[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 26853]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12150]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 18-063]


Idaho Power Company; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

May 9, 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 47910), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed Idaho Power Company's application for 
license amendment to waive for 1 year the aesthetic flow requirements 
at the Twin Falls Hydroelectric Project, located on the Snake River in 
Twin Falls and Jerome Counties, Idaho, and has prepared an 
Environmental Assessment (EA). The project includes about 93 acres of 
federal land administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
    The EA contains the staff's analysis of the potential environmental 
impacts of the proposed amendment and concludes that approval of the 
proposed amendment with staff's modifications would not constitute a 
major federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the 
human environment.
    The EA is attached to a Commission order issued on May 8, 2001 for 
the above application. Copies of the EA 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 EA may be 
viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call (202) 
208-2222 for assistance).
    For further information, contact John Smith at (202) 219-2460.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-12150 Filed 5-14-01; 8:45 am]
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