[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 9078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3001]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2901-008; Project No. 2902-009 Virginia]


Nekoosa Packaging Corporation; Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Assessment

January 31, 2001.
    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 application for license for the Big 
Island Hydroelectric Project and the Holcomb Rock Hydroelectric 
Project, located on the James River in Bedford and Amherst Counties, 
Virginia, and has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) for 
the project. No federal lands or Indian reservations are occupied by 
project works or located within the project boundary.
    The DEA contains the staff's analysis of the potential 
environmental impacts of the project and concludes that licensing the 
project, with appropriate environmental protective measures, would not 
constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect the 
quality of the human environment.
    Copies of the DEA are available for review at the Commission's 
Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426, or by calling (202) 208-1371. The DEA may be viewed on the web 
at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance).
    Any comments should be filed within 30 days from the date of this 
notice and should be addressed to David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426. Please affix Project No. 2901-008 and Project No. 2902-009 to 
all 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, contact James T. Griffin at (202) 219-2799 
or Monte TerHaar at (202) 219-2768.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-3001 Filed 2-5-01; 8:45 am]
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