[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 36 (Friday, February 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 8240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4251]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3494-058, Pennsylvania]


Allegheny No. 6 Hydro Partners; Notice of Availability of Final 
Environmental Assessment

February 14, 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 an application to install 12-inch-high 
flashboards at the Allegheny Lock and Dam No. 6 Hydroelectric Project 
and has prepared a Final Environmental Assessment (FEA). The 
hydroelectric project is located at a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam 
(Lock and Dam No. 6) on the Allegheny River, near the town of Ford 
City, in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. No other federal or tribal 
lands are occupied by the hydroelectric project.
    The Commission has begun a proceeding to determine if reserved 
authority in article 17 of the license should be used to require 12-
inch-high flashboards at Lock and Dam No. 6. Flashboards can be used to 
increase water levels in Pool No. 6 to more closely resemble pre-
hydroelectric conditions. The proceeding is in response to concerns 
raised by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission about the impacts 
of project-induced lower water levels on recreational boating in Pool 
No. 6. The FEA contains Commission staff's analysis of the potential 
environmental impacts of installing 12-inch-high flashboards and 
concludes that flashboards should not be installed at Lock and Dam No. 
6 because of adverse impacts to wetlands.
    A copy of the FEA is on file with the Commission and is available 
for public inspection. The FEA may also be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``RIMS'' link--select ``P-3494'' and follow the 
instructions (call 202-208-2222 for assistance).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 02-4251 Filed 2-21-02; 8:45 am]
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