97-5219. Grand River Dam Authority; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 9762]
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[FR Doc No: 97-5219]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 1494-118]


Grand River Dam Authority; Notice of Availability of 
Environmental Assessment

February 26, 1997.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's regulations, 18 CFR Part 
380 (Order No. 486, 52 F.R. 47910), the Office of Hydropower Licensing 
(OHL) reviewed the application for non-project use of project lands for 
the Pensacola Hydroelectric Project. The application proposes to 
excavate approximately 15,000 to 20,000 cubic yards of shoreline and 
lake bottom material from the Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, in Delaware 
County, Oklahoma, in order to raise the applicant's property and access 
road to elevation 757 feet Pensacola Datum to prevent flooding and 
retain access to the site during high water. The staff prepared an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the action. In the EA, staff 
concludes that approval of the non-project use of project lands would 
not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the 
quality of the human environment.
    Copies of the EA are available for review in the Reference and 
Information Center, Room 1A, of the Commission's offices at 888 First 
Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-5219 Filed 3-3-97; 8:45 am]
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