[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6622]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project Nos. 2283-005, and 11482-000]


Lower Androscoggin River Basin DEIS, Maine; Notice of Intent to 
Hold Public and Agency Meetings to Discuss Staff's Draft Environmental 
Impact Statement for Existing Projects in the Lower Androscoggin River 
Basin

March 14, 1996.
    On November 30, 1995, the Commission's staff mailed the Lower 
Androscoggin River Basin Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), 
to the Environmental Protection Agency, resource and land management 
agencies, interested organizations and individuals. The availability of 
the DEIS was publicly noticed in the Federal Register on December 8, 
1995. The document evaluates the continued operation of the Gulf 
Island/Deer Rips Project No. 2283, and the Marcal Project No. 11482. 
The projects are located on the Androscoggin River and the Little 
Androscoggin River, Androscoggin County, Maine, respectively.
    A public meeting will be conducted by staff in Lewiston, Maine, on 
Monday, April 8, 1996, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at the Ramada Inn, 
490 Pleasant Street, Lewiston, Maine, to hear the public's comments on 
the DEIS.
    The public meeting will be recorded by a stenographer and will 
become part of the formal record of the Commission's proceeding on the 
Lower Androscoggin River Basin projects under consideration. 
Individuals presenting statements at the meeting will be asked to sign 
in before the meeting starts and to clearly identify themselves for the 
record.
    In accordance with Section 10(j) of the FPA, the Commission's staff 
will also hold an agency meeting with staff from the Maine Department 
of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on 
Monday, April 8, 1996, 9:30 a.m., at the Ramada Inn, 490 Pleasant 
Street, Lewiston, Maine, to discuss inconsistencies of some 
recommendations with the comprehensive planning and public interest 
standards of Sections 4(e) and 10(a) of the FPA or the substantial 
evidence requirement of Section 313(b) of the FPA.
    All those that are formally recognized by the Commission as 
intervenors in the Lower Androscoggin River Basin Projects' proceedings 
are asked to refrain from engaging the staff in discussions of the 
merits of the projects outside of any announced meetings.
    For further information, please contact Michael Dees at (202) 219-
2807.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-6622 Filed 3-19-96; 8:45 am]
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