[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 18, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 65198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31086]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No.1864-005]


Upper Peninsula Power Company; Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Impact Statement

December 11, 2001.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC or Commission) 
regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects staff has reviewed the applications for new license 
for the Bond Falls Project, and has prepared a draft Environmental 
Impact Statement (EIS) for the project. In the draft EIS, the 
Commission's staff has analyzed the potential environmental impacts of 
the existing projects and has recommended that approval of the 
projects, with appropriate environmental protection measures, would be 
in the public interest.
    Copies of the draft EIS are available for review in the Public 
Reference Branch, Room 2-A, of the Commission's offices at 888 First 
Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.
    Any comments should be filed within 60 days from the date of this 
notice and should be addressed to Linwood A. Watson, Jr., Acting 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20246. Please affix ``Bond Falls Project No. 1864-005,'' 
as appropriate, to all comments. For further information, please 
contact Patrick Murphy at (202) 219-2659.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-31086 Filed 12-17-01; 8:45 am]
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