[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 25596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12116]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2609]
International Paper Company and Curtis/Palmer Hydroelectric
Company L.P.; Notice of Availability of Study Results and Request for
Additional Studies
May 5, 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 (the 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 and Warren
Counties, 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 resource 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 and
alternatives that should be analyzed in the DEA.
Based on information contained in Scoping Document 1 and comments
received from resource 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 were completed and
published as Volume 1 Study Reports. During the period from January 31,
1997 until March 3, 1997, the Volume I Reports were available for
public review and comment. Those reports not included in Volume 1 have
been completed and compiled as Volume 2 Study Reports. The Volume 2
Reports will be available for public review from May 5, 1997 until June
6, 1997 at the International Paper Administration Building at the
Hudson River Mill on Pine Street in Corinth, New York. The Volume 2
Reports will also be available in the Corinth Town Office at 600 Palmer
Avenue in Corinth, New York and in the Commissions Public Reference
Room at 888 First Street N.E. in Washington, D.C. 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 June 6,
1997.
Because Section 4.32(b)(7) of the Commission's Regulations has been
waived as to time framerame for requesting additional studies, 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 file
a request for any such study with the Secretary of the Commission at
888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426 by June 6, 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.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-12116 Filed 5-8-97; 8:45 am]
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