[Federal Register: November 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 222)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 420-009 Alaska]

 
Ketchikan Public Utilities; Notice of Availability of Draft 
Environmental Assessment

November 12, 1999.
    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 Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the application for a new license 
for the Lockhart Hydroelectric Project, and has prepared a Draft 
Environmental Assessment (DEA). The project is located on Ketchikan 
Creek and Granite Basin Creek, near the City of Ketchikan, in Ketchikan 
Gateway Borough, Alaska. The project uses lands administered by the 
U.S. Forest Service in the Tongass National Forest. The DEA 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 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.
    Any comments should be filed within 30 days from the date of this 
notice and should be addressed to David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE Washington, DC 
20426. for further information, contact Charles Hall, Environmental 
Coordinator, at (202) 219-2853.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-30099 Filed 11-17-99; 8:45 am]
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