[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 88 (Thursday, May 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 25206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12073]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project Nos. 2901-000 and 2902-000]


Nekoosa Packaging Corporation; Notice of Commission Staff Meeting 
With Nekoosa Packaging Corporation on Re-Licensing of Big Island and 
Holcomb Rock Hydroelectric Projects

May 1, 1998.
    Nekoosa Packaging Corporation (Nekoosa), a wholly owned subsidiary 
of Georgia-Pacific Corporation is preparing License Applications and a 
Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the Big Island and Holcomb 
Rock Hydroelectric Projects (Project Nos. 2901 and 2902, respectively) 
located on the James River, in Bedford and Amherst Counties, Virginia. 
The DEA is being prepared in coordination with 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 December 
31, 1998.
    Nekoosa mailed a copy of Sections 5 and 6 of the preliminary DEA, 
and a copy of Scoping Document 2, to all parties, including the 
Commission, on April 27, 1998. Commission staff has reviewed the 
documents and will attend a meeting, as follows, to discuss and make 
recommendations to be included in the preliminary DEA.
    Meeting Date: May 12, 1998, 9 a.m.
    Location: Georgia-Pacific Corporation's big Island Mills compound, 
Highway 501 North, Big Island, Virginia 24526
    Interested parties are welcome to attend this meeting. For further 
information please contact the following individuals:

C. Richard Judy, Nekoosa Packaging Corporation, Big Island, Virginia 
24526, (804) 299-5911
James T. Griffin, Federal Energy Reg. Comm., 888 First Street, NE, 
Mailstop HL-11.3, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 219-2799
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-12073 Filed 5-6-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-M