License.
    b. Project No.: 12667-003.
    c. Date Filed: October 6, 2006.
    d. Applicant: City of Hamilton, Ohio.
    e. Name of Project: Meldahl Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Ohio River, near the City of Augusta, Bracken 
County, Kentucky. The existing dam is owned and operated by the U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). The project would occupy approximately 
81 acres of United States lands administered by the Corps.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Michael Perry, Director of Electric, City 
of Hamilton, Ohio, 345 High Street, Hamilton, OH 45011, (513) 785-7229.
    i. FERC Contact: Peter Leitzke at (202) 502-6059; or e-mail at 
peter.leitzke@ferc.gov.

    j. Cooperating agencies: We are asking Federal, state, local, and 
tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect 
to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the 
environmental document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating 
status should follow the instructions for filing comments described in 
item l below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission's policy 
that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental 
document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ] 61,076 (2001).
    k. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of 
the request on the applicant.

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    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: December 5, 2006.
    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.
    Additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency 
status may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. 
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
(http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.

    m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed project would utilize the existing U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers' Captain Anthony Meldahl Locks and Dam, and would consist 
of: (1) An intake approach channel; (2) an intake structure, (3) a 248-
foot-long by 210-foot-wide powerhouse containing three generating units 
having a total installed capacity of 105 megawatts, (4) a tailrace 
channel; (5) a 5-mile-long, 138-kilovolt transmission line; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities. The City of Hamilton (Hamilton) is a municipal 
preference entity that owns and operates an electrical system. The 
project would have an estimated annual generation of 489 gigawatt-
hours, which would be used to serve the needs of the customers of 
Hamilton's electric system.
    o. A copy of the application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' 

link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits in the 
docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact 
FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1-
866-208-3676, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for 
inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above.
    You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp
 to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 

issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Kentucky State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) and the Ohio SHPO, 
as required by Sec.  106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the 
regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36, CFR, 
at 800.4.
    q. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 
will be made as appropriate.

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Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter......  January 2007.
Request Additional Information.............  January 2007.
Issue Scoping Document for comments........  March 2007.
Notice of application is ready for           June 2007.
 environmental analysis.
Notice of the availability of the draft EA.  December 2007.
Notice of the availability of the final EA.  June 2008.
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Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-18096 Filed 10-27-06; 8:45 am]

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