[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6622]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project Nos. 2283-005, and 11482-000]
Lower Androscoggin River Basin DEIS, Maine; Notice of Intent to
Hold Public and Agency Meetings to Discuss Staff's Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for Existing Projects in the Lower Androscoggin River
Basin
March 14, 1996.
On November 30, 1995, the Commission's staff mailed the Lower
Androscoggin River Basin Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS),
to the Environmental Protection Agency, resource and land management
agencies, interested organizations and individuals. The availability of
the DEIS was publicly noticed in the Federal Register on December 8,
1995. The document evaluates the continued operation of the Gulf
Island/Deer Rips Project No. 2283, and the Marcal Project No. 11482.
The projects are located on the Androscoggin River and the Little
Androscoggin River, Androscoggin County, Maine, respectively.
A public meeting will be conducted by staff in Lewiston, Maine, on
Monday, April 8, 1996, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Ramada Inn,
490 Pleasant Street, Lewiston, Maine, to hear the public's comments on
the DEIS.
The public meeting will be recorded by a stenographer and will
become part of the formal record of the Commission's proceeding on the
Lower Androscoggin River Basin projects under consideration.
Individuals presenting statements at the meeting will be asked to sign
in before the meeting starts and to clearly identify themselves for the
record.
In accordance with Section 10(j) of the FPA, the Commission's staff
will also hold an agency meeting with staff from the Maine Department
of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on
Monday, April 8, 1996, 9:30 a.m., at the Ramada Inn, 490 Pleasant
Street, Lewiston, Maine, to discuss inconsistencies of some
recommendations with the comprehensive planning and public interest
standards of Sections 4(e) and 10(a) of the FPA or the substantial
evidence requirement of Section 313(b) of the FPA.
All those that are formally recognized by the Commission as
intervenors in the Lower Androscoggin River Basin Projects' proceedings
are asked to refrain from engaging the staff in discussions of the
merits of the projects outside of any announced meetings.
For further information, please contact Michael Dees at (202) 219-
2807.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-6622 Filed 3-19-96; 8:45 am]
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