[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25716-25717]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10955]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2032-001 Wyoming]


Lower Valley Energy; Notice of Availability of Final 
Environmental Assessment

April 27, 2000.
    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 F.R. 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed the application for a new license for 
the Strawberry Hydroelectric Project (Project) and has prepared a Final 
Environmental Assessment (FEA). The project is located on Strawberry 
Creek near Bedford, Wyoming, and lies entirely

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within the Bridger National Forest, in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
    On November 24, 1999, the Commission staff issued a draft 
environmental assessment (DEA) for the project and requested that 
comments be filed with the Commission within 30 days. The commenting 
deadline was later extended an additional 66 days. Comments on the DEA 
were filed by the U.S. Forest Service, Wyoming State Engineers Office, 
and Lower Valley and are addressed in this 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, N.E., 
Washington, D.C. 20426. This document may also be viewed on the web at 
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (please call 202-208-2222 for 
assistance).

David O. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-10955 Filed 5-2-00; 8:45 am]
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