46740 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 171 / Thursday, September 4, 1997 / Notices

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 8321–006]

Murray W. Thurston, Inc.; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

August 28, 1997.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission’s)

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order 486,

52 F.R. 47897), the Commission’s Office

of Hydropower Licensing has reviewed

an exemption surrender application for

the Thurston Mill Project No. 8321–006.

The Thurston Mill Project is located on

the Swift River in Oxford County,

Maine. The EA finds that approving the

application would not constitute a

major federal action significantly

affecting the quality of the human

environment.

Copies of the EA are available for

review in the Commission’s Reference

and Information Center, Room 2A, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426. For further information, please

contact the project manager, Ms. Hillary

Berlin, at (202) 219–0038.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 5276–040]

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. and

Northern Electric Power Co.; Notice of

Availability of Final Environmental

Assessment

August 28, 1997.

An environmental assessment (EA) is

available for public review. The EA is

for an application to amend the Hudson

Falls Hydroelectric Project. The licensee

proposes to suspend article 404 which

requires the release of a continuous

minimum flow of 500 cfs to allow for

PCB cleanup. The EA finds that

approval of the application would not

constitute a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment. The Hudson Falls

Hydroelectric Project is located on the

Hudson River in Washington County,

New York.

The EA was written by staff in the

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the FEA can be viewed in the

Public Reference Branch, Room 2A, of

the Commission’s offices at 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.

For further information, please

contact the project manager, Mr. Sean

Murphy, at (202) 219–2964.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 11547–000 Connecticut]

Summit Hydropower; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

August 28, 1997.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission’s)

regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 F.R. 47897), the Office of

Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the

application for minor license for the

proposed Hale Hydroelectric Project

located on the Quinebaug River in

Windham County, near the town of

Putnam, Connecticut, and has prepared

an Environmental Assessment (EA) for

the proposed project. In the EA, the

Commission’s staff has analyzed the

potential environmental impacts of the

proposed project and has concluded

that approval of the proposed project,

with appropriate mitigative measures,

would not constitute a major federal

action significantly affecting the quality

of the human environment.

Copies of the EA are available for

review of the Public Reference Branch,

Room 2A of the Commission’s offices at

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

Intent to Prepare an Environmental

Impact Statement and Notice of

Scoping Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has

determined the need to prepare an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

for the Tampa Water Resource Recovery

Project. This action is taken pursuant to

40 CFR 1501.7 and section 102(2)(C) of

the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA). EPA intends to prepare this EIS

in cooperation with the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District.

This effort will be coordinated closely

with the ongoing multi-agency

ecosystem team permitting now

underway for this project.

Administrative History

Congress provided funds through the

FY 95 Appropriations Act for local area

water supply related projects. One of

these projects involves the granting of

funds to the City of Tampa for the

Tampa Water Resource Recovery Project

(TWRRP). Region 4 awarded grant No.

XP994689–95–0 to the City of Tampa on

March 1, 1995 in the amount of

$18,712,000.

The TWRRP grant involves

investigating, designing and

constructing a project for the recovery of

between 15 and 50 million gallons of

advanced wastewater treated effluent to

supplement area water supplies. The

water would be recovered from the City

of Tampa’s Howard F. Curren treatment

plant for use as water supplies for the

Tampa area. The effluent would be

further treated and then transported

from the Curren plant to the middle

pool of the Tampa Bypass Canal, a flood

control project built by the Corps of

Engineers and managed by the

Southwest Florida Water Management

District. Water would then either be

pumped from the Harney canal into the

Hillsborough River Reservoir, the City’s

water supply source, or be withdrawn

by a series of linear wells adjacent to the

Tampa Bypass Canal. The raw water

would be treated as needed and used for

municipal drinking water for the Tampa

area.

The State of Florida with cooperation

and participation from the City of

Tampa and federal, state, regional and

local agencies has initiated a

cooperative permitting effort for this

project. This ‘‘Ecosystem Team

Permitting’’ is designed to result in a

more coordinated and efficient