[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 32 (Thursday, February 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 10495]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3811]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2689-021]


N.E.W. Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental 
Assessment and Soliciting Comments

February 9, 2001.
    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 486, 52 FR 47897), the Commission's 
Office of Energy Projects has reviewed an application to modify Article 
401 of the license for the Oconto Falls Project, FERC No. 2689-021. 
Article 401 requires the licensee to operate the project in a run-of-
river mode (ROR) with a reservoir operating range of 701.92 
 0.3 feet NGVD. The licensee requests that Article 401 be 
amended to only require the minimum reservoir operating elevation of 
701.62 NGVD, currently allowed by Article 401, with no maximum 
operating limit. The Oconto Falls Project is located in Oconto Falls, 
on the Oconto River, Oconto County, Wisconsin. A Draft Environmental 
Assessment (DEA) was prepared for the amendment request. The DEA finds 
the licensee's request to amend Article 401 by eliminating the maximum 
operating elevation, with staff's recommendations, would not constitute 
a major federal action significantly affecting the quality of the human 
environment.
    The DEA was written by staff in the Office of Energy Projects, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Copies of the DEA can be viewed 
in the Public Reference Room, Room 2-A, of the Commission's offices at 
888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The DEA may also be viewed 
on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (please call (202) 
208-2222 for assistance).
    Comments on the DEA must be filed with the Commission within 40 
days from the date of this notice. Comments should be addressed to: 
David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Please reference the number, 
P-2689-021, on any comments filed. 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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