[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 198 (Tuesday, October 14, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 53328] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-27063] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2609] International Paper Company and Curtis/Palmer Hydroelectric Company, L.P.; Notice of Availability of Draft Application and Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) October 7, 1997. International Paper Company and Curtis/Palmer Hydroelectric Company L.P. are currently engaged in the process of obtaining from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the Commission) a new operating license for the Curtis/Palmer Falls Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2609. The project is located on the Hudson River in the Village of Corinth and the Towns of Corinth, Lake Luzerne and Hadley, in Saratoga and Warren Counties, New York. The current license for the project expires on April 30, 2000. Under the Commission's regulations, an application for license for the project must be filed by April 30, 1998. International Paper Company is managing relicensing activities on behalf of both applicants in cooperation with a team of state and federal resource agencies, conservation groups and local governments (the Cooperative Team). Pursuant to the Commission's regulations and the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Curtis/Palmer Hydroelectric Company L.P. and International Paper Company have prepared a Draft Application for a new license, and a preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) to be included as part of the license application to be filed with the Commission for the project. The Draft Application and preliminary DEA are available for public review in the Public Reference Room at the Commission's offices at 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426 and at the Town Office, 600 Palmer Avenue, Corinth, NY. A copy may also be requested from the applicants. In accordance with Section 16.8(c)(5) of the Commission's regulations and the February 6, 1997 letter from the Director of the Commission's Office of Hydropower Licensing, any resource agency, Indian tribe, or persons are requested to provide comments on the Draft Application and the preliminary DEA, and any preliminary recommendations, terms and conditions or prescriptions by January 2, 1998. Comments, preliminary recommendation, terms and conditions, or prescriptions must be filed with Mr. Robert McK. Hunziker, International Paper Company, Two Manhattanville Road, Purchase, NY 10577, with copies to Mr. Richard Takacs, Rm 6H-06, Mailstop HL-11, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, and Mr. Andrew Sims, Kleinschmidt Associates, 75 Main Street, Pittsfield, ME 04967. Also available for public review at the same locations are three supplemental study reports prepared in 1997 in response to a request for additional information made by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Any questions regarding this notice or the availability of documents should be directed to Mr. Takacs at (202) 219-2840, Mr. Hunziker at (914) 397-1540, or Mr. Sims at (207) 487-3328. Lois D. Cashell, Secretary. [FR Doc. 97-27063 Filed 10-10-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M