96-20798. Grand River Dam Authority; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 159 (Thursday, August 15, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 42423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20798]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 1494-123]


Grand River Dam Authority; Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Assessment

August 9, 1996.
    A draft environmental assessment (DEA) is available for public 
review. The DEA was prepared for an application filed by Grand River 
Dam Authority (GRDA) that requests an amendment to the operating rule 
curve for impoundment elevations required under license article 401. In 
summary, GRDA proposes to modify the licensed rule curve by: (1) 
Delaying the spring rise from elevation 742 feet PD by two weeks, from 
April 16 to May 1, to better accommodate runoff from spring flows; (2) 
setting the rule curve's maximum water surface elevation at 744 feet PD 
instead of 745 feet PD to provide better flood management; and (3) 
delaying the drawdown from elevation 744 feet PD by about three weeks, 
from July 6 to August 1, and the drawdown from elevation 743 feet PD by 
about two weeks, from August 1 to August 16, to better coincide with 
the recreational boating season. The Pensacola Hydroelectric Project is 
located on the grand River, near the towns of Langley and Disney, in 
Craig, Delaware, Mayes, and Ottawa Counties, Oklahoma.
    The DEA finds that GRDA's proposed amendment is not a major federal 
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. 
The DEA was written by staff in the Office of Hydropower Licensing, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Copies of the DEA can be obtained 
by calling the Commission's Public Reference Room at [phone].
    Comments on the DEA must be filed with the Commission within 30 
days from the date of this notice. Comments should be addressed to: Ms. 
Lois D. Cashell, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. Please include the project 
number (1494-123) on any comments filed.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-20798 Filed 8-14-96; 8:45 a.m.]
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