[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 43239]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-21251]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Project No. 2016-022]

City of Tacoma, Washington; Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Assessment
August 15, 1996.
    A draft environmental assessment (DEA) is available for public 
review. The DEA was prepared for an application filed by the City of 
Tacoma, Washington, licensee for the Cowlitz River Hydroelectric 
Project. In its application, the licensee requests Commission approval 
of a settlement agreement among the licensee, the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 
(the Parties). The agreement creates a 14,000-acre wildlife management 
area. The Parties wish to include the agreement in the project license. 
The Cowlitz River Project is located on the Cowlitz River, near the 
City of Tacoma, in Lewis County, Washington.
    The DEA finds that approving the settlement agreement 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 (202) 
208-1371.
    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, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Please include the project 
number (2016-022) on any comments filed.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-21251 Filed 8-20-96; 8:45 am]
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