[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 211 (Monday, November 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 67395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-27839]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12686-004]


Baker County, Oregon; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

    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 47,897), the Office 
of Energy Projects has reviewed Baker County, Oregon's (Baker County) 
application for a license to construct its proposed Mason Dam 
Hydroelectric Project, and has prepared an Environmental Assessment 
(EA). The proposed 3.4-megawatt (MW) project would be located on the 
Powder River, at the existing U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's 
(Reclamation) Mason Dam, near Baker City, in Baker County, Oregon. The 
project would occupy federal land managed by Reclamation and the U.S. 
Forest Service.
    The EA contains Commission staff's analysis of the potential 
environmental impacts of the proposed hydroelectric project. The EA 
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.
    A copy of the EA is available for review at the Commission in the 
Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at 
www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number 
excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected] or toll-free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
202-502-8659.
    You may also register online at www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    Any comments should be filed within 45 days from the date of this 
notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. Please file 
comments using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 
6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system 
at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp.
    You must include your name and contact information at the end of 
your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. In 
lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20426. Please affix ``Project No. 12686-004'' to all comments.
    Please contact Kenneth Hogan (Commission Staff) by telephone at 
(202) 502-8434, or by email at [email protected], if you have any 
questions.

    Dated: October 27, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-27839 Filed 10-30-15; 8:45 am]
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