[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 75 (Tuesday, April 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20810-20811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-9593]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2722-008; Utah]


PacifiCorp Power Company; Notice of Availability of Final 
Environmental Assessment

April 12, 2000.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and

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the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) regulations, 18 
CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy 
Projects has reviewed the application for a new license for the Pioneer 
Hydroelectric Project, and has prepared a Final Environmental 
Assessment (FEA). The project is located on the Ogden River near the 
City of Ogden, Weber County, Utah. The water to operate the project 
comes from the Pineview dam, via the Ogden Canyon Conduit. The dam is 
owned and operated by the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR). However, a 
portion of the 5.5-mile-long flowline is located within the Cache 
National Forest, administered by the U.S. Forest Service (FS).
    On February 17, 2000, the Commission staff issued a draft 
environmental assessment (DEA) for the project and requested that 
comments be filed with the Commission within 30 days. Comments on the 
DEA were filed by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and 
Wildlife Service and PacifiCorp and are addressed in the FEA.
    The FEA contains the staff's analysis of the potential 
environmental impacts of the project and concludes that licensing the 
project, with appropriate environmental protective measures, would not 
constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect the 
quality of the human environment.
    Copies of the FEA are available for review in the Public Reference 
Room, Room 2A, of the Commission's offices at 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-9593 Filed 4-17-00; 8:45 am]
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