[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 167 (Friday, August 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23112]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 1984-056 Wisconsin; Project No. 11162-002 Wisconsin]


Wisconsin River Power Company; Wisconsin Power and Light Company; 
Notice Extending Comment Period for Draft Environmental Assessment

August 24, 1998.
    On June 23, 1998, in accordance with the National Environmental 
Policy Act of 1969 and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 
(Commission's) regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 F.R. 
47897), the Office of Hydropower Licensing issued a Draft Environmental 
Assessment (DEA) for a proposed new major license for the Petenwell-
Castle Rock Hydroelectric Project located on the Wisconsin River in 
Woods, Juneau, and Adams Counties near Necedah, Wisconsin, and for the 
proposed original major license for the Prairie du Sac Hydroelectric 
Project located on the Wisconsin River in Sauk and Columbia Counties 
near Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin.
    The period for filing comments on the DEA is extended until 
September 8, 1998.
    Copies of the DEA are available for review in the Public Reference 
Branch, Room 2A of the Commission's offices at 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426.
    Comments filed should be addressed to David P. Boergers, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. Please affix Project No. 1984-056 to all comments 
on the Petenwell-Castle Rock Project, and Project No. 11162-002 to all 
comments on the Prairie du Sac Project. For further information, please 
contact Peter A. Leitzke at (202) 219-2803.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-23112 Filed 8-27-98; 8:45 am]
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