[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 234 (Wednesday, December 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 63235]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30121]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 6132-006]


Facilitators Improving Salmonid Habitat (FISH); Notice of 
Extension of Time to Comment on Environmental Assessment

November 29, 2001.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission's) 
regulations, the Office of Energy Projects has reviewed the application 
dated July 11, 2001, requesting the Commission's approval to surrender 
the Exemption from licensing and removal of a dam at the John C. Jones 
Project, located on the Marsh Stream, a tributary of the Penobscot 
River, near the towns of Winterport and Frankfort, in Waldo County, 
Maine, and has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the 
proposed and alternative actions. A notice issued October 5, 2001, 
established November 5, 2001, as the deadline for comments on the EA.
    In response to our notice, several requests were made to extend our 
November 5, 2001, comment deadline by six months to prepare and present 
new information on recreational, public safety and environmental 
concerns and projected reduction of property values. The parties cite 
the need to gather additional information, which should be adequately 
done in 60 days; this is in addition to the several months that have 
passed since the August 7, 2001, application public notice issuance 
date. Accordingly, we are granting an extension of 60 days from the 
date of this notice to file additional information on our EA.
    Comments should be addressed to: The Secretary, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC, 20426. 
Please affix ``John C. Jones Project No. 6132-006'' to the first page 
of your comments. All timely filed comments will be considered in the 
Commission order addressing the proposed surrender of exemption and dam 
removal. Comments, protests and interventions 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.
    For further information, please contact Jack Hannula at (202) 219-
0116.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-30121 Filed 12-4-01; 8:45 am]
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