[Federal Register: September 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 184)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 597-003-Utah]

 
PacifiCorp Power Company; Notice of Availability of Final 
Environmental Assessment

September 17, 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 FR 47897), the Office 
of Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the application for a new license 
for the Stairs Hydroelectric Project. The project

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is located on the Big Cottonwood Creek in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt 
Lake County, near the town of Sandy, about 15 miles southeast of Salt 
Lake City, Utah. The project occupies about 8.7 acres of land within 
the Wasatch-Cache National Forest, administered by the U.S. Forest 
Service.
    On August 16, 1999, the Commission staff issued a draft 
environmental assessment (DEA) for the project and requested that 
comments be filed with the Commission within 15 days. Comments on the 
DEA were filed by one entity and are addressed in the final 
environmental assessment (FEA) for the project.
    The FEA 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 FEA are available for review in the Public Reference 
Room, Room 2A, of the Commission's offices at 888 First Street, NE, 
Washington, DC 20426. The FEA may also be viewed on the web at http://
www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (please call (202) 208-2222 for 
assistance).
David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 99-24806 Filed 9-22-99; 8:45 am]
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