98-28462. Edwards Manufacturing Company, City of Augusta, Maine; Notice of Plan To Remove Edwards Dam

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 205 (Friday, October 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56926-56927]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-28462]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2389]


Edwards Manufacturing Company, City of Augusta, Maine; Notice of 
Plan To Remove Edwards Dam

October 19, 1998.
    A plan was filed on September 30, 1998, for removal of Edwards Dam 
as contemplated in the settlement agreement approved by the Commission 
on September 16, 1998. Included with the filing is a motion requesting 
Commission approval of the plan.
    The dam removal plan is filed by the State of Maine in anticipation 
of transfer of the project license to the State of Maine on January 1, 
1999. Dam removal and property restoration are scheduled for completion 
in 1999 following license transfer. The State of Maine proposes to use 
controlled demolition blasting to establish an initial breach in the 
dam, followed by the dismantling of the remainder of the dam using 
conventional excavation equipment. The goal of dam removal and property 
restoration is to return the site to a condition suitable for mixed 
use, including, but not limited to, recreational, commercial, and 
industrial uses.
    Copies of the plan are available through the Commission's Public 
Reference Room at the address listed below. In addition, the document 
may

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be obtained through the Commission's Records Information Management 
System (RIMS) available through the Commission's Homepage at 
www.ferc.fed.us.
    Comments on the dam removal plan and request for Commission 
approval may be filed within 30 days of the date of this notice at the 
following address: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
    Please include the project number (P-2389) prominently on any 
filing. For additional information, please contact Mr. John A. Schnagl 
at [phone].
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-28462 Filed 10-22-98; 8:45 am]
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