[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 222 (Thursday, November 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69300-69301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29348]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 1759-036, 2074-007, 2072-008, 11830-000, 2073-008, 11831-
000, 2131-020, and 1980-009--Michigan/Wisconsin]


Wisconsin Electric Power Company; Notice of Availability of 
Environmental Assessment

November 9, 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 applications for new and subsequent 
licenses for the existing Way Dam, Hemlock Falls, Lower Paint, Peavy 
Falls, Michigamme Falls, Twin Falls, Kingsford, and Big Quinnesec Falls 
Projects, collectively referred to as the Upper Menominee River Basin 
Projects, located on the Menominee River and its tributaries, the Paint 
and Michigamme Rivers, in Dickinson and Iron Counties, Michigan, and 
Florence and Marinette Counties, Wisconsin, and has prepared an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the projects. In the EA, the 
Commission staff has analyzed the potential environmental effects of 
the projects and has concluded that approval of the projects, with 
appropriate environmental measures, would not constitute a major 
Federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment.
    Copies of the EA are available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Branch, Room 2A, located at 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. The EA may also be viewed on the Internet at 
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm. Please call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance.
    Any comments should be filed by December 1, 2000, and should be 
addressed to David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426. Please affix 
Project Nos. 1759-036, 2074-007, 2072-008, 11830-000, 2073-008, 11831-
000, 2131-020, and 1980-009 to all

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comments. Comments and protests may be filed electronically via the 
internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 
instructions on the Commission's web site at http://www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.
    For further information, please contact Patti Leppert at (202) 219-
2767.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-29348 Filed 11-15-00; 8:45 am]
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