[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 15, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 68995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29202]


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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 of Availability of Final Environmental Assessment

November 8, 2000.
    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 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed the application for new major license 
for the Petenwell and Castle Rock Hydroelectric Project located on the 
Wisconsin River in Wood, Juneau, and Adams Counties near Necedah, 
Wisconsin, and the application for 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.
    On June 23, 1998, the Commission staff issued a Draft Environmental 
Assessment (DEA) for the proposed licensing actions and requested that 
comments be filed with the Commission within 45 days. Comments on the 
DEA were filed and are addressed in the Final Environmental Assessment 
(FEA) for the proposed licensing actions.
    The FEA contains the staff's analysis of the potential 
environmental impacts of the proposed licenses, and concludes that the 
approval of the proposed licenses, with appropriate environmental 
protective measures, would not constitute major federal actions that 
would significantly affected the quality of the human environment.
    Copies of the FEA are available for review in the Public Reference 
Branch, Room 2A, of the Commission's offices at 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. These filings may also be viewed on the web at 
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (please call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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