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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3065-009; New York]

 
Electro Ecology, Inc.; Notice of Availability of Environmental 
Assessment

November 22, 1999.
    An environmental assessment (EA) is available for public review. 
The EA is for an application to amend the Wappingers Falls 
Hydroelectric Project. The application is to install a low-flow turbine 
that will operate on a flow of approximately 7 to 46 cubic feet per 
second (cfs). The low-flow turbine would allow the project to operate 
when flows are too low for use of the existing, larger turbines, and to 
more precisely control reservoir water levels. Approximately 100 feet 
of new steel pipe would be used to connect the existing penstock with 
the new low-flow turbine. The EA finds that approval of the application 
would not constitute a major federal action significantly affecting the 
quality of the human environment. The Wappingers Falls Hydroelectric 
Project is located on Wappinger Creek in Dutchess County, New York.
    The EA was written by staff in the Office of Hydropower Licensing, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Copies of the EA can be viewed at 
the Commission's Reference and Information Center, 888 First Street, 
NE, Washington, DC 20426 or on the web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/
online/rims.htm (please call (202) 208-2222 for assistance). Copies can 
also be obtained by calling the project manager, Pete Yarrington, at 
(202) 219-2939.
Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-30849 Filed 11-26-99; 8:45 am]
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