96-27915. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 212 (Thursday, October 31, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 56228]
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[FR Doc No: 96-27915]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2616-004-NY]


Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation; Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Assessment

October 25, 1996.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission's) 
regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the office 
of Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the application for a new license 
for the Hoosic River Project located in Rensselaer and Washington 
counties, New York, and has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment 
(DEA) for the project. In the DEA, the Commission's staff has analyzed 
the potential environmental impacts of the existing project and has 
concluded that approval of the project, with appropriate environmental 
protection or enhancement measures, would not constitute a major 
federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment.
    Copies of the DEA are available for review in the Public Reference 
Branch, Room 2A of the Commission's offices at 888 First Street, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426.
    Any comments should be filed within 45 days from the date of this 
notice and should be addressed to Lois D. Cashell, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 
20426. Please affix ``Hoosic River Project No. 2616-004'' to all 
comments. For further information, please contact Edward R. Meyer at 
[phone].
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-27915 Filed 10-30-96; 8:45 am]
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