[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 246 (Friday, December 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 66543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-31132]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project Nos. 2433-004-MI/WI, 2357-003-MI/WI, 2394-006-MI/WI, 2536-009-
MI/WI]
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, et al.; Notice of Intent to
Hold Public Meetings in Marinette, Wisconsin to Discuss the Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Proposed Relicensing of
the Grand Rapids, Chalk Hill, White Rapids, and Little Quinnesec
Hydroelectric Projects
December 18, 1995.
On November 22, 1995, the Commission staff mailed the DEIS to the
Environmental Protection Agency, resource and land management agencies,
and interested organizations and individuals. This document evaluates
the environmental consequences of the proposed relicensing of the Grand
Rapids, White Rapids, Chalk Hill, and Little Quinnesec Hydroelectric
Projects. The projects are located on the lower Menominee River in
Menominee and Dickinson Counties, Michigan and Marinette County,
Wisconsin.
Two public meetings will be recorded by a court reporter and are
scheduled to be held at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Thursday, January 4, 1996,
at the Best Western Riverfront Inn, 1821 Riverside Avenue, Marinette,
Wisconsin. You are invited to attend either or both public meetings.
At the meetings, Commission Staff will summarize major DEIS
findings and recommendations. Resource agency personnel and other
interested persons will have an opportunity to submit oral and written
comments on the DEIS for the Commission's public record. Written
comments on the DEIS may also be sent to: The Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
Comments must be received on or before January 16, 1995. All
correspondence should include the project name and number on the first
page of the correspondence.
The DEIS considers recommendations of government agencies,
nongovernmental organizations, affected Indian tribes, the public, the
license applicants, and the Commission's staff. It evaluates natural
and social resource benefits, the economic costs, and the project-
specific and cumulative environmental impacts associated with
relicensing the projects.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-31132 Filed 12-21-95; 8:45 am]
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