[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 18 (Monday, January 28, 2002)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 11541-001]


Atlanta Power Company--Idaho; Notice of Availability of Final 
Environmental Assessment

January 22, 2002.
    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 application for an original license 
for the Atlanta Power Station Hydroelectric Project, and has prepared a 
Final Environmental Assessment (FEA). The operating project is located 
on the Middle Fork Boise River near the town of Atlanta (75 miles from 
the nearest populated area), in Elmore County, Idaho. Water to operate 
the run-of-river project is diverted at Kirby dam which is owned and 
operated by the U.S. Forest Service (FS). The project occupies about 
3.3 acres of land within the Boise National Forest, administered by the 
FS.
    On August 3, 2000, the Commission staff issued a draft 
environmental assessment (DEA) for the project and requested that 
comments be filed with the Commission within 30 days. Comments on the 
DEA were filed by the FS, the United States Department of the Interior 
(Fish and Wildlife Service), Idaho Department of Fish and Game, and 
Idaho Rivers United and are addressed in the FEA.
    The FEA contains the staff's analysis of the potential 
environmental impacts of the project and concludes 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 FEA are available for review in the Public Reference 
Room, Rm. 2A, of the Commission's offices at 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. Copies of this filing are on file with the 
Commission and are available for public inspection and 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).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
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