[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 109 (Friday, June 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 31090]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14823]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos. 2375 and 8277]


International Paper Company Otis; Hydroelectric Company; Notice 
of Commission Staff Meeting With International Paper Company on Re-
licensing of Riley-Jay-Livermore and Otis Hydroelectric Projects

June 2, 1997.
    International Paper Company and Otis Hydroelectric Company are 
preparing License Applications and a Draft Environmental Assessment 
(DEA) for the Riley-Jay-Livermore Project (No. 2375) and the Otis 
Project (No. 8277) located on the Androscoggin River, Maine. The DEA is 
being prepared in coordination with the ``Collaborative Team'', a group 
of representatives from various federal, state and local agencies, non-
governmental organizations, and local interest groups. The DEA and 
license applications will be filed with the Commission no later than 
September 30, 1997.
    International Paper Company mailed a copy of a preliminary DEA and 
Draft License Applications to all parties on March 28, 1997. The 
Commission received a copies of these documents on April 1, 1997. 
Commission staff has reviewed the documents and will attend a meeting, 
as follows, to discuss and make recommendations on the preliminary DEA.

Meeting Date: June 16, 1997 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Location: International Paper Forestry Building, 9 Green St., Augusta, 
Maine 04330-7443

    Interested parties are welcome to attend this meeting. For further 
information please contact the following individuals:

Steve Groves, B-1, International Paper Company, Jay, ME 04239, 207-897-
1389 and
Monte TerHaar, Federal Energy Reg. Comm., 888 First Street, NE, 
Mailstop HL-11.3, Washington, DC 20426, 202-219-2768.

    In addition, Commission Staff will attend a regularly scheduled 
Collaborative Team Meeting on June 17, 1997 at 9:30 a.m. at the 
International Paper Forestry Building in Augusta.
Lois D. Cashell,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 97-14823 Filed 6-5-97; 8:45 am]
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