[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 223 (Monday, November 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 57959]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28783]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 6032-041 New York]


Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Fourth Branch Associates; 
Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment

November 13, 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 Commission's Notice of Termination 
of License by Implied Surrender for the Machanicville Hydroelectric 
Project, located on the Hudson River in Saratoga and Rensselaer 
Counties, New York, 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 terminating the 
license by implied surrender, with appropriate environmental protective 
measures, would not constitute a major federal action that would 
significantly affect the quality of the human environment.
    The staff also concludes that terminating the license by implied 
surrender constitutes an undertaking for the purposes of section 106 of 
the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, as amended, and that 
such termination would have an effect on the Mechanicville 
Hydroelectric Project, a property listed in the National Register of 
Historic Places. All interested parties are requested to comment as 
instructed below.
    A copy of the DEA is on file with the Commission and is available 
for public inspection. The DEA may also be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link--select ``Docket #'' and follow 
the instructions (call 202-208-2222 for assistance).
    Any comments should be filed within 45 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. 6032-041 to all comments. Comments 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 
under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    Due to current events, we cannot guarantee that we will receive 
mail on a timely basis from the U.S. Postal Service, and we do not know 
how long this situation will continue. However, we continue to receive 
filings from private mail delivery services, including messenger 
services in a reliable manner. The Commission encourages electronic 
filing of any comments in this proceeding. We will include all comments 
that we receive within a reasonable time in our environmental analysis 
of this project.
    For further information, contact the Ellen Armbruster at (202) 208-
1672.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-28783 Filed 11-16-01; 8:45 am]
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