[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 125 (Thursday, June 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16353]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project Nos. 2525-004, 2595-005, 2522-002, 2546-001, 2560-001, and 
2581-002]


Wisconsin Public Service Corp.; Notice of a Public Meeting in 
Crivitz, Wisconsin To Discuss Staff's Multiple-Project Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Peshtigo River 
Hydroelectric Projects

June 21, 1996.
    The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) 
has prepared and issued a DEIS evaluating the environmental impacts 
that would result from relicensing the following six existing 
hydropower projects owned and operated by the Wisconsin Public Service 
Corporation on the Peshtigo River in Marinette County, Wisconsin: the 
Caldron Falls Project, No. 2525; the High Falls Project, No. 2595; the 
Johnson Falls Project, No. 2522; the Sandstone Rapids Project, No. 
2546; the Potato Rapids Project, No. 2560; and the Peshtigo Project, 
No. 2581.
    The subject DEIS describes and evaluates the site-specific and 
cumulative impacts of relicensing the six projects with the adoption of 
the following alternative actions: (1) continuing the terms of the 
original licenses (the non-action alternative); (2) mandating the 
applicant's proposed peaking operations, minimum flows, and 
recreational enhancements; (3) requiring the licensee to undertake the 
resource agencies' recommended year-round run-of-river operation, fish 
passage facilities, and land management measures; and (4) implementing 
staff's recommended seasonal run-of-river operation, minimum flows, 
fisheries enhancement plans, comprehensive land management plan, and 
additional public access facilities.

DEIS Meeting

    The FERC staff will conduct one public meeting at which it will: 
(1) summarize the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the 
subject DEIS; (2) respond to questions raised by meeting attendees; and 
(3) obtain public input on the DEIS provided by local residents, 
representatives of environmental organizations and Indian tribes, and 
technical personnel from state and federal resource agencies.
    The meeting will be held from 7:00 P.M. until 10:30 P.M. on 
Thursday, August 1, 1996, in the Crivitz Town Hall, located at 800 
Henrietta Avenue in Crivitz, Wisconsin, 54114.

Meeting Procedures

    The meeting, which will be recorded by a stenographer, will become 
part of the formal record of the Commission's proceeding on the 
Peshtigo River projects. Individuals presenting statements at the 
meeting will be asked to sign in before the meeting starts and identify 
themselves for the record.
    Concerned parties are encouraged to provide their opinions during 
the public meeting. Speaking time allowed for individuals will be 
determined before the meeting, based on the number of persons wishing 
to speak and the approximate amount of time available for the session, 
but all speakers will be permitted at least five minutes to present 
their views.

Written Comments

    Interested persons also may: (1) submit written comments concerning 
the document to the stenographer at the DEIS meeting or (2) mail their 
comments to the Secretary of the Commission by the deadline date 
indicated in the Environmental Protection Agency's Federal Register 
notice regarding issuance of the Peshtigo River DEIS. All 
correspondence should be mailed to the following address: Lois Cashell, 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
N.E., Washington, DC 20426.
    All filings sent to the Secretary of the Commission should contain 
an original and 8 copies. Failure to file an original and 8 copies may 
result in appropriate staff not receiving the benefit of your comments 
in a timely manner. See 18 CFR 4.34(h).
    The top of the first page of all correspondence should indicate the 
FERC number and name of each project addressed by your comments.
    Intervenors and interceders (as defined in 18 CFR 385.2010) who 
file documents with the Commission are reminded of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure requiring them to serve a copy of all 
documents filed with the Commission on each person whose name is listed 
on the official Service list for this proceeding. See 18 CFR 4.34(b).
    For further information, please contact Jim Haimes in Washington, 
DC at (202) 219-2780.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-16353 Filed 6-26 -96; 8:45 am]
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