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City of Portland, Michigan, Consumers Energy Company; Notice of Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment

 [Federal Register: September 25, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 186)]
[Notices]
[Page 57600-57601]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 11616-000-Michigan; Project No. 2566-010-Michigan]


City of Portland, Michigan, Consumers Energy Company; Notice of
Availability of Draft Environmental Assessment

September 19, 2000.
    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
and the Federal Energy Regulatory

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Commission's (Commission's) regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No.
486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy Projects has reviewed the City
of Portland's application for original license for the operating
unlicensed Portland Municipal Hydroelectric Project, and Consumers
Energy Company's new license for the continued operation of the Webber
Hydroelectric Project, located on the Grand River, in the City of
Portland, Ionia County, Michigan, and has prepared a Draft
Environmental Assessment (DEA) for the projects. In the DEA, the
Commission's staff has analyzed the potential environmental effects of
the projects and has concluded that licensing the projects, with staffs
recommended measures, would not constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
    Copies of the DEA are available for review in the Public Reference
Branch, Room 2-A, of the Commission's offices at 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. The DEA may also be viewed on the web at http://
www.ferc.us/online/rims.htm. Please call (202) 208-2222 for assistance.
    Anyone may file comments on the EA. The public, federal and state
resource agencies are encouraged to provide comments. All written
comments must be filed within 45 days from the issuance date of this
notice shown above. Send an original and eight copies of all comments
marked with Project No. 11616-000 or Project No. 2566-010 to: The
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. If you have any questions regarding this notice,
please contact Tom Dean at (202) 219-2778.

David P. Boergers,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 00-24515 Filed 9-22-00; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-M

 
 

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