95-14126. Comtu Falls Corp.; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 111 (Friday, June 9, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 30531]
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[FR Doc No: 95-14126]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 7888-010 Vermont]


Comtu Falls Corp.; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

June 5, 1995.
    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 FR 47910), the Office of Hydropower Licensing 
(OHL) reviewed the proposed downstream fish passage plan (plan), filed 
on October 24, 1994, pursuant to Commission order issued September 22, 
1994, for the Comtu Falls Project. The plan would replace about 33 feet 
of the 2-foot-high flashboards adjacent to a proposed discharge weir 
with a 2-foot-high fixed concrete crest. A 2.5 foot wide by 2.0 foot 
high discharge weir would be opened in this concrete cap at the west 
abutment of the dam and trashrack to produce a 20-cubic-foot-per-second 
(cfs) flow to attract/convey outmigrating Atlantic salmon smolts safety 
past the project. The flow would discharge into a 3-foot-deep plunge 
pool to be constructed on the bedrock falls below the discharge. To 
further ensure efficient operation of the passage facility, 18 feet of 
the east edge of the dam would be capped with concrete to cover the 
exposed bedrock. The remaining 74 feet of the dam would retain the 2-
foot-high flashboards. The downstream fish passage facility would be 
operated annually from April 1 through June 15. The staff prepared an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the action. In the EA, staff 
concludes that approval of the licensee's plan 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 3308, of the Commission's offices at 941 North 
Capitol Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20426.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-14126 Filed 6-8-95; 8:45 am]
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