[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 22 (Monday, February 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5000]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2505]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2609]
International Paper Company and Curtis/Palmer Hydroelectric
Company L.P.; Notice of Availability of Study Results and Request for
Additional Studies
January 28, 1997.
International Paper Company and Curtis/Palmer Hydroelectric Company
L.P. are currently engaged in the process of obtaining from the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) a new operating license for
the Curtis/Palmer Falls Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2609). The
current license for the project is due to expire on April 30, 2000. The
project is located on the Hudson River in the Village of Corinth and
the Towns of Corinth, Lake Luzerne and Hadley, in Saratoga County, New
York. Under the Commission's regulations, an application for licensing
for the project must be filed by April 30, 1998. International Paper
Company is managing relicensing activities in cooperation with a team
of state and federal resources agencies, conservation groups and local
governments (the Cooperative Team).
Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and the Commission's
regulations, Curtis/Palmer Hydroelectric Company L.P. and International
Paper Company intend to prepare a Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA)
as part of the license application, to be filed with the Commission for
the project. Public scoping meetings were held on January 10, 1996 and
February 8, 1996 to identify the scope of environmental issues that
should be analyzed in the DEA.
Based on information contained in Scoping Document 1 and comments
received from resources agencies and other interested parties during
the scoping meetings and comment period, the Cooperative Team prepared
study plans to address issues raised during the scoping process and
published them in Scoping Document 2. Study plans were subsequently
finalized and studies were undertaken throughout the spring, summer,
and fall of 1996. The majority of the study reports have been completed
and organized as Volume I Reports. During the period from January 31,
1997 until March 3, 1997, these Volume I Reports will be available for
public review at the International Paper Administration Building at the
Hudson River Mill on Pine Street in Corinth, New York. The Volume I
Reports will also be available in the Corinth Town Office and in the
Commission's Public Reference Room at 888 1st Street NE. in Washington,
DC. The public is invited to review these documents and to file
comments on the adequacy of these studies in addressing issues raised
during scoping. Comments on these studies and requests for any
additional studies are due by March 3, 1997.
Because Section 4.32(b)(7) of the Commission's regulations has been
previously waived, we are requesting that 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 project on its merit, the resource agency,
Indian tribe, or person must file a request for a study with the
Secretary of the Commission at 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
20426 by March 3, 1997 and serve a copy of the request on Mr. Robert
McK. Hunziker, International Paper Company, Two Manhattanville Road,
Purchase, NY 10577 and Mr. Andrew Sims, Kleinschmidt Associates, 75
Main Street, Pittsfield, ME 04967. Any comments or recommendations for
further study should be supported by appropriate documentation.
The remaining reports (Volume II) will be made available for review
and comment between approximately April 15, 1997 and May 15, 1997 at
the same locations. Comments and requests for additional studies on the
Volume II Reports will be due by approximately May 15, 1997. A separate
public notice will be published specifying the exact due date for
comments and additional study requests on Volume II.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-2505 Filed 1-3-97; 8:45 am]
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