[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 72 (Wednesday, April 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 18398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9893]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2375-013, Maine Project No. 8277-008, Maine]


International Paper Company; Otis Hydroelectric Company; Notice 
of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment and Notice of 
Commission Staff Meeting

April 9, 1998.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 
of Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the applications for major new 
licenses for the Riley-Jay-Livermore Project and Otis Hydroelectric 
Project located on the Androscoggin River in Franklin, Androscoggin, 
and Oxford Counties, near the Towns of Canton, Jay, Livermore, and 
Livermore Falls, Maine, and has prepared a Draft Environmental 
Assessment (DEA) for re-licensing the projects. In the DEA, the 
Commission's staff has analyzed the potential environmental impacts of 
the projects and has concluded that approval of the projects, with 
appropriate mitigative measures, would not constitute a major federal 
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    Copies of the DEA are available for review in the Public Reference 
Branch, Room 2-A, of the Commission's offices at 888 First Street, 
N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.
    In addition, Commission staff will hold a meeting, as follows, to 
discuss the Commission's DEA. All interested parties are welcome to 
attend this meeting.

    Meeting Date: May 6, 1998 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
    Location: International Paper Forestry Building 9 Green St., 
Augusta, Maine 04330-7443.

    Comments on the DEA should be filed within 30 days from the date of 
this notice and should be addressed to David P. Boergers, Acting 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. Please affix Project No. 2375-013 to all 
comments. For further information, please contact Monte J. TerHaar at 
(202) 219-2768 or Patti Leppert-Slack at (202) 219-2767.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-9893 Filed 4-14-98; 8:45 am]
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