[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24441-24442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11542]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2389-012 Maine]
Edwards Manufacturing Company, Inc. and City of Augusta; Notice
of Availability of Report on the Cost of Removing Edwards Dam
April 29, 1997.
By direction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's
(Commission) December 20, 1996, order, 77 FERC para. 61,285, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory (ORNL) staff has prepared an independent study of
the cost of removing Edwards dam and documents the findings of the
study in a report titled ``Cost of Removing Edwards Dam on the Kennebec
River, Maine'' (Report). The Edwards Hydroelectric Project is located
on the Kennebec River in Augusta, Maine.
In the Report, ORNL staff analyze various alternative approaches to
dam removal, estimate the cost of these approaches, and present a
recommended approach for dam removal. The cost of ORNL's recommended
approach is $2.7 million.
The findings of this study will be incorporated into the Kennebec
River Basin final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) which is planned
for publication later this year. Responses to public comments on this
report will be included in the final EIS.
Copies of the Report are available for review in the Public
Reference Branch, Room 2A, of the Commission's offices at 888 First
Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
Any comments should be filed on or before May 16, 1997, and should
be
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addressed to: Lois D. Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. Please
affix Project No. 2389-012 to all comments. For further information,
contact Joe Davis, Commission staff Task Monitor, at (202) 219-2865.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-11542 Filed 5-2-97; 8:45 am]
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