[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 251 (Friday, December 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 82992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-33325]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project Nos. 2927-004; 2928-004]


Aquamac Corporation; Merrimac Paper Company, Inc.; Notice of 
Availability of Final Environmental Assessment

December 21, 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 licenses for 
the Aquamac and Merrimac Hydroelectric Projects, located on the 
Merrimack River in the city of Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, 
and has prepared a Multiple Project Environmental Assessment (MPEA) for 
the projects.
    On October 15, 1999, the Commission staff issued and distributed to 
all parties a draft MPEA on the projects, and requested that comments 
be filed with the Commission within 30 days. Comments were filed and 
are addressed in the final MPEA.
    This final MPEA contains the staff's analysis of the potential 
environmental impacts of the projects and concludes that licensing the 
projects, with appropriate environmental measures, would not constitute 
a major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of 
the human environment.
    Copies of the final MPEA 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-33325 Filed 12-28-00; 8:45 am]
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