[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 186 (Monday, September 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57600-57601]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24515]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 11616-000-Michigan; Project No. 2566-010-Michigan]


City of Portland, Michigan, Consumers Energy Company; Notice of 
Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment

September 19, 2000.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory

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Commission's (Commission's) regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No. 
486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy Projects has reviewed the City 
of Portland's application for original license for the operating 
unlicensed Portland Municipal Hydroelectric Project, and Consumers 
Energy Company's new license for the continued operation of the Webber 
Hydroelectric Project, located on the Grand River, in the City of 
Portland, Ionia County, Michigan, and has prepared a Draft 
Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the projects. In the DEA, the 
Commission's staff has analyzed the potential environmental effects of 
the projects and has concluded that licensing the projects, with staffs 
recommended measures, would not constitute a major federal action 
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    Copies of the DEA are available for review in the Public Reference 
Branch, Room 2-A, of the Commission's offices at 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The DEA may also be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.us/online/rims.htm. Please call (202) 208-2222 for assistance.
    Anyone may file comments on the EA. The public, federal and state 
resource agencies are encouraged to provide comments. All written 
comments must be filed within 45 days from the issuance date of this 
notice shown above. Send an original and eight copies of all comments 
marked with Project No. 11616-000 or Project No. 2566-010 to: The 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. If you have any questions regarding this notice, 
please contact Tom Dean at (202) 219-2778.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-24515 Filed 9-22-00; 8:45 am]
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