[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 13493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7349]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2323-012 and 2334-001]


New England Power Company, Western Massachusetts Electric 
Company; Notice of Intention To Hold a Public Meeting for Discussion of 
the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Deerfield River

March 21, 1996.
    On February 29, 1996, the Commission staff mailed the Deerfield 
River Projects DEIS to the Environmental Protection Agency, resource 
and land management agencies, and interested organizations and 
individuals. This document evaluates the environmental consequences of 
the ``Deerfield River Project, Offer of Settlement'' and continuing the 
operation and maintenance of the existing Deerfield and Garners Falls 
Projects, in Massachusetts and Vermont.
    The DEIS also evaluates the environmental effects of implementing 
the Deerfield River Project, Offer of Settlement; applicants' proposals 
supplemented with staff's recommended enhancement measures; and the no-
action alternative.
    A public meeting which will be recorded by an official 
stenographer, is scheduled on Tuesday April 9, 1996, from 7:00 p.m. to 
9:00 p.m. at the Mohawk Trail Regional High School at 26 Ashfield Road, 
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, and Wednesday, April 10, 1996, from 
7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Wilmington High School in Wilmington, 
Vermont.
    At the meetings, all interested person will have an opportunity to 
provide oral and written comments regarding the Deerfield River 
Projects DEIS for the Commission's public record.

    For further information, please contact Mr. R. Feller (Telephone 
202-219-2796), or Mr. Bob Bell (Telephone 202 219-2806), Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of Hydropower Licensing, 888 
First Street, NE, Washington, DC, 20426.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-7349 Filed 3-26-96; 8:45 am]
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