[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 2147] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-931] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [Project No. 5276-041] Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and Northern Electric Power Company, LP; Notice of Availability of Environmental Assessment January 10, 1997. An environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review. The EA was prepared for an application to amend the license for the Hudson Falls Hydroelectric Project. The application would allow the Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and Northern Electric Power Company, LP (licensees) to install temporary 2-foot-high wooden flashboards on the Hudson Falls Dam. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYDEC) requests the flashboards to facilitate an ongoing PCB investigation and remediation program at the General Electric Company's Hudson Falls manufacturing facility located on the opposite side of the river from the project. The NYDEC indicated the temporary flashboards would help to prevent high river flows from entering the work area below the dam and increase the safety of working conditions in the river channel during the PCB remediation program. The duration of the PCB remediation program may be long-term, requiring up to 10 years to complete. Flashboards are currently installed on a portion of the dam to divert water during construction of the hydroelectric facility. The prosed action would allow for the completion of flashboards across the entire length of the dam from May 1 through November 30, as necessary, to protect workers and equipment during conduct of the PCB investigation and remediation program. The EA, written by staff in the Office of Hydropower Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, concludes the approval of the proposed action would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. Copies of the EA can be obtained by calling the Commission's Public Reference Room at (202) 208-1371. Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting Secretary. [FR Doc. 97-931 Filed 1-14-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M