[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 71]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-32188]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 11588-001 Alaska]


Alaska Power & Telephone Company; Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Assessment

December 26, 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 F.R. 47897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed the application for an original license 
for Alaska Power and Telephone Company's proposed Otter Creek 
Hydroelectric Project, and has prepared a Draft Environmental 
Assessment (DEA). The proposed project would be located on Kasidaya 
Creek, at Taiya Inlet, 3 miles south of the City of Skagway, and 12 
miles southwest of the City of Haines, Alaska. The proposed project 
would occupy approximately 6.0 acres of land within the Tongass 
National Forest, administered by the U.S. Forest Service. This DEA 
contains the Commission staff's analysis of the potential future 
environmental impacts of the project and has concluded that licensing 
the project, with appropriate environmental protective measures, would 
not constitute a major federal action that would significantly affect 
the quality of the human environment.
    Copies of the DEA are available for review in the Public Reference 
Room, Room 2A, of the Commission's offices at 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. This filing may also be viewed on the web at 
http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (please call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance).
    Any comments to this DEA should be filed within 45 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 20426. For further information, contact 
Gaylord Hoisington, Project Coordinator, at (202) 219-2756.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-32188 Filed 12-31-01; 8:45 am]
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