98-30180. City of Marion and Smithland, Hydroelectric Partners; Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 218 (Thursday, November 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63310-63311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30180]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 6641-027]


City of Marion and Smithland, Hydroelectric Partners; Notice of 
Availability of Final Environmental Assessment

November 5, 1998.
    A final environmental assessment (FEA) is available for public 
review. The FEA is for an application to amend the Smithland 
Hydroelectric Project. The licensee proposes to replace the licensed 
three large turbine/generator units with 216 small turbines and 108 
generator units. The FEA finds that

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approval of the application would not constitute a major federal action 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. The 
Smithland Hydroelectric Project is located on an existing U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers Dam, on the Ohio River in Livingston County, 
Kentucky.
    The FEA was written by staff in the Office of Hydropower Licensing, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Copies of the FEA can be viewed 
in the Public Reference Branch, Room 2A, of the Commission's offices at 
888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
    For further information, please contact the project manager, Ms. 
Rebecca Martin, at [phone].
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-30180 Filed 11-10-98; 8:45 am]
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