[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 227 (Friday, November 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 70562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29996]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 4678-019, 4679-022]


Power Authority of the State of New York; Notice of Availability 
of Final Environmental Assessment

November 17, 2000.
    A final environmental assessment (FEA) is available for public 
review. The FEA was prepared for New York Power Authority's (licensee) 
application to operate the Crescent and Vischer Ferry Hydroelectric 
Projects in a run-of-river mode.
    In summary, the FEA examines the environmental impacts of three 
alternatives for operating the Crescent and Vischer Ferry Projects: (1) 
licensee's proposed action: run-of-river operation; (2) licensee's 
initial proposed action: limited ponding; and (3) no-action. These 
alternatives are described in detail in the FEA.
    The FEA recommends that the licensee operate the projects in a run-
of-river mode in accordance with the licensee's proposed action 
alternative. The FEA concludes that implementation of this alternative 
would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the 
quality of the human environment.
    This FEA was written by staff in the Office of Energy Projects 
(OEP). Copies of the FEA can be obtained by contacting the Commission's 
Public Reference Room at (202) 208-1371.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-29996 Filed 11-22-00; 8:45 am]
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