[Federal Register: September 5, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 172)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. PP-241]
Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement;Enron North America
Corp.
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of floodplain/wetland involvement.
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SUMMARY: Enron North America Corp. (Enron) has applied for a
Presidential permit to construct, operate, maintain, and connect
double-circuit electric transmission lines across the U.S. border with
Mexico. The proposed action has the potential to impact on a
floodplain/wetlands. In accordance with DOE regulations for compliance
with floodplain/wetlands environmental review requirements (10 CFR part
1022), floodplain or wetlands assessments will be performed for these
proposed actions in a manner so as to avoid or minimize potential harm
to or within potentially affected floodplain and wetlands.
DATES: Comments are due to the address below no later than September
20, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Written comments, questions about the proposed action, and
requests to review the draft environmental assessment should be
directed to: Ellen Russell, Office of Coal & Power Import/Export (FE-
27), Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0350. Fax: (202) 287-
5736. E-mail: Ellen.Russell@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 or Michael T. Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON GENERAL DOE FLOODPLAIN AND WETLANDS
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW REQUIREMENTS CONTACT: Carol M. Borgstrom,
Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance (EH-42), U.S. Department
of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0119;
Phone: 202-586-4600 or leave a message at 800-472-2756.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Executive Order 11988, Floodplain
Management, and 10 CFR Part 1022, Compliance with Floodplain-Wetlands
Environmental Review Requirements (http://tis-nt.eh.doe.gov/nepa/tools/
regulate/nepa_reg/1022/1022.htm), notice is given that DOE is
considering an application from Enron for a Presidential permit to
construct, operate, maintain and connect double circuit 230,000
kilovolt (230-kV) transmission lines across the U.S. border with
Mexico. Notice of filing of the Enron Presidential permit application
appeared in the Federal Register on June 27, 2001 (66 FR 34178).
Before making a final decision on granting or denying a
Presidential permit, DOE will prepare an environmental assessment (EA)
to address the environmental impacts that would accrue from the
proposed project and reasonable alternatives. The EA will be prepared
in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA)
(42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Because the proposed action has the potential
to impact on a floodplain/wetlands, the EA will include a floodplain
and wetlands assessment. A floodplain statement of findings will be
included in any Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) that may be
issued following completion of the EA. Copies of the EA and FONSI may
be requested by telephone, facsimile, or e-mail from the address given
above.
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 29, 2001.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power
Import/Export, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 01-22235 Filed 9-4-01; 8:45 am]
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