[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 9, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 48698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-20065]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 11541-001 Idaho]


Atlanta Power Company; Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Assessment

August 3, 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 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed the application for an original license 
for the Atlanta Power Station Hydroelectric Project, and has prepared a 
Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA). The operating project is located 
on the Middle Fork Boise River near the town of Atlanta (75 miles from 
the nearest populated area), in Elmore County, Idaho. Water to operate 
the run-of-river project is diverted at Kirby dam which is owned and 
operated by the U.S. Forest Service (FS). The project occupies about 
3.3 acres of land within the Boise National Forest, administered by the 
FS. The DEA 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 DEA are available for review in the Public Reference 
Room, Room 2A, of the Commission's offices at 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. This filing may also be viewed on the web at 
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (please call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance).
    Any comments should be filed within 30 days from the date of this 
notice and should be addressed to David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426. For further information, contact Gaylord Hoisington, Project 
Coordinator, at (202) 219-2756.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-20065 Filed 8-8-00; 8:45 am]
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